Sections within 'Adult Social Care'

Popular Pages

• Apply for a Blue Badge
• Meals on wheels
• Rail Card
• Bus Passes

• Advice and support 
  Access to personal records,  Adult Care Team (contact details), Northamptonshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team, how to appeal against a decision, how to comment on our service, how we assess you, mental health, out of hours team, protection of vulnerable adults.
  
  
  • Fair Access to Care Services - Eligibility policy
    
    
• CALS - Interpretation service
  Our services are available to individuals, public, private and voluntary sectors organisations in Northamptonshire and the surrounding areas.
  
  
• Carers 
  Adult carers, advocacy for carers, carer's allowance, how to become a carer, providing accommodation to someone in need, support for carers, support groups and organisations, young carers.
  
  
• Community care 
  Care homes for older people, hospice care, respite care, specialist day care centres.
  
  
• Direct Payments
  From April 2003 every local council has a duty to make direct payments to those who have assessed eligible care needs, instead of arranging services for them. 
  
  
• Disabilities 
  Employment and disabilities service (EADS), assistance for the visually impaired and hard of hearing, learning disability services.
  
  
• Help at home
  Equipment and adaptations, home care, meals on wheels, occupational therapy, Northamptonshire Telecare Service
  
  
• Mental Health 
  How to get help if you have a mental health problem.
  
  
• Public information leaflets
  One place to visit for a full list of leaflets from Specialist Care Centres to Self Assessment.
  
  
• Transportation/mobility
  Blue Badge parking permits (formerly Orange badge), community transport, concessionary travel passes, motability scheme, railcards.

 Related sections:

• Adult Learning Service
• Better Government for Older People
• Active ageing in Northamptonshire 
• Frequently asked questions for Adult Social Care