Adult Care Services

Bury Adult Care Services provide a wide range of care and support to people across the borough.

What is 'Adult Care'?

There are many varied situations in which you may need support from Adult Care Services:

• You may be getting older and find it difficult to do the everyday things around your home;
• You may have become ill or been in hospital and need some care while you recover;
• You may be living with a physical disability and require specific equipment to help you live more independently;
• You may be living with a learning disability and need support from others to help you do the things that you want to do; or
• You may be a carer for someone, but need a bit more help to do this.

What services does it provide?

Adult Care Services can come in many different shapes and sizes. We understand that everyone is different, and so by offering a range of services we can make sure that the care services we provide are suited to you and meet your individual care needs.

Adult Care Services Include:

• CareLink 'alarms'
• Community Meals
• Day Care
• Drug and Alcohol support
• Equipment and Adaptations
• Extra Care Housing
• Home care
• Residential Care
• Services for Carers
• Shared Lives
• Sheltered Housing
• Support into Employment

For further information on these services click on the links listed below. 

Who can use these services?

Adult Care Services use a 'fair access to services' process when deciding whether they are able to help each person that applies. This process looks at the level of need of each person, and services are provided to people based on their individual care needs. Priority will be given to those people who need care the most. More information about the eligibility criteria can be found in our 'Fair Access to Services' leaflet. If you do not meet the criteria for certain services, you will be offered other helpful advice and information.

How are we doing?

Adult Care Services have published a document called 'The local account'. This replaces annual assessments of council social care services by the Care Quality Commission. The idea is that local people, service users and providers can use the information in the local account to judge our performance. 

This local account covers our performance during April 2010-March 2011. It explains what we have done well and highlights areas for further action and includes performance information we collect and monitor to make sure our services are doing well. 

Please click the link on the right to view the Local Account. We have also provided you with an opportunity to feed back on the Local Account by clicking on the survey link on the right. If you require either of these documents in an alternative format, please contact adultcarecomms@bury.gov.uk

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