Providing information about care and support and supporting involvement

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We are currently reviewing the Adult Social Care for people with care and support needs policy.

4.1   The council will provide universal information about care and support on its website. We will provide personalised information to people involved with Adult Social Care.

4.2   We will actively support people to be involved in assessing, planning and reviewing their care and support.  We will make reasonable adjustments in line with our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Care Act to overcome barriers to involvement. Please see also our:

4.3   We will assume that people are able to make their own decisions about their care and support. Where this is not the case, we will follow the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Policy | Gloucestershire County Council

 

Policy published: June 2021

Policy reviewed: June 2024

Last reviewed: