Continuing Care and Additional Support Needs

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In 2022, CELCIS created a series of resources on Continuing Care.

If you click through to their website here you can access their information video on Continuing Care and additional Support Needs. Through the eyes of Kyle, you can find out more about the challenges and thoughts of someone trying to understand continuing care and how they might apply to you. Here’s a bit more about her story:

“Kyle is 21 and has lived in his residential home since he was 15. Kyle has several additional needs and he has really enjoyed staying where he is, in continuing care. There are lots of people there who love Kyle and who understand his wants and needs and he has been supported to learn and grow over the past few years. His social worker keeps encouraging him to move into his own flat and get support workers. Kyle doesn't want this. He wants to stay in his home with the people who know him best and he wants go to college. He doesn't want to live by himself and have new people around to support him. Kyle is worried that his social worker will force him to move out and this is making Kyle very anxious.”

Remember to talk to someone you trust such as your connector or someone at The Why Not? Trust about any big decisions that affect your future. Alternatively, you can click here to find out more about the helplines that specialise in your rights to continuing care.