Getting support to adapt your home or live where you choose
Examples of Support
Housing adaptations ( e.g. wet floor shower room )
Specialist assessment and equipment ( e.g. handrails, temperature sensing equipment, remote door openers )
Advice about local authority grants
Advice about falls prevention
Advice about planning for the future ( e.g. needing a carer to stay overnight, adapting a house for a wheelchair )
Being part of the community and having access to outside spaces
Advice about mortgages and housing benefit or Council Tax
Financial planning
Key Services and People
HD Service ( HD Clinical Lead , HD Specialists, Specialist Youth Advisor, Financial Wellbeing Officer )
Housing/ Housing Officer ( Inverclyde, East Dunbartonshire , West Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire , Renfrewshire , Glasgow City )
Health & Community Care Services ( Inverclyde , East Dunbartonshire , West Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, Glasgow City )
Homeless Services ( e.g. Inverclyde , East Dunbartonshire , West Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire , Renfrewshire , Glasgow City , Shelter , Crisis , Bethany Christian Trust , Emmaus , Centrepoint , Salvation Army )
Telehealth & Telecare / Assistive Technology ( Also see East Renfrewshire , Renfrewshire , Inverclyde , East Dunbartonshire )
Falls team ( also see NHS GGC, Renfrewshire )
Occupational Therapy ( also see East Dunbartonshire , Inverclyde , Renfrewshire )
Integrated Multi Agency Arrangements, Referral Pathways and Resources
There should be a nominated Housing Officer – or local area coordination group – in each area with whom the HD Specialists can liaise to highlight clients with complex needs or who are facing difficulties resolving their housing problems.