Adult care assessments
Case reference FOI2021/00265
Published 14 January 2022
Request
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding adult care in later life within your local authority. Below there are four questions we would be interested in finding out the relevant information for:
Q1. In 2020, how many people contacted you for information on how to pay for care?
Q2. In 2020, how many people's long term care did you - as the local council - pay for either in:
· In full
· Partially
· Self-funding
Q3. When conducting a care 'needs' assessment to determine whether a person is eligible for support from the Local Authority, what proportion of successful applicants in 2020 fitted into each of the following criteria?
· Have needs relating to a mental impairment or illness? - xx%
· Have needs relating to a physical impairment or illness? - xx%
· Are unable to achieve two or more of the everyday tasks (or 'eligibility outcomes') - XX%
· There is a significant impact on their wellbeing because they are not getting the help they need - XX%
Q4. When a person approaches you for support, which of the following questions do you ask before their needs are assessed?
· Are you a homeowner?
· Do you have more than £23,250 in capital?
· What is your typical monthly retirement income? [retired]
· What is your typical monthly income [unemployed/employed]
· Do you live with a family member?
· We do not ask any of these questions
Response
Q1. The information requested is not held; information is provided through a variety of routes including telephone contact, website access, and general enquiries face to face, via email or in the post, with various professionals in social care.
Q2.
In full - 753
Partially - 1,948
Self-funding - 215
Q3. Please note that all applicants are entitled to a social care assessment. Therefore, the Service Area have interpreted the phrase "successful applicants" as those requesting a social care assessment which subsequently progressed to a care and support plan.
Have needs relating to a mental impairment or illness? - 6.0%
Have needs relating to a physical impairment or illness? - 52.7%
Are unable to achieve two or more of the everyday tasks (or 'eligibility outcomes') - 99.9%
There is a significant impact on their wellbeing because they are not getting the help they need - 100%
Q4. An intuitive contact referral form prompts for specific questions depending on the nature of the contact. From the questions listed above, the following can form part of this:
Are you a homeowner?
Do you have more than £23,250 in capital?
Do you live with a family member?
Documents
This is Herefordshire Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.
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