Carers' Act Critera
Overview
Unpaid carers are the largest group of providers of care in Scotland. They should be recognised as equal partners in providing vital care and support. Carers should be supported and not be worse off by caring.
Carers, and the people they support, must be at the centre of care planning. They should have the opportunity to define their contribution to the care of the person, know what to expect and be clear about the support they are entitled to.
In the case of young carers, they are entitled to be children first and foremost, and should be aware that frameworks like ‘Getting it Right for Every Child’ are also likely to be relevant to them.
- identify carers’ needs for support
- prepare an adult carer support plan or young carer statements to anyone who asks for one;
- provide support to carers and involve them in carers' services;
- establish information and advice services for carers;
Please read our draft eligibility criteria dociment (below) before taking the survey.
Why your views matter
We want to get this right before we finalise the framework.The best people to ask to review our criteria are the people who will benefit from the changes.
Our draft frameowrk of draft eligibility criteria covers two aspects:
1. the definition of levels and types of need for support.
2. the thresholds that must be met to be eligible for support.
Please tell us your thoughts, Are there any gaps? Is there anything else that we should add, or anything that we should think about changing?
Events
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VOCAL carers focus group
From 12 Sep 2017 at 13:00 to 12 Sep 2017 at 14:30 -
VOCAL carers focus group
From 19 Sep 2017 at 18:00 to 19 Sep 2017 at 19:30 -
Conversation Cafe
From 25 Sep 2017 at 09:30 to 25 Sep 2017 at 12:30Eric Liddle Centre
Robertson Suite
Areas
- All Edinburgh
Audiences
- People with long term conditions
- People with disabilities
- Carers
- Voluntary sector/volunteers
Interests
- Adults and Older People
- Carers
- Children and Families
- Disabilities
- Health and Wellbeing
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