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Awareverse Adult Support

Adult support, without the system-speak

Adult social care can feel like several systems talking at once: social workers, care charges, housing, direct payments, mental capacity, carers and the move from children's services. This section separates those systems and explains what each one actually does.

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England-focused guidance

The Care Act and charging rules on these pages apply to England unless we say otherwise. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have different social care systems.

Start with what is happening now

I've been told I may have to pay towards care

Understand needs assessments, financial assessments, savings limits, protected income and how a weekly contribution can be worked out.

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We're looking at supported living

See the difference between housing and care, what a tenancy means, how housing costs may be helped with, and what questions to ask before agreeing to an arrangement.

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We want more control over support

Learn the difference between an adult social care personal budget and a direct payment, including employing a personal assistant and family-member rules.

Open adult social care direct payments guide

Someone is saying the person cannot decide

Understand mental capacity, supported decision-making, best interests, lasting powers of attorney, deputyship and DWP appointeeship.

Open mental capacity guide

I'm the person doing the caring

A carer's assessment is about the carer, not just the person being cared for. See what can be assessed and what support may follow.

Open carer's assessment guide

My child is turning 18

This page focuses only on the move from children's social care into adult social care: transition assessments, continuity of care, charging and who makes decisions after 18.

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What Awareverse already covers

We are deliberately not rebuilding pages that already have a clear job. Adult Support explains adult social care systems and then links into the existing Awareverse tools when the topic belongs somewhere else.

Benefits Assessment Guide

PIP, DLA, Universal Credit, ESA and benefits assessment support are already covered separately.

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Adult Skills

Bills, money, appointments, forms, phone calls, housing checklists and low-energy meal planning remain in AwareLearn.

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Learning Disability information

Condition information and day-to-day support remain in the information directory rather than being repeated here.

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Preparing for Adulthood through SEND

SEND Law Hub Chapter 8 already covers Year 9 planning, EHCP preparation for adulthood, education, employment, health, independent living and participation. We link to it rather than duplicating it.

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UK Practical Help templates

Letter and checklist tools, including a Care Act needs-assessment request, stay in UK Practical Help.

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United States adult support

Awareverse USA already has its own adult-life system covering state I/DD services, Medicaid and HCBS, SSI, employment, housing, VR and decision-making. US rules should not be mixed into the England guides.

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Keep the sections doing different jobs

England section. Last reviewed: 21 September 2026.

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