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Asbestosis and the care support options available

If you, or a relative, are suffering from asbestosis or another form of asbestos-related disease, at some stage you may need to consider care options if you or your loved one's health changes. The NHS offers several types of support from social services which can greatly relieve the pressure on relatives who may be acting as full time carers.

Before the social services can assist you, an assessment is carried out to look at what your care needs are. In most cases of care required for asbestosis or mesothelioma sufferers, this assessment will be a community care assessment, but it may also include a carer's assessment to look at the needs of the person who looks after you.

Once this has taken place your local authority will decide what level of care is appropriate for you and your needs and then match this with services available.

There are no national eligibility criteria for community care services and each local authority sets its own criteria, so there are variations around the country. Once an assessment has established a need for help, local authorities may consider providing one or more of a wide variety of services including:

  • Care at home, such as help from care workers, aids and equipment, laundry services or telecare.

  • Care away from home, which could include residential care on a permanent or temporary basis. It could also include respite care, day centres or short stays in care for rehabilitation.

  • Housing, which could include major adaptations to a home, minor works or disabled parking bays.

Most services will be provided by the NHS for free depending on the service. In some cases a financial assessment may be carried out to determine whether you have to make any financial contribution.

To find out more about the care available to you, you can visit the NHS getting support website where there is further information on care options.

If you or a loved one has developed asbestosis as a result of their work, you are entitled to make an asbestosis compensation claim for your illness. You deserve to gain all the help and support available, and the financial aid which compensation brings can help you obtain this.

Make an asbestosis claim with YouClaim today

At YouClaim, our team of personal injury lawyers have years of experience helping asbestosis and mesothelioma sufferers to make successful compensation claims. Thanks to our no win, no fee policy, you will not be charged a single penny for making a claim.

For more information about making a compensation claim for asbestosis, why not give our friendly advisers a call today?

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