PART 1Care and support
Assessing needs
13The eligibility criteria
1
Where a local authority is satisfied on the basis of a needs or carer's assessment that an adult has needs for care and support or that a carer has needs for support, it must determine whether any of the needs meet the eligibility criteria (see subsection (7)).
2
Having made a determination under subsection (1), the local authority must give the adult concerned a written record of the determination and the reasons for it.
3
Where at least some of an adult's needs for care and support meet the eligibility criteria, the local authority must—
a
consider what could be done to meet those needs that do,
b
ascertain whether the adult wants to have those needs met by the local authority in accordance with this Part, and
c
establish whether the adult is ordinarily resident in the local authority's area.
4
Where at least some of a carer's needs for support meet the eligibility criteria, the local authority must—
a
consider what could be done to meet those needs that do, and
b
establish whether the adult needing care is ordinarily resident in the local authority's area.
5
Where none of the needs of the adult concerned meet the eligibility criteria, the local authority must give him or her written advice and information about—
a
what can be done to meet or reduce the needs;
b
what can be done to prevent or delay the development of needs for care and support, or the development of needs for support, in the future.
6
Regulations may make provision about the making of the determination under subsection (1).
I17
Needs meet the eligibility criteria if—
a
they are of a description specified in regulations, or
b
they form part of a combination of needs of a description so specified.
I18
The regulations may, in particular, describe needs by reference to—
a
the effect that the needs have on the adult concerned;
b
the adult's circumstances.