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KCC Adult Social Care Consultation

Meeting: 18/10/2016 - Communities, Housing and Environment Committee (Item 87)

87 Report of the Head of Housing and Community Services - KCC Adult Social Care Consultation pdf icon PDF 73 KB

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Decision:

That the draft response to the KCC Adult Social Care Strategy consultation as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Head of Housing and Community Services be agreed.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Housing and Community Services which related to the KCC Adult Social Care Strategy Consultation.

 

Members noted that the new strategy explained the KCC’s vision for how adult social care would be delivered over the next five years.

 

The aims of the strategy were to ‘help people to improve or maintain their well-being and to live as independently as possible’.  The strategy was broken down into three themes that cover the whole range of services provided for people with social care and support needs and their carers:-

 

·  Promoting well-being – supporting and encouraging people to look after their health and well-being to avoid or delay them needing adult social care

·  Promoting independence – providing short-term support so that people are then able to carry on with their lives as independently as possible

·  Supporting independence – for people who need ongoing social care support, helping them to live the life they want to live, in their own homes where possible, and do as much for themselves as they can

RESOLVED:  That the draft response to the KCC Adult Social Care Strategy consultation as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Head of Housing and Community Services be agreed.

 

Voting:  For:  9  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0