Where to get help
Care and support ranges from equipment aids to adaptations for your home and full residential care. We have a wide range of daily living aids and care and support services.
However, there are local services available to give you more choice in your personal care plan. These services can provide you with complementary advice and support.
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Some community resources that may be able to help are
- Age UK Isle of Wight – focuses to keep you well, independent and improve your quality of life. It enables the individual and helps your family, friends, or carers to support you
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Alzheimer Cafes Isle of Wight
– are meeting places
providing informal education about dementia, guidance and signposting to other
services. They welcome people with dementia, their families, carers and
professionals. Parklands Dementia Hub in
Cowes offers activities, training support and advice in a friendly, safe
environment.
- Carers IW – provides services for carers on the Isle of Wight and offers support and advocacy to adults who look after another adult. Services are free and confidential
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Citizens Advice Bureau –
offers independent, confidential and free advice on a range of
subjects including housing, relationships, debt, tax credits, welfare
benefits, employment, immigration, health and community care.
- Islefindit – provides information and advice on a wide range of community support services
- Isle of Wight Care Service Directory - if you are looking for help from social services on
the Isle of Wight this directory explores The different types of care
available, how to pay for your care, staying independent at home and support
for carers.
- Living Well – provides early prevention,
self-help and empowers you to manage your own health and wellbeing through the
Living Well approach which helps people recognise and build on their strengths
and capabilities. The service is
delivered island-wide through the Outreach team, Hubs, Information Points and
Groups. The service is also able to provide help with independent living equipment.
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight – supports people who have life-limiting conditions, such as dementia, motor-neurone disease, heart failure, increasing frailty and more. They focus on physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs
- Wight Sense - is a sensory service which can provide one to one help and support for any Islander who lives with sight loss, hearing loss or both. This includes advice, assessment and help with equipment.
If none of these options suit your needs we can start the assessment process with you