Welcome

Welcome to the ADASS Website - the home of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and the voice of adult social care.  The site contains the whole range of policy initiatives, press releases and consultation responses that constitute so much of the daily activity of the Association's members, and is regularly updated.

The main contact details of the Association can be found at the foot of every page.  Please use this address to post comments about this site - we value your views.  For other contact details see Contacts.

President's Blog


Sandie Keene

Sandie Keene became President of ADASS on April 17 this year, taking over the role from Sarah Pickup who becomes the Association’s Immediate Past President. In her presidential speech, Sandie called on social care departments to embrace the future, despite the 'ever-present, national fiscal challenge’. She warned recently that “without additional investment from that already planned, an already bleak outlook becomes even bleaker.”

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News Adults

Paying for Care

 
The newly launched
PayingForCare Calculator

Dementia Challenge

For all the latest updates on the Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge, and especially for the health and care Challenge Group, go to www.dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk