People and carers are more informed, listened to and less stressed

Support Choices is a free community based independent service helping people organise social care and Self-Directed Support (SDS) across Perth and Kinross. It aims to give people and unpaid carers the information they need to make informed choices.

Over the last few months, we have been carrying out an evaluation of the impact of Support Choices for people and unpaid carers. We have done this by listening to people who have used the service, and by collecting the stories and experiences around the difference it has made to their lives.

A major difficulty for people when they are looking at social care or organising SDS is getting hold of simple, relevant and timely information so they can make informed decisions.  Not being able to easily find out about the things they need to know and yet still needing to make decisions makes this experience incredible stressful. 

After talking with people and families who have used Support Choices, these are some of the things they have said about being more informed, listened to, and less stressed.

For more information about Support Choices, see Support Choices or email  supportchoices@otbds.org

 For information on the evaluation of Support Choices, contact Louise at louise@otbds.org