Home First is designed to provide an extended assessment and
re-ablement service to people who have not had care services before
or require care on discharge from hospital.
The service is directly provided by Suffolk County Council’s
Home First carers, the service is normally for a period of six
weeks although it can end sooner if you no longer need it or if a
longer term service is more suitable for you.
Home First is a time limited service aimed at helping you
maximise your independence. Carers work with you to help you
redevelop your ability to undertake your personal care tasks for
example:
- to get up and out of bed and dressed or undressed and into
bed
- to wash, shave, wash your hair
- with toilet requirements
- with eating or drinking
- with medication or other agreed health related tasks.
The service will also support you, where appropriate, to find
other agencies, which could link with you to provide you with wider
community support e.g.
At Home library service or befrienders.
As well as providing care and support to you, we may also
provide help to a person already looking after you at home, for
example, a friend or relative, or carer.
What happens if I need care beyond 6 weeks?
If you need care beyond the initial 6 weeks,
Suffolk County Council will arrange for a private agency to
continue this work.
Home First - Quality Assurance feedback March 2009
County
results from the questionnaires (PDF,35.81Kb)