Adaptions & Alterations
Alarm Call Services
Centre for Accessible
Environments
Centres for Independent
Living
Domestic & Personal Care
Equipment
Meals Service
Occupational Therapy
Remap
Telephones
ADAPTATIONS AND
ALTERATIONS
If you need to adapt your
home, you can apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant. This
grant is means-tested which means your income and savings
are taken into account when calculating the amount of
money that you will get.
For details contact your District or Borough
Council.
ALARM CALL SERVICES
24 hour emergency help
Hears (Ipswich) Tel: 01473 233236
Mid Suffolk Tel: 01449 727300
Suffolk Coastal contact Care Limited. Tel: 0800
9174680
Waveney Tel: 01502 515435
CENTRE
FOR ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS
Nutmeg
House, 60 Gainsford Street, London, SE1 2NY. Tel: 0207
357 8182
Promotes the development of accessible built
environments.
CENTRES
FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
These are purpose-built bungalows with a wide range of
equipment for people to try out. They exist to help
assess the needs of people with disabilities in a
home-like setting. The service is free, but an
appointment is necessary.
The centres also act as a focus for information for
people with disabilities.
The Waveney Centre for
Independent Living 161 Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2EZ. Tel/Minicom: 01502 405454. Fax: 01502 405452
Email: WCIL@socserv.suffolkcc.gov.uk
The Wren Centre 7 Wren Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 0TJ. Tel: 01473 686804
West Suffolk Disability
Resource Centre
Papworth House, 4 Bunting Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7BX. Tel: 01284 748888
DOMESTIC & PERSONAL CARE
Services are available to enable people to stay in their
homes by helping with tasks such as washing, dressing,
food preparation, housework etc. These can be provided
through Social Services. Depending on your circumstances
there may be a charge. Services can be purchased directly
from independent providers. Contact Social Services or
your local Disability
Advice Service. Age Concern also provide a home help service.
EQUIPMENT
There is a large range of equipment available to help you
be as independent as possible. Social Services staff,
including Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation
Officers for visually impaired people, are available for
advice. Items may be loaned to you by Social Services
following an assessment.
For further details, contact Social Services. Items can also be purchased from
specialist suppliers. For details contact your local Disability
Advice Service.
The British Red Cross
Society can supply
equipment for daily living including short term loan of
wheelchairs, bath seats, bed blocks etc.
MEALS SERVICE
If you have difficulty preparing your own food, you may
be entitled to meals from Social Services. For
information contact Social Services.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Occupational Therapists
will be able to advise you on ways in which day to day
living may be improved. For further details contact Social Services.
REMAP
Offers engineering help and
manufacturing facilities or equipment for people with
disabilities. Contact Martin Allkins. Tel: 01473 726201.
TELEPHONES
If you have a permanent and
substantial disability, Social Services may be able to arrange for a telephone to
be installed free of charge.
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