Care and Support at Home

The Care Act 2014 emphasises the importance of involving individuals in all aspects of their care and support including self-assessment and service planning if that is their wish. Find a range of useful resources on assessment and care and support planning for professionals involved in these processes.

Policy, practice examples, tools and other resources to aid commissioners and providers to develop a wide range of care and support services based on local need and aspirations, which support people to live fulfilling and independent lives in their own homes.

Examples of innovative service models, many illustrating an integrated approach to service provision.

There are many initiatives, some led or involving housing providers, which illustrate the value of facilitating community development, co-production and user-led provision. Find information on the benefits and challenges of these approaches, top tips, studies and examples.

Supporting people to live well and independently in their own home meets the wishes of the growing number of older and disabled people in the UK, and in most cases will cost the public purse less than care in a care home or hospital. Section 2 of the Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to provide or arrange services, facilities or resources, or take other steps in order to prevent or delay the development of needs for care or support amongst adults and their carers living in their area, or reduce these needs.

These pages contain information on approaches designed to improve the quality of services and outcomes for people.

The Care Act 2014 makes it clear that the housing sector has an important contribution to make in safeguarding its customers, working in co-operation with the local authority and others in the public, private or voluntary sectors. These resources will be of particular interest to housing providers, local authority safeguarding leads and chairs of Safeguarding Adults Boards.

Find resources intended to raise awareness among housing and care practitioners and providers of the current agendas and developments in practice around end of life care. Also tools that have been developed to assist with the provision of end of life care services in the community.

EAC's directory of Home Services. This comprehensive database covers known provision of care and support services for older and vulnerable people at home in the UK.