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WorksheetsHealth & Social Care
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the Carers and Direct Payments Act NI (2002)
Makes official the payments paid to informal carers from the government
A piece of legislation that service users pay for care
A piece of legislation that makes provision of carers needs
Who does the Act aim to support
Informal carers
Service users
Informal carers and their families
Informal carers and service users
Select all the ways Direct Payments provide support to Service Users
Aim to promote independence
Allows them to choose who cares for them
Enables them to provide care for themselves if they don't want to pay a carer
To allow Service Users to pay for adaptions to their homes
Ways in which the Act supports Informal Carers (select all appropriate answers)
carers may not need to carry out some tasks which they find uncomfortable eg. personal care
the care can be provided in their own home and not an external setting
they have a sense of autonomy over care
care can be provided by someone employed which means there is flexibility if the informal carer is unavailable
Informal carer can set which times suit them and tailor it to suit their needs
Select 2 reasons for the increase in population of individuals with learning disabilities
There is less stigma surrounding learning disabilities
There is a lack of knowledge which has led to false diagnosis
Advances in medicine and technology, improving the accuracy of diagnosis
Women are having children earlier in life, increasing the risk of babies with Down's Syndrome
Due to the increased funding of SEN in mainstream schools, do you think this has led to an increase in the number of SEN children?
Yes
No
What is respite care?
A break for service users from being cared for
Taking a break from a caring role
Service user going to a new carer because they're tired of the previous one
A carer going on holiday with the service user
Name 1 type of respite care
Who pays for Respite Care?
Charities
Government
The individual or their family
The service user
