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Activities for older people
Community alarm services
Keeping warm in winter service
Mobile meals - meals on wheels
Social services - direct payments
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Care - alternative providers
Care - home assessment
Needs assessment by social services
Older persons bus pass
Protection of vulnerable adults
Residential care - adult
Vetting of contract and supplier staff
Wills and testaments

Services for older people

Activities for older people
Provision of leisure activities for older people within the community. This may include cultural, sporting and other organised social activities.
Community alarm services
The community alarm service provides peace of mind for people who feel at risk in their own homes. It is a 24 hour 365 day monitoring service which works via a special alarm unit connected to the telephone line.
Keeping warm in winter service
The Central Heating Programme provides central heating systems and insulation measures in the private sector where the householder or their spouse is 60 or over, and there is no system or one which is irreparably broken. In addition, applicants aged 80 or over can receive upgrades and replacements of partial or inefficient systems.
Mobile meals - meals on wheels
The Mobile Meals service delivers meals to older or vulnerable people in their own homes on a short or long term basis according to need.
Social services - direct payments
A direct payment is a cash payment allowing clients to buy their own support instead of Social Services providing it. The money can be used to employ a personal assistant or to use an agency to provide staff for you. A client can 'mix and match' and have some support provided by Social Services and take some as a direct payment.
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