Factsheets
Adult Social Services Factsheets
Our factsheets are designed to give you information and advice about our support, our services, help to answer your questions about what happens, and tell you what to expect.
The factsheets includes information from other organisations, together with links to useful websites. Listed below are all the factsheets we currently offer. You can download or print a copy for your use.
- Factsheet 1 - The Access Service
- Factsheet 2 - Information and Advice
- Factsheet 3 - Information about Equipment
- Factsheet 4 - How it works
- Factsheet 5 - Information and Consents
- Factsheet 6a - The Needs Assessment
- Factsheet 6b - Help to do as much as I can for myself - Reablement Services
- Factsheet 7 - Getting the Right Support - Care and Support Planning
- Factsheet 8c - Choosing Residential Care
- Factsheet 9a - Do you need to pay for your care at home - your Financial Assessment
- Factsheet 9b - Do you need to pay for your Residential Care - Your Financial Assessment
- Factsheet 10 - Your Review - checking how things are going
- Factsheet 11 - Mental Capacity Assessment
- Factsheet 12a - Applying for a Deputyship
- Factsheet 12b - Applying to become an Appointee
- Factsheet 12c - Closing an Appointee Deputies Account when someone dies
- Factsheet 13 - Respite Care
Help from community and voluntary groups
There’s lots of help available from community and voluntary groups that you can arrange yourself, such as support at home, care homes and transport. You can find out about this kind of help at the Care and Support in Cornwall website.
Help from the Council
We provide support for eligible social care needs. You can find out more about the support available from us on our request help for an adult page.
The new Care Act is helping to make care and support more consistent across the country. If you receive care and support or help care for someone you could benefit from the changes.
Factsheets
You can also read our factsheets:
Adult Social Services Factsheets
Our factsheets are designed to give you information and advice about our support, our services, help to answer your questions about what happens, and tell you what to expect.
Continue readingThe factsheets includes information from other organisations, together with links to useful websites. Listed below are all the factsheets we currently offer. You can download or print a copy for your use.
- Factsheet 1 - The Access Service
- Factsheet 2 - Information and Advice
- Factsheet 3 - Information about Equipment
- Factsheet 4 - How it works
- Factsheet 5 - Information and Consents
- Factsheet 6a - The Needs Assessment
- Factsheet 6b - Help to do as much as I can for myself - Reablement Services
- Factsheet 7 - Getting the Right Support - Care and Support Planning
- Factsheet 8c - Choosing Residential Care
- Factsheet 9a - Do you need to pay for your care at home - your Financial Assessment
- Factsheet 9b - Do you need to pay for your Residential Care - Your Financial Assessment
- Factsheet 10 - Your Review - checking how things are going
- Factsheet 11 - Mental Capacity Assessment
- Factsheet 12a - Applying for a Deputyship
- Factsheet 12b - Applying to become an Appointee
- Factsheet 12c - Closing an Appointee Deputies Account when someone dies
- Factsheet 13 - Respite Care
There’s lots of help available from community and voluntary groups that you can arrange yourself, such as support at home, care homes and transport. You can find out about this kind of help at the Care and Support in Cornwall website.
We provide support for eligible social care needs. You can find out more about the support available from us on our request help for an adult page.
The new Care Act is helping to make care and support more consistent across the country. If you receive care and support or help care for someone you could benefit from the changes.
You can also read our factsheets: