Social care for older people
We employ trained people who will visit you to look at problems you may be experiencing in your home and to help you find solutions. The help we can provide includes:
- Navigator service
- Navigators are trained community workers who visit people aged 60 and over. They can help find support services to allow people to live independently at home, and improve health and wellbeing.
- Looking after you
- Services for older people, including day care, home care, residential and nursing care, and respite care.
- Disabled parking
- Information about a national scheme (Blue Care badge scheme) that helps people with limited mobility to park near shops and other community facilities.
- Rehabilitation
- For people who are either coming out of hospital, or who need rehabilitation to enable them to cope in their own homes
- Adaptations to your home
- For those with a physical disability – information about alterations to your home that may help you to manage important daily activities more easily, such as a ramp to your front door, or a rail to help you round the house
- Equipment (Daily Living Equipment)
- Details about ‘daily living equipment’ (DLE) that can make a big difference to how you carry out day-to-day activities such as walking aids, telecare and home adaptations.
- Protecting your property/home
- Information about protection of property, if you are admitted into hospital or residential nursing care.
- Incontinence laundry service
- The incontinence laundry service can help you to cope with problems that incontinence can cause when living in your own home.
- Age Well Project: new care homes for older people
- This project will replace existing buildings at Mount Denys and Pinehill, Ridgewood Rise and Harvard Road.
- Protecting vulnerable adults from abuse
- Our leaflet explains what to do if someone comes to you for help, or if you suspect someone might be at risk.
- Keep Warm, Keep Well
- Keep Warm, Keep Well is a national campaign to combat the effects of winter that can lead to strokes, respiratory diseases and even deaths.
- Developing services for older people
- If you are over 50, find out how to get involved in local forums in your area, comment on our older people's strategy or find out about consultations that affect older people.
