Getting an assisted living place?

Disability_Diva

I’m struggling to get an assisted living place in my local area. I’m also struggling to find activity groups in my local area. Would anyone be able to help me with the issues I’m having? Xx

steve51

Hi @Disability_Diva

Good Afternoon & Welcome ⛄️⛄️⛄️

I am one off the Community Champion’s here at Scope.

Have you got a local “CAB” office????

Can you please let me know what area do you live & I can find your local “Scope”

Please please let me know if you have any further problems????

@steve51

chiarieds

Hi @Disability_Diva - Welcome to the community. As far as assisted living goes, depending where you live, it can be difficult to find. Perhaps this 'may' help. See: http://www.housingcare.org/elderly-uk-assisted-living-extra-care-housing.aspx

For your other query, I'd suggest looking at your local council's website, or give them a ring. Alternatively try searching here: https://www.ableize.com/

Sorry, I see you already had an answer....I was handicapped by my kitten trying to add to my post!!

Chloe_Alumni

Hi @Disability_Diva and a warm welcome to the community! If you ask your GP about social prescribing, they might be able to suggest groups that are in your local area.

Topkitten

Assisted Living and disability living in general are handled / controlled by the local Council through Community Support.

As for local disability groups there is no, as far as I am aware, local or centralized way of finding this out. The CAB may be able to help but they are very local. For example they know of only 2 groups in my area.... one is for CP and the other for Brain Damage specific conditions. I was lucky to contact someone through Mental Health who knew of a more generalized group in another town around 20 miles from where I live but they are a small local charity run organisation, not a large group. If it is a specific and well known condition (like MS or CP) then there are much larger organisations you can contact who will have a much better idea what sort of support for your specific disability there is in your area.

TK

Chloe_Alumni

Hi @Disability_Diva, how are things at the moment? Please do let us know if we can do anything else to help.

Disability_Diva

Thank you all so much food your advice. It’s pretty difficult to sort anything like this at this time of the year. Also, I’ve been waiting for a social worker to be allocated for6 months and this has to be done before anything else can be done

Chloe_Alumni

Hi @Disability_Diva

Sorry to hear you have been waiting so long for this. Have you been able to ring up and chase things? I appreciate that this time of year can be hard. Please do let us know if we can do anything else to help.

newborn

Experts will know more, but possibly a line of research  might be for an Independent Advocate.  For some situations,  the council or a charity or even the N.H.S. may have a system.