Coronavirus guidance for adult social care

Government guidance (opens new window)

Care Homes support package 

• DHSC press statement on the package 15/5/20
• Care Home support package pdf  (opens new window)14/5/20
• Letter of support for care homes from the Minister of State for Care pdf (opens new window) 14/5/20

Care Home testing kits

• Care Home and Home Care testing information chart (opens new window)
• Roll out of whole care home testing kits letter from Director General, Adult Social Care (opens new window) 13/5/20
• Care Home testing fact sheet (opens new window)
• Care Home testing letter form Minister of State for Care (opens new window) 7/5/20
• Care Home testing referral form (opens new window)

Guidance for direct payment holders 

Guidance for people receiving direct payments (opens new window) 21/04/20

• Personal Assistant Covid-19 testing user guide (opens new window) 28/4/20
• Coronavirus - getting tested (opens new window) updated 04/5/20

Changes to the law

• Care Act easements: guidance for local authorities (opens new window) 01/4/20
• Ethical framework for adult social care (opens new window) 19/3/20
• Coronavirus bill (opens new window) 23/04/20

Guidance for adult social care commissioners and providers

• Shielding extremely vulnerable people from COVID-19 (opens new window) updated 05/5/20
• Covid 19: How to work safely in domiciliary care (opens new window)  updated 30/4/20 
• Adult social care action plan (opens new window)  updated16/4/20
• Supported living and home care provision (opens new window) updated 06/4/20

Guidance for unpaid carers and individual employers

• Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family (opens new window) 08/4/20

TLAP framework for what good looks like  

• COVID-19 Making it Real I statements pdf (opens new window)
• COVID-19 Making it Real We statements pdf (opens new window)
• Care Act easements 

Other useful resources

• Guide to furlough leave job retention scheme (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• Guide for self employed service providers in homecare (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• Managing coronavirus issues at work - Guide to individual employers (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• EasyRead on social distancing (opens new window) from Easy Read info