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Home: Community: Care and support: Living independently: Home supportHome Support Service - Services Available
Debra Mallinson - May 2012gatewaytocare@kirklees.gov.uk
- Reablement services - Reablement is a short and intensive service, delivered in the home, which is offered to people with disabilities and those who are frail or recovering from an illness or injury.
- Rapid response service - for up to 5 days, to prevent admission to hospital
- Generic worker service (long term conditions) - for up to 2 weeks, in partnership with Health and Social Care colleagues, to provide you with a fast and efficient response with managing a long term condition and self care
- Carers emergency scheme - for up to 48 or 72 hours on weekends and Bank Holidays, providing short term support to cover unpaid carers in times of emergency and personal crisis.
If you need more intense home support we will work with our colleagues in health
for example district nurses and occupational therapists to make sure you get the
best help possible. This service may be provided by the Kirklees Home Support Continuing
Support Team or by one of the home support agencies that deliver services on our
behalf.
- Palliative/end of life care - we aim to deliver a fast, flexible and responsive service to those with a progressive and life-limiting illness who wish to die at home
- Unstable and complex case support - to provide you with support when you have high support needs and require constant changes in your support package.
Get in touch
Address Kirklees Council, Civic Centre 3, Market Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2EY
Online 
Email customer.enquiries@kirklees.gov.uk
Telephone 01484 221000
Alternatively find out how else you can contact the council