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Discover the services available from
Suffolk County Council to help you stay in your own home or in
supported housing: |
Adaptations to your home
Information for disabled
people about adaptations to their home.
Assistive Technology/Telecare and Community Personal Alarm Services
in Suffolk
Details of providers who
supply community alarms and Assistive Technology/Telecare Services
to support individuals and Family Carers in the community. The
services are monitored by a control centre which contacts nominated
people in the event of an emergency.
Assistive Technology/Telecare Services
Assistive
Technology/Telecare helps people to live at home by reducing levels
of risk, helping people feel safer and more secure, enabling people
with memory problems and supporting relatives and Family
Carers.
Community meals "Meals on Wheels"
Suffolk County Council
provides a meal service for people assessed as needing this
support. The assessment is not based on a person’s age, but the
ability to shop and prepare meals for themselves.
Equipment
There is a variety of
equipment available which may help you, e.g. bed raisers to make it
easier to get in and out of your bed, toilet raisers to help you
get on and off the toilet, or hoists to move you from your bed to
your chair.
Equipment Self Assessment
Link to Hampshire Coalition
Equipment Direct Self Assessment tool for community
equipment
Home
Care
Information about the home
care service
Independent Living Centres
Information about
Independent Living Centres including The Wren Centre, The Waveney
Centre and The West Suffolk Disability Resource
Centre.
Occupational therapy
Help to stay at
home
Supported housing
Supported housing is for
people who are disabled or vulnerable and who need care and
support. It is available to people with a wide range of care and/or
support needs.
Supporting People
Supporting
People
The Waveney Centre for Independent Living
Information on Waveney
Independent Living Centre
The West Suffolk Disability Resource Centre
Information on the West
Suffolk Disability Resource Centre, Bury St Edmunds
The Wren Independent Living Centre
Information about the Wren
Independent Living Centre, Ipswich. Staying independent at home,
equipment, technology and advice on daily
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