Support and Care for Adults
Guide to Care and Support in Oxfordshire
A new, updated Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults webpage has been published in association with Oxfordshire County Council. It gives readers crucial information on how to access, and pay for, care services throughout Oxfordshire.
If you are concerned about your care options, or just want some more information on what your choices may be, this directory can help. With information to help you understand your options, where to go for advice and how the paying for care system works, the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults webpage can support you to make informed decisions.
The new edition of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults and accompanying website give information on all aspects of arranging care and support in Oxfordshire. It includes how to stay independent for as long as possible, the different care and support options available and what to look for when choosing a care provider. It also offers guidance on important issues such as paying for care and what financial assistance may be available from the local authority. There are comprehensive listings of all registered care services throughout Oxfordshire, plus checklists to help you ask the right questions when visiting services.
For a free copy of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults please contact Oxfordshire County Council’s Social and Health Care Team on 0345 050 7666. It is also available throughout the region from outlets including carers’ organisations, hospitals, GP surgeries, Age UK and the Alzheimer’s Society. It can be downloaded from www.carechoices.co.uk and is available in spoken word.
Robert Chamberlain, Managing Director of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults publisher, Care Choices, commented: “This is an invaluable source of information for anyone considering short or long term care in Oxfordshire and contains vital information to help people decide what type of care and support is best for them.
“With the current crisis in social care, finding a care service for yourself or a loved one that meets their needs and is affordable can be a daunting and unfamiliar task. This new Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults has been compiled to help people understand the process and offer them reassurance at every step of their journey.”
Care Choices is the UK’s largest independent publisher for social care and adults with additional needs. It is also the largest publisher of care directories for local authorities in England.
A new, updated Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults webpage has been published in association with Oxfordshire County Council. It gives readers crucial information on how to access, and pay for, care services throughout Oxfordshire.
If you are concerned about your care options, or just want some more information on what your choices may be, this directory can help. With information to help you understand your options, where to go for advice and how the paying for care system works, the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults webpage can support you to make informed decisions.
The new edition of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults and accompanying website give information on all aspects of arranging care and support in Oxfordshire. It includes how to stay independent for as long as possible, the different care and support options available and what to look for when choosing a care provider. It also offers guidance on important issues such as paying for care and what financial assistance may be available from the local authority. There are comprehensive listings of all registered care services throughout Oxfordshire, plus checklists to help you ask the right questions when visiting services.
For a free copy of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults please contact Oxfordshire County Council’s Social and Health Care Team on 0345 050 7666. It is also available throughout the region from outlets including carers’ organisations, hospitals, GP surgeries, Age UK and the Alzheimer’s Society. It can be downloaded from www.carechoices.co.uk and is available in spoken word.
Robert Chamberlain, Managing Director of the Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults publisher, Care Choices, commented: “This is an invaluable source of information for anyone considering short or long term care in Oxfordshire and contains vital information to help people decide what type of care and support is best for them.
“With the current crisis in social care, finding a care service for yourself or a loved one that meets their needs and is affordable can be a daunting and unfamiliar task. This new Live Well Oxfordshire Support and Care Guide for Adults has been compiled to help people understand the process and offer them reassurance at every step of their journey.”
Care Choices is the UK’s largest independent publisher for social care and adults with additional needs. It is also the largest publisher of care directories for local authorities in England.
Welfare Benefits Advice - the Citizens' Advice Bureau
Are you living with a hard to manage mental or physical condition?
Do you need some help to cope?
A Specialist Caseworker can visit you at home, offer a full welfare benefits eligibility check, and help you to access other relevant support services within your community.
Contact the Citizens Advice Bureau if you:
To discuss your requirements in complete confidence, please leave a message with your name and contact number for Lynn on: 01608 646990.
Are you living with a hard to manage mental or physical condition?
Do you need some help to cope?
A Specialist Caseworker can visit you at home, offer a full welfare benefits eligibility check, and help you to access other relevant support services within your community.
Contact the Citizens Advice Bureau if you:
- Are under 60 years old, and
- Live in West Oxfordshire, and
- Have limited ability to get around on your own, and
- Need support to continue to live independently
To discuss your requirements in complete confidence, please leave a message with your name and contact number for Lynn on: 01608 646990.
Dementia Oxfordshire
What is Dementia Oxfordshire?
Dementia Oxfordshire is a partnership between three local charities, Age UK Oxfordshire, Guideposts and YoungDementia UK, who are bringing together their specialist expertise to develop and deliver a new Dementia Support Service for people of all ages.
The service is free to use. It is supported financially by Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Oxfordshire County Council.
What does Dementia Oxfordshire offer?
Dementia Oxfordshire’s aim is to be alongside people living with dementia and their families from the moment of diagnosis, ensuring that they have the information, advice and support they need to live as fully and happily as possible in their local community.
What can you expect from Dementia Oxfordshire?
Our team of Dementia Advisers are the first, friendly point of contact with the service. They work closely with local health teams and in Memory Clinics and the Cognitive Disorders Clinic and they might visit you at home.
Your Dementia Adviser will:
* establish ongoing contact with you after diagnosis and identify your needs and preferences,
* provide specialist, personalised information and advice (about e.g. your condition, finance and welfare benefits, aids and adaptations, help at home, employment, social activities and opportunities, respite, lasting power of attorney and other legal matters)
* develop a support plan and link you to other sources of support and help
* review in 6 months if there has been no contact with the service in the intervening period
* run local support groups.
Dedicated Helpline: 01865 410210
You can ring our dedicated Helpline for information and advice on a wide range of issues, 9.00am – 6.00pm, Monday – Friday (except Bank Holidays). The Helpline is staffed by our team of Dementia Advisers.
The Dementia Oxfordshire website can be found here .
What is Dementia Oxfordshire?
Dementia Oxfordshire is a partnership between three local charities, Age UK Oxfordshire, Guideposts and YoungDementia UK, who are bringing together their specialist expertise to develop and deliver a new Dementia Support Service for people of all ages.
The service is free to use. It is supported financially by Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Oxfordshire County Council.
What does Dementia Oxfordshire offer?
Dementia Oxfordshire’s aim is to be alongside people living with dementia and their families from the moment of diagnosis, ensuring that they have the information, advice and support they need to live as fully and happily as possible in their local community.
What can you expect from Dementia Oxfordshire?
Our team of Dementia Advisers are the first, friendly point of contact with the service. They work closely with local health teams and in Memory Clinics and the Cognitive Disorders Clinic and they might visit you at home.
Your Dementia Adviser will:
* establish ongoing contact with you after diagnosis and identify your needs and preferences,
* provide specialist, personalised information and advice (about e.g. your condition, finance and welfare benefits, aids and adaptations, help at home, employment, social activities and opportunities, respite, lasting power of attorney and other legal matters)
* develop a support plan and link you to other sources of support and help
* review in 6 months if there has been no contact with the service in the intervening period
* run local support groups.
Dedicated Helpline: 01865 410210
You can ring our dedicated Helpline for information and advice on a wide range of issues, 9.00am – 6.00pm, Monday – Friday (except Bank Holidays). The Helpline is staffed by our team of Dementia Advisers.
The Dementia Oxfordshire website can be found here .
The Herbert Protocol - assistance for vulnerable missing people
A new tool to help find missing people with dementia was launched in January 2018 in partnership with search and rescue teams of Thames Valley.
The Herbert Protocol is a form to record key information about a person with dementia. This should be completed by carers or family members in case they go missing.
Memory problems are one of a number of symptoms that people with dementia may experience, this can lead to feelings of confusion, fear and vulnerability and consequently can result in a person going missing.
Adopting the Herbert Protocol will help to ensure that the police and partner agencies, including the volunteer search and rescue teams, have the best possible information should someone with dementia go missing and a search needs to be conducted to find them.
It will help avoid any unnecessary delays as the right information is immediately available. This may include if the person is on medication, favourite places they like to visit or key people they know.
Det Supt Nick John, Head of Protecting Vulnerable People, said: “The Herbert Protocol seeks to reduce the harm suffered by people living with dementia who go ‘missing’ by ensuring that the information needed is readily available to help inform the risk assessment and the search by the police and partner agencies, including the volunteer search and rescue teams. I would strongly urge carers, whether family members, private carers, or care home staff, to adopt the protocol by completing the Herbert Protocol form in advance.”
The form can be downloaded here: Herbet_Protocol_Jan2018_PROTECTED_form_field_version.pdf
A new tool to help find missing people with dementia was launched in January 2018 in partnership with search and rescue teams of Thames Valley.
The Herbert Protocol is a form to record key information about a person with dementia. This should be completed by carers or family members in case they go missing.
Memory problems are one of a number of symptoms that people with dementia may experience, this can lead to feelings of confusion, fear and vulnerability and consequently can result in a person going missing.
Adopting the Herbert Protocol will help to ensure that the police and partner agencies, including the volunteer search and rescue teams, have the best possible information should someone with dementia go missing and a search needs to be conducted to find them.
It will help avoid any unnecessary delays as the right information is immediately available. This may include if the person is on medication, favourite places they like to visit or key people they know.
Det Supt Nick John, Head of Protecting Vulnerable People, said: “The Herbert Protocol seeks to reduce the harm suffered by people living with dementia who go ‘missing’ by ensuring that the information needed is readily available to help inform the risk assessment and the search by the police and partner agencies, including the volunteer search and rescue teams. I would strongly urge carers, whether family members, private carers, or care home staff, to adopt the protocol by completing the Herbert Protocol form in advance.”
The form can be downloaded here: Herbet_Protocol_Jan2018_PROTECTED_form_field_version.pdf