Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/policies/social-care/#:~:text=Social%20care%20means%20all%20forms,continue%20in%20their%20caring%20role.The King's Fund provided the following definition of social care, echoing and providing more detail to the Scottish Government's definition:
Adult social care covers a wide range of activities to help people who are older or living with disability or physical or mental illness live independently and stay well and safe.