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Adult Social Care "Social Care" is a tricky term to describe because it covers such a huge range of services including
Manchester City Council's Adult Social Care Department is responsible for ensuring that services are available across the City. It does this by buying services from other organisations such as private care homes, private care companies and voluntary and community sector organisatons - although Manchester City Council also provides some services itself, this has reduced over the years. More information about social care in Manchester can be found on the City Council's website Increasingly, social care is no longer being commissioned centrally by the Department, but people using services are being given direct control over the funds which would be spent on providing their care and support. This is the personalisation agenda more information about how this is being developed is available in a special section on this topic - see the menu on the right. Note: MACC uses the term "adults" to refer to people over the age of 18: some agencies refer to "adults" and "older people" as being different - as if older people aren't adults! What people usually mean by "adults" is actually "adults of working age" that is aged 18-65....although confusingly some people describe "older people" as being anyone over 50! |
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