4. Applying for CHC

A health or social care professional like a nurse or social worker is usually the first person who will suggest that you or someone you care for might be eligible for CHC.

They will go through a screening checklist, to look at whether a person qualifies for a full assessment of need.

The checklist asks about the following areas, also called ‘care domains’:

breathing
nutrition
continence
skin integrity
mobility
communication
psychological/emotional
cognition
behaviour
drug therapies and medication
altered states of consciousness

Each point on the checklist will be rated as either

A (Highest level of care)

B (moderate care needs)

C (low level of care/no needs)

If the person’s needs are considered significant enough, they will progress to a full assessment of need.

If you or the person you care for is approaching the end of their life, they may be eligible for a fast-track application.

This is completed by a medical professional and means that the assessment process isn’t needed so that CHC funding can be paid sooner.