We offer a visiting support service to our residents. Residents must be 65 years of age or older to be eligible for this service.
This is a short-term support service providing confidential, emotional, financial and practical support and promoting independent living in the community. When a resident is referred, by themselves, family or friends, GP or someone else, we perform a needs and risk assessment that tells us how we can best help.
The Visiting Support Service can offer you support with:
- Economic Well-Being
- Health
- Tackling Loneliness and Isolation
- Staying Safe
- Making a positive contribution to the wider community
- Signposting
Categories:
Basic necessities (food/clothes)
Connecting with others
Day to day helping hand
Getting active
Healthy lifestyle
Helping with money
Mental health
Services for older people
Social prescribing
Support with housing
Volunteering
Service access criteria:
65 years old or older, resident in South Cambs
Additional needs catered for:
Befriending service, Social Connection, Community