What is social care?
Social Care, or a ‘non-residential service’ is a service you get to meet your social care needs in the community. These services are to help you improve your wellbeing and enable you to continue living independently in your home.
These services are to help you improve your wellbeing and enable you to continue living independently in your home.
These services may be:
- Help at home,
- Getting meals,
- Activities such as going on trips,
- Help with education, and
- Going to a day centre.
This does not include supported or residential accommodation. Charging for residential care services is different to community services and it is covered in the How do I pay for residential care section.
