We produce a variety of social care publications specifically for services for adults, many of which can be downloaded from this page. Most of them are also available to order online or by post.
- Online - Online publications order form
Please contact us if you require this information:
- on audio format
- in braille
- in large print
- translated into another language.
Access to services
- Your life, your choice: Information for people needing social care and carers
- 'Your life, your choice' easy read version for people needing social care support (PDF, 6.5MB)
- 'Your life, your choice' easy read version for carers (PDF, 3.2MB)
Adult safeguarding
- Adult safeguarding - supporting people to be safe in West Sussex (PDF, 331KB)
- Adult safeguarding easy read version (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Worth Services - Domestic abuse advisors (PDF, 189KB)
Appeals process for Adults' Services
Assessment and review
- Supporting you to leave hospital - Discharge to assess with reablement
- Your life, your choice: Information for people needing social care and carers
- 'Your life, your choice' easy read version for people needing social care support (PDF, 6.5MB)
- 'Your life, your choice' easy read version for carers (PDF, 3.2MB)
- Is your support working for you? A guide to reviewing adult social care support
- Sharing information about you so that you get better care
- Sharing information about you so that you get better care easy read version (PDF, 1MB)
Care homes, domiciliary care and day services
(See also 'Money' below for information about paying fees.)
- Please see our Care Guide page to read information online.
- Choosing care checklist (PDF, 730KB)
Carers
- Carers Support West Sussex leaflet and easy read leaflet
- Looking after someone? - Information for carers
- Take time for you (PDF, 1.3MB)
- 'Your life, your choice' easy read version for carers (PDF, 3.2MB)
Comments, compliments and complaints
- Comments, compliments and complaints about adults' social care (PDF, 159KB)
- Comments, compliments and complaints about adults' social care - easy-read version (PDF, 220KB)
Disability
- Supporting you to leave hospital - Discharge to assess with reablement
- Disabled facilities grants for adapting your home
- Supporting you to manage at home again: Community Reablement Service
Housing
- Disabled facilities grants for adapting your home
- Shared Lives Scheme: For adults who need care and support
Local account of adult social care performance
Meals on Wheels
Money
- Carewise - Care Funding Advice (PDF, 554KB)
- Choosing and paying towards residential care 2021/22
- Deferred payments - What do I need to know?
- Direct payment prepaid card
- Direct payment prepaid card - easy read (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Disabled facilities grants for adapting your home
- Do I need to pay for social care in my home or local community? 2021/22
- Do I need to pay for social care in my home or local community? - easy read (PDF, 2.4MB)
- Extra help towards the cost of having a disability - easy read (PDF,1.7MB)
Prevention and wellbeing
For information about the teams, download a copy of the leaflet or print off a copy of the postcard.
- Prevention Assessment Teams' leaflet (PDF, 175KB)
- Prevention Assessment Teams' postcard (PDF, 124KB)