Services for adults explained

We can either provide care and support directly or purchase services on your behalf from independent providers or work with you so you can manage your own care through a personal budget or direct payment. 

There is an increasing choice of care and support available including:

• preventative and early intervention services 
• information directory and leaflets of Stockton-on-Tees Council and local community services 
• equipment and adaptations to assist with daily living 
• reablement to those recovering from a period of ill health 
• Stockton-on-Tees joint working with health to offer community therapy and reablement in people's own home to sustain independent living
• personal care and support at home 
• supporting people with long-term conditions and at the end of their life 
• support for carers and young carers 
• day services offering social contact, recuperation and the development of self-care skills 
• specialist support and advice for people with visual and or hearing impairment 
• help into employment, education, training and volunteering 
• advice on money and benefits 
• safeguarding adults when there are concerns of neglect or abuse by another person on institution

Our aim is to maintain personal independence and help people live in their own homes for as long as possible. 

In cases where it is no longer possible for someone to continue living at home in safety, we can advise about or arrange long term residential or nursing home care, which includes help with funding when appropriate.