There are different care and support options to help you stay independent at home or support you in a residential setting.
How much you pay towards your care and support depends on your income, savings and some expenses.
How do I get help?
Care and support options can be arranged independently or discussed during a social care assessment if you have care needs.
You can go on the Staffordshire Connects or Support Staffordshire websites, or you can speak to Staffordshire Cares by calling 0300 111 8010.
Day Opportunities
Day Opportunities are available to all and can take place in local communities or delivered online. They offer person-centred activities based on your interests and goals; this might be walking groups, arts and crafts, shopping trips, lunch clubs, adult education or cultural/faith-based events.
Day Care
Day Care is structured support for people with care needs, such as learning disabilities, dementia, autism, mental health conditions, physical or sensory impairments or long-term health conditions. Day Care usually takes place in community buildings, residential homes, or village halls.
Home Care support
Home Care is professional support provided in your own home to assist with daily living activities and overall wellbeing. This can include assistance with getting in and out of bed, washing and dressing, and preparing meals.
Personal Assistants
A personal assistant (PA) can help you live independently by providing personalised support at home and in the community.
Reablement Support
Reablement is short-term care to help you regain skills and confidence after illness, injury, or a hospital stay. It could involve support with daily tasks (like washing, dressing and preparing meals), equipment or home adaptations.
Reablement is free for up to six weeks. If you need ongoing care, fees apply.
Extra Care (sometimes called assisted living or sheltered housing)
Extra Care is where you live in your own home, but with care and support available on site. Facilities normally consist of self-contained flats with their own front door, 24-hour support and optional social activities.
Shared Lives
Shared Lives is where you live with a trained carer and their family in their home, for a short-break, or in a long-term placement. It allows you to get support with your care and support needs in a family setting.
Care Homes and Nursing Homes
Care Homes provide residential accommodation and personal care if you need extra support with daily living such as washing and dressing.
Nursing Homes offer care to support with complex health needs and have nurses on site 24/7 to support with medical, as well as personal care.
Respite and Short Breaks
Respite Care gives carers a break from their caring role, either for a few hours, a few days or even a few weeks. This can be in your own home, in someone else's home, at a day service or in a residential or nursing home.
Respite can be booked in advance ahead of planned carer breaks, used as replacement care if a usual carer is unavailable, or in an emergency.
