Services to elderly people : can we help? / Cambridgeshire Social Services Dept.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). Social Services Department
Date:
[1988]
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Credit: Services to elderly people : can we help? / Cambridgeshire Social Services Dept. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    u. This might be home care, y care, residential care or a mbination of these services. e can also give advice about nancial benefits you may be sntitled to. R ALL THESE SERVICES: NTACT POINT : LOCAL CIAL SERVICES DIVISIONAL FICE ay Care Gennes ocial Services have several y care centres across the unty and support many _ luntary run centres. These ovide a break in routine, a hance to get out of the house and company to chat with. The centres provide meals allow some people to carry on living with relatives when those a POINT : LOCAL long term _ People can need residential re for many reasons; to eet an emergency need, to OW a carer to have a much eded holiday, or as a inned admission and move fay from your own home en you can no longer age. We try to provide rent types of residential 3 services, from short-term stays with specially chosen families or in our own homes, to permanent care in our homes these different needs. CONTACT POINT : LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISIONAL OFFICE In Hospital — Social Services employ some hospitals alongside their Health Service colleagues. They can help with arrangements for your return home after a stay in hospital. For example, you might need home- care, special equipment or meals on wheels. Or you may have worries about how you will manage and want someone to talk it over with. CONTACT POINT : HOSPITAL SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT What other services may be of help? Housing and Accommodation The District Councils provide a limited amount of ’sheltered- accommodation’. This accommodation is built specifically for elderly or disabled people. You can find Out about it and also get general information about other