Support in Your Home, Care Home & Nursing Home

1. Home Care & Personal Support

Help with daily activities such as:

• Personal care (washing, dressing, toileting)
• Meal preparation, feeding or assistance with eating
• Support with moving about or transfers

2. Reablement / Short-Term Recovery Care

After illness, falls, or hospital stays, you may be offered temporary rehabilitation support to help you regain independence. The goal is to reduce long-term need for care.

3. Equipment & Adaptations

If you struggle with mobility or everyday tasks, there’s support for:

• Mobility aids (walkers, grab rails, raised toilet seats)
• Minor home modifications (ramps, handrails, stairgates)
• More major adaptations (stairlifts, structural changes)

4. Care Home & Nursing Home Support

For those living in care or nursing homes, there are extra health and social care services available to maintain your wellbeing and manage medical needs.

5. Short Breaks / Respite Care

Temporary placements in care homes or support at home to give carers a rest or cover in emergencies.

Anyone living in Buckinghamshire who needs extra help to live safely at home

People discharged from hospital who need short-term help at home

Those already in care homes or nursing homes

Carers who need short breaks or replacement support

Contact the Adult Social Care Team
Use **Buckinghamshire Council’s Adult Social Care & Support ** page for the latest contact information and referral forms.

Self-Referral & Assessment

• You or a family member / carer can request an assessment for care and support.
• A Social Worker or Care Assessor will come to your home, care home or nursing home to understand your needs and assess eligibility.
• They’ll work out which services best suit you and how support will be delivered.

Find local providers
If approved, you may be assigned support from local home care, reablement, or provider services already contracted by the Council.

Review & adjust
Support plans are reviewed periodically to ensure they remain appropriate as needs change.

Usually, support is means-tested (based on income / assets) for longer-term care, but short-term help or reablement may be free.

You’ll receive a care/support plan outlining what’s being provided, how often, and what you or carers need to do.

If you disagree with decisions (eligibility, level of help) — there’s an appeals and review process through the local authority.

Buckinghamshire Adult Social Care & Health — contact and referral info

Bucks Health Services — Support in Your Own Home / Care Home / Nursing Home

Care Quality Commission (CQC) — for information about regulated providers and how to complain

Age UK — advice for older people, including home care and support

Carers Bucks — help and support for unpaid carers