Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

This field should be completed for long term assessments only, where the person’s eligibility for services under the Care Act 2014 is determined.

Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities must provide information and advice considering what is available to prevent the need for care and support for all needs identified as non-eligible for support. Where a person has at least one need identified but is not eligible for support under the Care Act 2014, this should be recorded as ‘Non-eligible needs identified’.

Not all local authorities record non-eligible needs: in these cases, ‘Eligible needs identified’ should be recorded when these are identified, and ‘No needs identified’ should be recorded otherwise.

• Eligible needs identified
• Non-eligible needs identified
• No needs identified

Data type: Defined list