Children's Residential Care

• Children's Residential Care: A type of care where children live in a residential setting, away from their family, often due to complex needs or circumstances that make living at home untenable.

Supported Living

• Supported Living: A service that helps adults with disabilities to live independently in their own home. Support can include help with daily tasks, personal care, and managing money.

Domiciliary Care

• Domiciliary Care: Also known as home care, it involves caregivers providing support to individuals in their own homes. This can range from assistance with daily activities, personal care, medication management, and more.

Common Terms in Care and Social Care

• Advocate: An individual who supports or speaks on behalf of someone, especially in situations where they might not be able to represent themselves.

• Assessment: A process to determine the needs, preferences, and circumstances of an individual to plan and provide appropriate care and support.

• Care Plan: A written document detailing the support, care, and treatments an individual will receive. It's typically developed with input from the individual and their care team.

• Direct Payments: Payments made directly to individuals who have been assessed as needing services, allowing them to arrange and pay for their own care and support.

• Guardianship: A legal process where someone is appointed to make decisions for another person who is unable to make decisions for themselves.

• Personal Budget: An amount of money allocated to an individual following an assessment, which should be sufficient to meet their identified care and support needs.

• Respite Care: Temporary care provided to give the primary caregiver a break. This can be provided in the individual's home, in a care home, or in a hospital.

• Safeguarding: Protecting an individual's right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.

• Vulnerable Adult: An adult who may be unable to take care of themselves or protect themselves from harm or exploitation.

• Best Interests: A principle used to make decisions on behalf of individuals who can't make decisions for themselves. It ensures that any decision made is in the person's best interests.

• Care Coordinator: A professional who organizes and monitors the provision of care for an individual, ensuring that their needs are met.

• Care Pathway: A structured, multidisciplinary plan of care, outlining the steps to be taken in the care of patients with specific clinical problems or conditions.

• Multi-agency Working: Different services, agencies, and teams working together to provide care and support to individuals, ensuring that their needs are met holistically.

• Person-Centered Care: Care that is tailored to the individual needs, preferences, and values of the person receiving it.

• Care Home: A residential facility where people with special needs, elderly, or those with disabilities receive accommodation and care services.

• Community Care: Care services provided in the community rather than in a hospital or institutional setting.

• Continuing Healthcare: A package of care arranged and funded by the NHS for individuals outside of the hospital with ongoing healthcare needs.

• Duty of Care: A legal obligation to ensure the safety and well-being of others.

• Early Intervention: Services and support provided at the earliest stage of a condition to prevent it from getting worse.

• Health and Social Care Integration: The combination of health and social care services to provide coordinated care to individuals.

• Independent Living: Supporting disabled people to have freedom, choice, dignity, and control over their lives.

• Key Worker: A professional who is the main point of contact for an individual receiving care and support.

• Needs Assessment: An evaluation to determine the care and support needs of an individual.

• Occupational Therapy: Therapy that helps individuals achieve independence in all areas of their lives.

• Palliative Care: Specialised care for people with serious illnesses, focusing on providing relief from symptoms and improving quality of life.

• Rehabilitation: Services designed to help people return to optimal health and functionality after illness or injury.

• Self-Directed Support: A system where individuals have control over their care and support, including how it's delivered and who provides it.

• Telecare: The use of technology to provide care and support to people in their own homes.

• Well-being: A holistic view of health, including physical, mental, and social aspects.

Supported Living Terms

• Floating Support: A flexible support service provided to individuals in their own homes without the need for them to move.

• Housing with Care: Accommodation designed with the needs of frailer older people in mind and with varying levels of care and support available.

• Individual Service Fund (ISF): A budget held by a service provider on behalf of an individual to spend in line with an agreed support plan.

• Shared Lives Scheme: A service where carers share their home and family life with adults in need of care.

Domiciliary Care Terms

• Care Worker: A trained individual who provides care services in a person's own home.

• Home Care Package: A combination of services provided to an individual in their own home to help them with their daily activities.

• Live-in Care: A service where a care worker lives with the person they are caring for, providing round-the-clock support.

• Night Care: Care services provided during the night, either as a waking or sleeping service.

Additional Supported Living Terms

• Tenancy Agreement: A contract between a landlord and tenant that sets out the terms and conditions of the tenant's stay, often used in supported living arrangements.

• Personalised Support: Tailored support services that cater to the unique needs and preferences of the individual.

• Assistive Technology: Devices or systems that support individuals to maintain or improve their independence, safety, and well-being.

• Core and Cluster Model: A housing model where individual flats (core) are built around communal facilities (cluster), allowing for both independence and community interaction.

Additional Domiciliary Care Terms

• Care Schedule: A detailed plan outlining the times and types of care services an individual will receive at home.

• Mobile Care Monitoring: The use of mobile devices by care workers to record and monitor the care they provide in real-time.

• Companionship Services: Non-medical services that provide social interaction and companionship to individuals at home.

• Medication Management: Assistance with ensuring that individuals take their medications as prescribed.

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