Carers and caring
Assessment of eligible needs
The information on this page is currently under review.
The Adult Carer Support Plan or Young Carers Statement will formally record the needs identified and outcomes of carers; the plan will be used to assess the needs of carers. Some of these needs will 'trigger' support; they will be 'eligible needs' and the eligibility criteria will show how these needs fall into the 'eligibility category'. The statutory guidance on the Carers (Scotland) Act describes, "a Carers eligible needs as those identified for support that cannot be met through support to the person they care for or through accessing services that are available generally".
- Carers and caring
- Supporting carers' outcomes
- Our approach to carer support
- Carers rights, our duties and requirements
- What is local eligibility criteria?
- The Carers Pathway
- Assessment of eligible needs
- What does substantial or critical mean?
- Funding to support carer’s outcomes
- Adult Carer Support Plans (ACSP)
- Carer’s role supporting discharge from hospital
- We must establish and maintain an information and advice service for carers
- We must prepare and publish a short breaks service statement
- Information and support for carers
- We have a duty to prepare a local Carers Strategy
- Resources for carers
- Glossary