Care and Repair - Healthy Homes Project

Purpose of Service:

The service provides a dedicated Caseworker and Occupational Therapist linked with the GP surgeries in the North Cluster.  The service will deliver an alternative, proactive model of care that focuses on early intervention and prevention.  The Caseworker and Occupational Therapist will work together to provide patients with a holistic, housing focused service which offers practical solutions for the home environment, provision of aids and adaptations as well as practical advice and support to help them live more comfortably, safely and independently at home.

Service user groups covered:

Older people aged over 50 and who have long term/complex health conditions and fall within one or more of the following categories:

• Are socially inactive and/or isolated
• Are known fallers
• Suffer a sensory impairment
• Patients recently discharged and identified “at risk” of accidental injury in the home and where existing provision cannot meet the required response time and/or need
• Have suffered previous accidental injury and have been admitted to A&E and as a result require safety modifications to eliminate further risk.
• Suffer with Dementia
• Live in poor or inappropriate housing (i.e. damp, mould, cold, require adaptations etc.)
• Require home safety measures and/or mid-level adaptations in order that they can continue to live independently at home

Please contact your GP surgery to be referred.