Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

6.108 Local authorities must determine how the adult's inability to achieve the outcomes above impacts on their wellbeing. Where the adult is unable to achieve more than one of the outcomes, the local authority does not need to consider the impact of each individually, but should consider whether the cumulative effect of being unable to achieve those outcomes is one of a 'significant impact on wellbeing'. In doing so, local authorities should also consider whether:

- the adult's inability to achieve the outcomes above impacts on at least one of the areas of wellbeing (as described in Section 1 of the Act and chapter 1 of this guidance) in a significant way
- the effect of the impact on a number of the areas of wellbeing mean that there is a significant impact on the adult's overall wellbeing

6.109 The term 'significant' is not defined by the regulations, and must therefore be understood to have its everyday meaning. Local authorities will have to consider whether the adult's needs and their consequent inability to achieve the relevant outcomes will have an important, consequential effect on their daily lives, their independence and their wellbeing.