Equipment

If you have a disability you may be entitled to help with equipment or adaptations for your home. We can also provider an interpreter if needed.

If you:

• have a disability
• or are elderly
• or have a long term illness which causes you to have difficulties coping with daily living tasks

If you or your partner or a friend contact us, we will arrange a convenient time for someone from the Council to visit you to talk about what you need.

What kind of help is there?

• We can advise on suitable equipment for you or adaptations for your home that will meet your needs.
• We can recommend that you are referred to the Community Occupational Therapist to be assessed minor adaptations to your home, like stair rails or outside hand rails.
• If we feel that major adaptations are needed, such as a lift or a ramp for wheelchair access, we can discuss these with the Community Occupational Therapist and consider the best way to try an accommodate your needs.
  

We want to help you live independently in your present home. But if we, or you, feel that you would be better off moving to different accommodation, we will discuss all the options with you.

Everyone's needs are different so the services offered to each individual will be different. Together we will try to agree on the best way to provide the help that you need.

Please contact us for more details.

• For information email: matthew.pearson@pendle.gov.uk or telephone 01282 661028