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COVID-19: providing unpaid care to adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults

Guidance for people who are providing unpaid care to adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
24 April 2020
Last updated
24 August 2021 — See all updates

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The information in this guidance has been superseded by Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement.

Applies to England

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This guidance is for anyone who provides unpaid care, such as friends or family, to adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults.

The guidance will help people with caring responsibilities to:

  • keep people with learning disabilities and autistic people safe
  • support them to understand the changes they need to make during the COVID-19 outbreak
  • protect their own wellbeing

Updates to this page

Published 24 April 2020
Last updated 24 August 2021 + show all updates

  1. ​Updated to include guidance on self-isolation that came into effect on 16 August.

  2. Updated to include information on NHS volunteer responders.

  3. Updated guidance in line with the lifting of most legal restrictions to control COVID-19 from 19 July 2021, as we move to Step 4 of the COVID-19 roadmap.

  4. Updated to reflect easing of some COVID-19 restrictions from 12 April.

  5. Updated to reflect easing of some COVID-19 restrictions from 29 March.

  6. Updated guidance under 'Social distancing' to include that the government has published the 'COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021' setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England, and that from 8 March some of the rules on what you can and cannot do will be changing.

  7. Updated to reflect national lockdown rules in England.

  8. Updated to include relevant links to guidance on the local restriction tier system that will be in place in England from 2 December.

  9. This guidance has been updated to include links to the guidance on the new national restrictions which will apply in England from 5 November.

  10. Updated to include guidance on local COVID alert levels, updated links to accessible resources and removed outdated links to easy-reads.

  11. Replaced links to social distancing guidance and easy-read counterpart with updated guidance on staying alert and safe, coronavirus outbreak FAQs and guidance on meeting with others safely.

  12. First published.

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