Adult Social Care needs assessment

[AttilaTheMeerkat]

Could someone explain to me the process of such an assessment and what can happens from this (in terms of general timelines if there are any). Its for my auntie.

I think it varies from one local authority to another. My experience is with my mum and pre pandemic. I started asking for help in July/August and the social worker came and did the assessment at the end of October. We heard nothing at all until a carer appeared on the doorstep at the beginning of March. Mum was assessed as needing to care visits a day - one to get her up and dressed and one to put her to bed. I did all her meals and everything else.

Then she had a fall/suspected stroke and went into hospital. At that point we told social services we would no longer be providing personal care. I wouldn't be taking her to toilet every hour or so - I couldn't leave the house unless we had a sitter. The plan was that she would be coming home with an increased care package but we were told it could be weeks before that was arranged. In the end her needs were assessed to be such that she needed 24 hour care so she went into a home.