{"id":204,"date":"2010-11-25T15:54:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T15:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-01-05T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T15:16:33","slug":"9-access-to-local-authority-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Access to local authority services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3123\" title=\"home care guide leaflet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/home_care_guide.jpg\" alt=\"home care guide leaflet\" width=\"245\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/home_care_guide.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/home_care_guide-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><br \/>\nDetails of your local authority are available in you telephone directory under <strong>social work<\/strong>. You can call and ask for <strong>a needs assessment<\/strong> and\/or <strong>a carer\u2019s assessment<\/strong>. You can make enquiries about local services or ask\u00a0to be referred to\u00a0a health professional\u00a0 Waiting times may vary depending on the resources\u00a0required to meet your individual needs.<\/p>\n<p>Some local authorities\u00a0let you\u00a0self refer for an occupational therapy assessment. Some have a leaflet for small personal equipment which you can order for your self. This could include easy reacher to lift items up from the floor, non slip mat, plastic urinal, kitchen trolley.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3334\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3334\" title=\"Kitchen trolley, easy reacher, plastic urinal and non slip mats \" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/access_objects.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen trolley, easy reacher, plastic urinal and non slip mats \" width=\"550\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/access_objects.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/access_objects-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitchen trolley, easy reacher, plastic urinal and non slip mats. Photos are provided with permission from NRS Healthcare: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrshealthcare.co.uk\">https:\/\/www.nrshealthcare.co.uk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details of your local authority are available in you telephone directory under social work. You can call and ask for a needs assessment and\/or a carer\u2019s assessment. You can make enquiries about local services or ask\u00a0to be referred to\u00a0a health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=204\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[50,56,449,100,496],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-social","tag-care-needs-assessment","tag-carer-needs-assessment","tag-community-occupational-therapist","tag-community-social-worker","tag-practical-equipment-cat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6688,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/6688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}