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Health and wellbeing
Websites you may be interested in West Sussex Wellbeing The Silver Line NHS - Falls Prevention page NHS Live Well - Eat Well The disabled living foundation Improving your health and wellbeing will help you to enjoy other areas of your life. Wellbeing is a friendly and impartial service that...
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Physical disability
Websites you may be interested in GOV.UK NHS Social care and support guide Workability Independent lives A physical disability is the long-term loss or impairment of part of your body’s physical function. Around 24% of the UK's population have a physical disability (statistics taken from Hous...
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Why not reablement?
Did you know that 73% of people who access reablement services are able to live independently afterwards without formal support? Our ambition is to enable as many people as possible who would benefit from reablement to access the service, at the earliest possible opportunity. That’s why we’re exp...
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Documents
Policy - Strategies - Frameworks Documents Charging Policy The County Council's charging policy for the financial year sets out the requirements and arrangements for charging for social care services, whether in the community or in a residential or nursing home. The legal authority to charge is ...
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Disability-related additional heating costs
This information is about disability-related expenses. These are the extra costs you may have as a result of your disability or medical condition. Average annual household fuel costs are published by the UK Office for National Statistics. These are used to calculate the appropriate allowance, in t...
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Translations and alternative formats
If you require an Adults' Services publication or document translated into another language or an alternative format, please check the list of translated publications and alternative formats to see if this already exists and email publications@westsussex.gov.uk to request a copy. If you cannot fi...
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End of life and palliative care
End of life care helps people who are nearing the end of their life to live well and to die in the most comfortable and dignified way possible. It also supports their family and carers in coping with the death of a loved one. End of life care can be available in a hospice, at home, in a hospital o...
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Getting involved with Adults' Services
Are you interested in sharing your experiences and helping to shape Adults' Services? Do you receive care and support from us? Are you a family or friend carer for someone who receives care and support from us? If so, come and join our Adults' Services Customer and Carer Group . Our Adults' Serv...
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Support to live independently
Improve your physical and mental health to help you to stay active and independent for longer. We know that people value their independence and would prefer to live independently at home for as long as possible. Sometimes, this may mean getting extra help for short periods of time or making adjus...
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Carers Hub
If you provide unpaid support to someone who couldn’t manage without your help because of old age, a disability, an illness, mental health problems or an addiction, then you are a carer. Use this section to find information and advice about the support that you can access as a carer. Click this t...