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Housing options and your local council

Your local council can tell you about its services and about care homes and supported or sheltered housing in your area.

Your local council should also have a list of housing association properties in your area, and can advise you which ones may be suitable.

• Housing options and your local authority (disabled people section)

Sheltered housing

Sheltered housing can offer you a range of services to help you live independently with the added security of having someone to call on in emergencies. Sheltered accommodation is different from other housing because a scheme manager or warden lives on the premises or nearby. They can be contacted through an alarm system if necessary. Some schemes are designed specifically for disabled people and may have specialised facilities and specially trained staff to provide support.

• Sheltered housing (disabled people section)

Supporting People programme

Supporting People is a government programme that funds, plans and monitors housing related support services. Its aim is to improve the quality and effectiveness of the support services at a local level to help vulnerable or older people live independently.

• Supporting People programme (disabled people section)

Health and social care assessments in your local area

You can find out about health and social care assessments in your local area and you may be able to apply for one online. The following link will let you enter details of where you live and then take you to your local authority website.

• Apply for a needs assessment by social services Opens new window