 young person’s ordinary residence will have become the local authority in which they were placed and where they have been living and settled for some years16. This will primarily be affected by the young person’s ‘mental capacity’ to make a choice regarding the area in which they live. 6.13. Relevant agencies providing health and adult social care services should have been involved in transition planning in the years leading up to the young person’s 18th birthday in order to ensure a smooth transition. Adult social care provision 6.14. Eligibility for adult social care provision is governed by the Department of Health Guidance on Eligibility Criteria for Adult Social Care (2010) 17. Local authorities may provide community care services to individual adults with needs arising from physical, sensory, learning or cognitive disabilities and impairments, or from mental health difficulties. Increasingly, support is self- directed and delivered through personal budgets, following self-assessment and person-centred support planning. Young people moving into adulthood and the people close to them need high quality, accessible information about personalisation from the age of 14 so that their planning can be within the context of knowing the resources that will be available for their support. 6.15. Eligibility Criteria for Adult Social Care requires local authorities to have in place arrangements to identify individuals who may need a variety of services as they move from youth to adulthood. When undertaking assessments and re- assessments, local authorities are required to ensure that marked changes in the type, level and source of support should be managed very carefully as these are usually not in the best interests of people using services. 6.16. Adult social care services h