My sister needs to move into sheltered housing or a care home. I don't know where to start

janelarden

I’m looking for some Help for my sister who has cerabal palsy and needs to move out of her house into sheltered housing or a care home.  She is very independent but is struggling with mental health and loneliness now. She can walk using her frame outside but struggles with speech. She currently lives in a council house and has caters come on for an hour a day but now she has turned 67 she is asking for more help. I don’t know where to start to look fir help and I live on France. My other sister is suffering with depression too so I can’t get her involved. Any help or advice would be great. 

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community 

The first step would be to refer her for a care needs assessment through the gov website 

She will then be assessed by ot and signposted to the care she needs

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @janelarden  

As janer1967 has said, a good place to start would be for your sister to get a needs assessment from her local council. You can apply for a needs assessment by putting her postcode into this gov.uk page, and then following the instructions from her local authority. How does that sound?

I'm sorry to hear that both of your sisters are struggling with depression at the moment. Are they receiving enough support for their mental health? 

Additionally, if your sister with CP is feeling lonely, she'd be more than welcome to join the community. We have plenty of CP-ers here, and Scope and CP Sport run a regular online CP Cafe that she might be interested in joining. 

poppy123456

If the care she currently has was arranged by her local authority then she should speak to them and they will hopefully be able to help her.