Advice Personal budget information, support and frequently asked questions There are a range of information and support services available for assistance with personal budgets. Here we outline the support available and answer the most frequently asked questions about personal budgets.
Advice Managing a personal budget (including Direct payments) Read about the number of ways that a personal budget can be paid and managed.
Advice Getting a personal budget Read the various steps you need to take in order to get a personal budget for either a carer or person living with dementia.
Advice Personal budgets Find out what a personal budget is, who can receive one, how a personal budget can be used and how it is managed (including the direct payments option).
Advice Reviews and complaints in Wales If the person with dementia or their carer has a complaint relating to any part of the process, it is best to try to resolve it with the person they have contact with, such as the assessor or social worker.
If the person with dementia or their carer has a complaint relating to any part of the process, it is best to try to resolve it with the person they have contact with, such as the assessor or social worker.
Advice Care and support plans in Wales Once an assessment has been carried out the next step is to organise the care and support.
Advice Care assessment process in Northern Ireland A 'health and social care assessment' tells the HSC trust about what help a person needs. This may also be followed by a financial assessment.
Advice What is the care assessment process in Wales? If you need care and support in Wales, your local authority will need to carry out an assessment of your needs. Then they will carry out a financial assessment to decide who will pay for your care. If the local authority fund your care, you will receive a direct payment.
Advice Meeting your needs A 'needs assessment' is carried out by your local authority to determine what care and support is needed. This assessment is used it decide whether you are eligible for support.
Advice Services for people with young-onset dementia Services for all people with dementia should try to help them maintain their day-to-day skills and develop new interests if they wish to. This page provides information on age appropriate services for younger people and help with locating them.
Information Dementia-friendly personal budgets This page contains information about personal budgets and how we're working to make them more accessible for people affected by dementia.
Information Alzheimer's Society wants people affected by dementia to have choice and control over care and support From the August/September 2016 issue of our magazine, Ian McCreath, Personal Choice Programme Manager, talks about work to ensure that people living with dementia have greater choice and control over their care and support.
