The Occupational Therapy Service aims to help people with a disability and their carers to live safely and independently in their own homes.
What we do
Assess your own and your carer/s difficulties with everyday living tasks such as getting in and out of a chair or on and off the toilet.
- Give advice on alternative methods of managing those activities.
- Advise carers on moving and handling techniques, eg to assist someone to get in and out of bed.
- Loan essential items of equipment to help with day-to-day tasks more easily. The Community Equipment Service supplies, delivers, collects and recycles equipment on our behalf. We can also provide equipment under the direct payment scheme. Instead of loaning you equipment, we give you a cash payment to buy the same equipment yourself.
- Help with minor adaptations to your home such as a grab rail by the toilet or an additional stair rail.
We may also:
- Make recommendations to the Housing Services for a Disabled Facilities Grant. A grant can be considered for appropriate adaptations to your property, such as a level access shower or stairlift. These grants are means tested.
- Liaise with other people involved in your care such as social workers and health staff.
- Make referrals to other agencies.
If you need:-
- A wheelchair or walking aid please contact your GP;
- Pressure mattress or specialist nursing equipment, please contact your District Nurse.
- Useful hints and tips about ways to make your life easier, details of products that might help you, and where you can obtain them, an online self-assessment tool, SARA, has been developed by the Disabled Living Foundation, which is a national charity. This asks you a range of questions about yourself and your environment.
How to contact us
To make a request for the service, contact the Duty Desk.
For people under the age of 18 contact the Disabled Children’s Team
Additional Information
The Independent Living Centre
The Independent Living Centre serve BANES residents and offer assessment by Occupational Therapists and impartial advice. They are local and are an easily accessible service. Please see Web site - www.ilc.org.uk, Email - welcome.ilc.semington@googlemail.com