What does 'social care' mean?

[Pawnless Endgame]

This is cropping up more on the news lately, usually when it's a topic about the NHS. When I search social care on Wikipaedia, it redirects me to social work. Social workers are usually from the county council and in my case, they helped with providing visual aids and hearing equipment for my sensory loss. So just wondered what the NHS term social care means?

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Ah thanks It kinda overlaps with social workers then, but they were definitely from the council for me. About home modifications, they provided me with a vibrating alarm clock (as can't hear sound without hearing aids), a louder door bell, louder smoke alarm, a monocular (sight in 1 eye only) and various magnification aids.

Edit: social care is more geared towards the elderly I take it from Rroff's post.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

It was on the Beeb again at lunchtime today, can't find it on the net atm.

It was about social care being an over-worked sector, with 12-hour shifts and 0-hour contracts being fairly common. Each staff member has an average case load of 30 clients, some with challenging behaviour. Then the story threw in some percentages, something like 7% staff shortage across the sector overall and 26% abandon the sector within a year. It's going to be a growing problem if staff working conditions don't improve and the austerity measures continue.