Changes to care and support
As part of the Government’s drive to explain
the Care Act reforms and how this will affect people who use services and their
families, a national
awareness campaign
has started to hit the airwaves, newspapers, magazines and the internet.
A national
leaflet targeting 2.5m homes the
Government classes as ‘hard to reach’ across the country by postcode (27,000 in
Havering) will also hit doormats from Monday 23 February.
The radio advertising includes LBC, Heart, Classic and Smooth, newspapers
Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror, magazines Real People and Best and search
engines Bing and Google.
The public awareness campaign, Care and Support and You, looks to explain the changes in an
easy to understand way and runs until Thursday 26 March.
If you would like to receive copies of the radio scripts please contact Darren Bindloss.
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Have your say on the care
cap and appeals system
The Government is
consulting on changes to the way care and support is funded through the introduction
of a cap on care costs. It is also seeking views on proposals for a new system
of appeals.
The reforms - part of the Care Act 2014 - are due to come into effect in
April 2016. The guidance and regulations associated with the act set out how it
will work in practice.
The Care Act looks to set a cap on the amount
people pay for their care and protect them from catastrophic costs.
Share
your views here by choosing an area of interest at the bottom of the page.
The deadline for comments is Monday 30 March.
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Involving you in your care and support
The Care Act requires the Council to involve you in
decisions about the care and support you will receive.
The Council can make sure
that an independent advocate is available to help you express your wishes
and feelings, support you in weighing up your options and assisting you in
making your decisions.
More information is
available here.
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Short film lifts
curtain on the
Act
A presentation that explains the main features of the Care Act and its
implications in Havering is available with Group Director for Children, Adults
and Housing, Joy Hollister, explaining
the changes.
If you would like to receive a copy of the film please email here.
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Safeguarding adults campaign extended
Havering’s safeguarding adults campaign is
working. Posters raising awareness of abuse and neglect, including
how to report concerns, have been mentioned by callers and resulted in
referrals.
The
campaign is being extended to run for longer and provide more leaflets and
posters to partners.
The
Care Act highlights that safeguarding is everyone’s business and requires local
authorities to set up a Safeguarding Adults Board in their area, so key
organisations can agree on how they should work together and what they
should do to keep adults at risk safe.
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The latest information
Current information on Havering Council's work on the Care
Act 2014 can be found here.
If you have any questions email the Care Act team.
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 Come to the Carers Forum
Are you caring for a family
member or friend?
If so then come to
Havering Council’s Carers Forum event on Tuesday 24 February, from 10am to 1pm,
at the YMCA, Rush Green Road, Romford, RM7 0PH.
The event will provide an opportunity for informal
carers to receive information on what's new under the Care
Act.
Members of the
public are welcome to attend. To reserve your place email Carer
Services
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Help to explain the changes
There’s a wealth of information available to help you explain the Care
Act changes to colleagues, family or friends.
Havering Council has a dedicated section on its website that includes a
number of briefing documents, leaflets and other resources to explain deferred
payments, new needs assessments and support for carers.
A dedicated
partner briefing document has been designed, to explain what’s changing and when, which is ideal
if you want to circulate information to colleagues and partners.
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Council lobbies Minister over
Care Act
concerns
Havering
Council Leader, Councillor Roger Ramsey, has written to the Minister of State
for Care and Support, Rt. Hon Norman Lamb MP, to ask him to look again at the
Care Act over concerns it will
adversely affect the borough financially.
The
Council Leader is most concerned about the ‘ordinary residence’ rule, where a
person who moves to a care home in another borough and pays for their own care,
will have their care paid for by the local authority once their assets and
savings run out.
Improving
information and advice
Thank you to all who responded to our survey
about how you would like to receive care and support information and advice in the
future.
Your responses have been used to shape what
the new service will offer. It was clear that you would like to receive
information in a variety of different places and in a range of different
formats such as printed materials, face to face and from the internet.
The Care Act requires local authorities to provide
comprehensive information and advice about care and support services in their
local area. This will help explain how you can access care and support services
in Havering, what care and funding options are available and how care services
work locally.
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Have
your say on your local pharmacy services
Residents
in Havering have the chance to make their mark on pharmaceutical services in
the borough, by sharing
their views on its Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
The Assessment is used to help make decisions about
current and future providers of pharmaceutical services, and
where improvements may be made. Comments are required by Thursday 19 February.
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