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Respite Care for People with a Disability
What is respite care?
Respite care is provided for people with a disability to give them and/or their carer a break. Respite care can be:
- provided in your own home
- a stay in a residential or nursing home
- provided by the Adult Family Placement Scheme
- day activities
Social Services will carry out an assessment of your needs. Respite care is provided if it is identified in the assessment that you need respite care and are eligible to receive it.
Who do I contact?
You will need to contact Social Services on:
Social Services Access Team: (0114) 273 4908
Or you can complete a form by visiting Getting help from social services.
If you have already applied for a disability service and want to check progress, change your details, or make further enquiries, you can complete an online form.
You can view more information on help for adults.
Will I have to pay for respite care?
If you have respite care in your own home, or through the Adult Family Placement Service or day activities, the person who carries out your assessment of needs will explain how we work out how much you'll have to contribute towards the cost of services you receive. There will be a separate financial assessment that also takes account of any expenditure you have that is directly related to your disability. This will determine how much you will have to pay.
If you're going into residential or nursing care for a short period of time (56 continuous days or less) you'll have to pay a flat rate charge for your care. For more information, see What about paying for short term (respite) care?
You can view the direct payments web page.
You can view the direct payments web page.
You can view the independent living fund web page.
You can view information about charging for non residential services.
If you have an enquiry or problem about how Social Services assess your finances, you can view contact information for the Revenue Section.
Where can I get more information?
You can view websites for national organisations that provide information and advice.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection monitor the quality of care provided by care homes and home support providers.
You can view the Commission for Social Care Inspection website.
Or you can ring them on:
Commission for Social Care Inspection: (0114) 256 4530
Care Providers
If you are a representative of an organisation providing care, you can make enquiries about payments by completing an online form.
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