What does it do?Our casework service provides information and practical assistance to older people and their relatives and carers who are thinking about their housing options. |
Who it is for: All older people living in Somerset | Where it is available: Local service covering: Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, West Somerset (Somerset). | What it costs: The service is free and supported financially by DCLG via FirstStop Advice. | How to access or apply for it: | Additional information: The project is hosted by Somerset Care and Repair which is a home improvement agency which covers Somerset. Customers of the housing project will also have access to all other services provided by the HIA including handyperson services, energy efficiency advice, disabled adaptations, property maintenance and repairs and stair lifts.
The casework service is part of FirstStop Advice, the national network of housing options advice services. This means that our clients can benefit from the resources and expertise of all other partners in the FirstStop network, and vice versa. | Classification(s): Home maintenance, Moving home, Casework, advocacy & support, Information & options appraisal, Aids & equipment, Independent living, Safety & security, Adaptations - minor, Adaptations - major, Housing options, Moving home, Moving to a care home | Info last updated: 17/03/2013. |
| About the service provider: | | Contact info: | Somerset Care & Repair: Barley House Lower Charlton Trading Estate, The Old Brewery, Lower Charlton Trading Estate, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5QE. (view on map) Telephone: 01749 345379 Fax: 01749 342094 Visit their website | | Parent organisation: | Somerset Care & Repair Ltd |
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