Support for disabled adults in Devon

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There have been a couple of other threads on this with no replies. Is there anyone here with experience of provision for disabled adults in Devon? DH is very keen to move back to Devon where he grew up and to be nearer his family. However, DD2 has severe learning disabilities. We are very well provided for in our current local authority and it seems madness to give it up to move elsewhere.

The area we would be in would be around Exeter or a little further south into the South Hams.

Does anyone have any experience of any day or residential services and how helpful or not are Devon Council? Thanks ☺️

I think you would be mad to move if DD is well supported where you are now.

Devon isn’t the easiest council to deal with.

Thanks, yes it does seem unwise! Just bumping in case there are any other people with experience?

Mine is still in college and will be I hope till 25 because it suits him. There are a fair few activities and certainly in Exeter theatre groups and social groups and forest school type experiences. What sort of provision are you looking for?

Those sound good. DD currently goes to a day centre with arts, crafts, music, gardening, outings etc etc. I’m hoping to find something similar for her but not having a lot of luck with internet searching! Apparently a care plan from one local authority must be transferred the same to the next. I’m a bit cynical that this would happen but who knows! She is 24 now so not going back into education.

If anyone has transferred local authority in this way, how did it work? Was care transferred at the same levels? Did they reduce it later? Thanks 🙂

I think everyone thinks their area are “awful” because that’s what they know and it’s never easy. Myself I would live where you truly want to and make it work there.

Unfortunately, sometimes LAs try to reduce care packages when people move. Sometimes families successfully challenge this, sometimes they don’t.

All LAs act unlawfully at times and all are difficult to deal with sometimes, but some are harder to deal with than others, IMO.