| AA; | Attendance Allowance – non means tested benefit for people who are over 65 years of age |
| BIA; | Best Interest Assessor, a professional considering a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard application |
| CA; | Carers Allowance – non means tested benefit for people who are over 16 years and caring for more than 35 hours per week and not earning more than £110 (net) |
| CB; | Child Benefit is a payment that you can claim for your child, rules changed in 2012 affecting people who earn above £50\’000 |
| CC; | Continuing care another name for continuing healthcare covers the cost of care for a primarily health need |
| CCG; | Clinical Commissioning Groups are NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in England |
| CCG; | Community Care Grant – abolished by Welfare Reform Act 2012 – Local Authority administers local emergency support from April 2013 |
| CFC; | Care Funding Calculator – tool that may be used by Local Authorities to work out cost of assessed care need |
| CHC; | Continuing Healthcare another name for Continuing Care, a package of care paid for by the CCG for a primary health need |
| COP; | Court of Protection appoints, regulates and administers Deputies who manage health/welfare and/or property/finance decisions for someone who no longer has mental capacity to appoint their own |
| CP; | Carers Premium is an amount that may be added to a means tested benefit claim if you have entitlement to Carers Allowance- even if you are not receiving it |
| CTB; | Council Tax Benefit was abolished by Welfare Reform Act 2012, means tested eligible housing cost payments may still be administered by the District Council until 2017 when Universal Credit is rolled out Nationally. Council Tax exemptions and reductions may apply for example if someone has moved into permanent care |
| CTR; | Council tax Reduction is the replacement for Council Tax Benefit |
| DBC; | Disability Benefit Centre – or DCS, administers disability benefits for the DWP |
| DCS; | Disability and Carers Service administers AA/DLA/PIP/CA |
| DLA; | Disability Living Allowance is a non means tested benefit for someone with a care and/or supervision, mobility need. Abolished by Welfare Reform Act 2012 and replaced by PIP, to be rolled out over the next few years |
| DoL’s; | Deprivation of Liberty safeguards. The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (formerly known as the Bournewood safeguards) were introduced into the Mental Capacity Act 2005 through the Mental Health Act 2007 to protect people from unlawful deprivation of their liberty |
| DP; | Direct Payments are a way of buying your own services with a budget given by the Local Authority once they have assessed an eligible care need and/or provision |
| DP/DPA; | Deferred Payment agreements allows local authorities to defer permanent care fees against a charge on property |
| DST; | Decision Support Tool, this is used to help determine CHC eligibility |
| DWP; | Department of Works and Pensions is the Government department responsible for welfare benefits/social security benefits |
| EPA; | Enduring powers of attorney have been replaced by lasting powers of attorney. However, they may still be used if they were made and signed before October 2007 when the Mental Capacity Act 20005 came into force. |
| ESA; | Employment Support Allowance CB – Contribution Based (non means tested) and/or IB -Income Based (means tested) |
| FACS; | Fairer Access to Care Services was the criteria the Local Authority uses to assess an eligible care need before the Care Act 2014 introduced national eligibility criteria |
| GC; | Guarantee Credit, an element of the means tested benefit Pension Credit |
| HB; | Housing Benefit, means tested help with housing costs |
| IB; | Incapacity Benefit, non means tested benefit for those not able to work due to disability or illness (replaced by ESA) |
| IFA; | Independent Financial Adviser Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB); is for people who are disabled because of an accident at work, or who have certain diseases caused by their work (but not if this is self-employment) |
| IS; | Income Support, means tested top up benefit being replaced by Universal Credit |
| JCP; | Job Centre Plus manages benefits for working age people |
| JSA; | Jobseekers Allowance CB; Contribution Based/IB; Income Based benefit for people actively seeking work |
| LPA; | Lasting Power of Attorney, brought in by Mental Capacity Act 2005 – came into force Oct 2007 providing for legal representation on another person’s behalf and in their best interest |
| MDT; | Multi-Disciplinary Team, a meeting of a number of professionals involved with a person\’s care is called an MDT. It is during one of these that CHC eligibility is discussed and a recommendation made to the CCG |
| OPG; | Office of Public Guardian, manages the register of Attorney\’s |
| PB; | Personal Budget. This is the amount that the Local Authority has assessed an eligible care need to cost them should they be required to or choose to |
| PIP; | Personal Independence Payment, a non means tested benefit for those with care and /or supervision needs, replaces DLA from April 2013 (Welfare Reform Act 2012) for people of a working age |
| PC; | Pension Credit, a means tested benefit for people over the women’s state retirement pension age |
| RAS; | Resource Allocation System – A system used by Local Authority\’s to work out the cost of an eligible need care package |
| SAQ; | Self-assessment questionnaire. This is the form that the Local Authority uses to gather information to assess a care and support need (paper/web format) |
| SC; | Savings Credit. One of two parts to Pension Credit, you have to be over 65 for this part of the means tested benefit |
| SDP; | Severe Disability Premium. The disability premium on a means tested; Pension Credit |
| SDS; | Self Directed Support. Designed to allow personalisation for care needs, a way for people to buy their care from their own choice of provider |
| SFC; | Statement of Financial Circumstances. A form given/sent by Local Authorities to gather information required to assess a financial contribution |
| SRP/SP; | State Retirement Pension/State Pension |
| >UC; | Universal Credit – Replaces means tested working age benefits, brought in by welfare Reform Act 2012 |
| WTC; | Working Tax Credit, means tested for those in work on a low income (age and number of employed hour rules apply) |
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