People have easy access to information and advice that helps them plan and access social care services

Support Choices is a free community based independent service helping people organise social care and Self-Directed Support 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.

Having easy access to information and advice that helps people to think about and plan social care services for what they need now and also in the future is really important.  It’s the kind of information we often don’t think about until we need it and then it can be very hard to know where to start and who to ask.

Planning how social care services fit together can also be complicated such as making it work to support different aspects of a person’s life and the things they would like to do whilst also making sure it fits into the carer’s life too.

 After talking with people and families who have used Support Choices this is some of the things they have said about information and advice that helps them plan and access social care services.

For more information about Support Choices, visit the information page on our website https://www.supportchoices.co.uk/support-choices-1 or contact us on 01350 729130 / supportchoices@otbds.org

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