Who Can Get Community Care Services

Reading Community Care Services are for:

• adults (18 years and over)
• who live in Reading
• and who are vulnerable because they are older and have become frail, have disabilities (physical disabilities, learning disabilities visual or hearing impairments or they are ill/have ongoing health problems (including HIV/AIDS and mental ill-health)
• and who need care and/or support services  to help them life safely and independently.

This section explains how we identify your care needs and who qualifies for help.

Article		Description
	Your Care Needs Assessment	How we identify your care needs
	On-Line Self-Assessment/Self-Referral Form	A form to test your eligibility and/or request Community Care Services (Older People & Physically Disabled Adults Only)
	Our Eligibility Criteria	Our criteria for deciding who qualifies for help from community care services