Community social work: supporting vulnerable adults to reconnect with their communities 

Joan has early onset dementia. She has always lived independently, but some concerns started to be raised that Joan was no longer managing so well. She had stopped going out, and her house had become cluttered and unclean.
Joan’s landlord wanted to evict her and Zoey, a senior social worker in Hampshire Adults’ Health and Care, began working with her.
It appeared that Joan had care and support needs, but she was reluctant to have a social worker involved and Zoey was finding it hard