Adult social care

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Care and support

How to get assessed for social care support and places you can find care yourself.
Paying for care

How much your care costs, estimate how much you may need to pay and how you can pay for it.
Adult safeguarding

How to report concerns about abuse and neglect and what we do to prevent it.
Arranging your own care

If you are eligible for social care, arrange and pay for your care and support yourself with direct payments or you could employ a personal assistant.
Housing and care homes

Your options if living in your own home is no longer possible.
Kent and Medway Care Record

Information about your health and social care is being brought together in one place, called the Kent and Medway Care Record.
Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty

Mental capacity act and deprivation of liberty
What to expect from Kent adult social care

We have a responsibility to support people with specific needs to live independent and fulfilled lives safely in their local community.
Social care reform

The government has announced a new long-term vision for delivering adult social care in England that aims to put people and families at its heart.
Local account

Take a look back at how we’ve been making social care differences within local communities across Kent and delivering the key areas you told us mattered.
Making safeguarding personal

Explaining the safeguarding process and how we will work with you to provide the best care and support possible.
Information and resources

Information and resources related to adult social care.

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Kent Connect to Support

Social care reform

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