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Getting social care and support

  • How to get care and support for adults
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Contact adult social care

  • Contact Gateway to care
  • Sign up for a My Care Account
  • How to join the Adult Social Care Co-production Board
  • Report abuse or neglect of an adult at risk
  • Adult social care services compliments and complaints

Protecting adults at risk - safeguarding

  • Reporting abuse or neglect of an adult at risk
  • Types of abuse
  • Advocacy - Someone to speak up for you
  • Hate incident reporting
  • Domestic violence
  • Crime, safety and social care reporting

Staying safe

  • Kirklees Safe Places
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Carers support

  • Help and support for carers
  • Carers assessment
  • Breaks for carers
  • Shared Lives

Transport for older people and disabled people

  • Walking aids, wheelchairs and mobility scooters
  • Disabled blue parking badge
  • Senior Travel Pass for Older People
  • Blind or Disabled Person's Travel Pass
  • Apply for a disabled person's residential parking bay
  • AccessBus

Living independently at home

Mobility aids, equipment and adaptions

  • Equipment, alterations and technology to support you at home
  • Home adaptations
  • Walking aids, wheelchairs and mobility scooters
  • Carephones telecare home safety service
  • Key safes

Independence at home

  • Home care services
  • Employing a personal assistant
  • Help with eating well
  • Support after illness or hospital discharge (reablement)
  • Kirklees Homeshare scheme
  • Handyperson service - Age UK
  • Age UK: Making the most of the internet
  • Assisted bin collections
  • Council tax discounts, exemptions and benefits
  • Keeping your house warm and reducing energy bills

Care homes and supported accommodation

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  • Extra care housing
  • Shared Lives

Health and wellbeing

Mental health

  • Mental health support

Personalised care

  • Personalised care

Long-term health conditions

  • Dementia support
  • Learning disabilities
  • Support for adults with autism

Sensory loss

  • Sensory services

Your health

  • Kirklees Wellness Service
  • Care after illness or hospital discharge (reablement)
  • Alcohol, drugs and gambling support
  • Stop smoking
  • Food, exercise and sport
  • Pregnancy and maternity
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  • My Health Tools
  • Healthwatch Kirklees
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Social activities and communities

Community groups and activities

  • Befriending - Age UK
  • Travel Companions, Befriending and Active at Home
  • Find a luncheon club

Day centres

  • Day opportunities for adults with dementia
  • Day opportunities for adults with a learning disability

Exercise and sport

  • Sport, exercise and healthy eating

Local organisations' community directory

  • Blind and visually impaired support across Kirklees
  • Deafness support across Kirklees
  • Older peoples support across Kirklees
  • Physical disability support across Kirklees
  • Mental health support across Kirklees
  • Adults with autism spectrum condition support across Kirklees
  • Adults with learning disabilities support across Kirklees
  • Asylum seekers and refugees support across Kirklees

Paying for care

  • Paying for your adult social care
  • Personal budgets
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Payment options for care homes

  • Paying for a care home
  • 12 week property disregard
  • Deferred payments scheme

Adult social care and health

  • Getting social care and support Find out how to get adult social care support from the council, Eligibility for support and Care needs assessments
  • Protecting adults at risk - safeguarding Report and find advice on abuse of an adult at risk.
  • Living independently at home Get help with looking after yourself, moving around and staying safe in your own home with adaptations, equipment, mobility aids and telecare
  • Social activities and communities Help to find community groups, activities, day services and keeping fit
  • Carers support Find advice, practical and financial help if you're a carer looking after someone, Carer's assessment, Free courses for carers, Breaks for carers
  • Health and wellbeing Mental health, Long-term health conditions, Sensory loss, Your health
  • Transport for older people and disabled people Get help with bus, train passes, blue badge applications, taxis and parking
  • Care homes and supported accommodation Search for a care home or supported living provider, Care homes, Retirement living, Extra Care Housing, Supported living, Shared Lives, Housing Options
  • Paying for care How we work out what you have to pay towards help at home or in a care home, where to get independent financial advice
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