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| A proactive Bassetlaw focus for health and social care |
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Bassetlaw Care and Repair Scheme Care and Repair Launch Keeping vulnerable people living at
home independently – that was the aim of an exciting new scheme
launched at Retford Hospital on Friday 12th September 2003. Bassetlaw Care and Repair Scheme will
be piloted for a two-year period across the district thanks to a £59,000
funding package from health and social services. A brand new Ford Connect van, equipped
to allow trained crew to tackle small household repairs and install
minor pieces of equipment, will soon be seen around the area. “National and county-wide research
tells us that this is exactly the kind of low level support that older
and other vulnerable people need,” explained Louise Newcombe, Chief
Executive of Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust. The contract for the scheme was won by
DYNAH? (Do You Need A Hand?), an agency with a strong track record of
providing innovative community-based schemes across a wide-spectrum of
activity. “We were looking for an agency with
imaginative ideas about how to deliver the scheme in what is a very
rural area, and which could demonstrate real creativity in linking in
with other relevant initiatives,” added Mrs Newcombe, chair of the
Bassetlaw Partnership for Health which commissioned the scheme. Jobs involving joinery, glazing,
security and insulation as well as maintenance work on such items as
carpets, minor electrical problems and gardening can be undertaken, and
DYNAH? will refer clients on to other relevant agencies when
appropriate. Research carried out by the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation nationally, and as part of the Nottinghamshire
Social Services’ Best Value Review of Independence of Older People,
has revealed that practical support in the home at an affordable price
is a high priority. And with accident prevention a major
concern for the county as a whole, the Care and Repair Scheme looks like
being a real winner. For more information contact Andrew
Tatham - District Partnership Officer, Bassetlaw CVS
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