Helping You Home

Maidstone Borough Council partner with Involve Kent, Mid Kent Mind, and the Hospitals in and around Maidstone to provide a Helping You Home Service to assist residents living in the Borough who need support making their home suitable to return to from hospital or to prevent a hospital admission.

We offer a range of services including, but not exclusive to:

Changing locks - Key Safes – Installing light bulbs – Moving Furniture – Prevent slips, trips and falls – Smoke Alarms – Home Safety Check – Deep cleans - Decluttering severely hoarded homes - Installing Life Lines subject to criteria (lifeline24).

Once the resident is home we may help by offering grants or contacting landlords to ensure further necessary repairs are made to the home.

Service statistics
100% of referrals accepted
Categories:
Leaving hospital
Managing a long-term health condition
Services for older people
Support with housing
Service access criteria:

Residents of Maidstone Borough Council.

Help to return home from hospital or to prevent a hospital admission. 

A home safety check is undertaken to determine what support is available.

Decluttering service only available to homes with a clutter score of 4 or more.

Additional needs catered for:
Takes place in the client’s home
Waiting list (weeks): 0
Who can refer: Professional referrals only
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