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if there is a power cut: • Website: www.thepsr.co.uk Safe and well checks – Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) If you, a family member, or someone you care for, is considered more at risk of fire, because they are less able to notice or escape to safety when a smoke alarm goes off, then there's extra protection and support available across Surrey. SFRS offers a free online home safety check and if you then require additional care and attention SFRS will be in touch to arrange a free safe and well visit: • Telephone: 0800 085 0767 • Text (SMS): 07971 691 898 • British Sign Language…/stayingindependent Home Equipment Finder The Home Equipment Finder online equipment catalogue for ideas to help you stay well and independent at home: • Website : www.surreycc.gov.uk/homeequipmentfinder Personal care alarms, smoke alarms Personal care alarms, smoke alarms and sensors can help you live…

and next of kin emergency contact details One Stop Surrey Referral form One Stop ensures that adults are receiving the right care and help that they need from a range of different partnership agencies Safe and Well visit Visit : www.surreycc.gov.uk/safeandwell If the home fire safety… your-safe-and-well-visit The best way to keep safe from fire is to understand common fire hazards and reduce the risk from them in your home. Using a home fire safety checker is a great first step to fire safety in the home, and Surrey Fire & Rescue Service offer a FREE safe and well visit to anybody who requires it. Below is information on home fire safety, including: Surrey Fire & Rescue Service Safe and well visit reporting faults for alarms alarms hard of hearing - Linked alarms smoking furniture and heaters kitchen candles electrics electric blankets…

then the Priority Services Register will ensure that people receive extra support if there is a power cut: Website : www.thepsr.co.uk Safe and well checks – Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) If you, a family member, or someone you care for, is considered more at risk of fire, because they are less able to notice or escape to safety when a smoke alarm goes off, then there's extra protection and support available across Surrey. SFRS offers a free online home safety check and if you then require additional care and attention SFRS will be in touch to arrange a free safe and well visit: Telephone… Equipment Finder online equipment catalogue for ideas to help you stay well and independent at home: Website : www.surreycc.gov.uk/homeequipmentfinder Personal care alarms, smoke alarms Personal care alarms, smoke alarms and sensors can help you live independently, by knowing you can get help…

referred to as ‘respite care’), a children’s hospice will provide specialist nursing care in the family home, symptom management, end of life care and bereavement support. Tailored support is free of charge to families and includes a named key worker and a comprehensive range of therapies and support…. Home If you choose to care for your child at home, you should be fully supported to do this. You should be able to have home visits from paediatric nurses (who care for children) when you need help, at any time of the day or night. You should also be offered advice whenever you need it (this might be over the phone) from a doctor specialising in palliative care. Home visits from a palliative care professional to manage your child’s symptoms. Practical support, for example equipment to give oxygen and medicines to your child, medicines to store at home (and training in how to store them) so…

years old tying in with the Year 9 annual review. The age at which your child enters adult services is likely to vary depending on where you live and your circumstances. Each service may have a different age when they transfer care from children to adults. Some children will access aspects of adult health care before they are 18, while others may still be supported by paediatric services after their 18th birthday. Ask each service what age the transfer will take place, who is taking over and how they are going to introduce you to the new service. When your child reaches the age of 18, health and social care agencies will consider them an adult regardless of whether they are able to make decisions for themselves or not. If your child has the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves it is important that you recognise that there will be a move away from parent led decision making…

for. Leave it in a prominent place in their home so it can be easily seen, or leave a ‘ message in the bottle ’. You can also give this information to the backup carer and key professionals involved in the person’s care. For all you need to consider look at your emergency plan . If you are not able to care and there is no suitable back-up carer, contact your local social care team. They can arrange for a paid care worker to come to the person you care for home or arrange for them to go into a care home, nursing home, or hospice. Ask for a carer’s assessment . The person you are caring for can also… is needed it might not be possible for them to stay at home. Not only may the person you care for change their mind about where, but you may change your mind about how willing and able you are to care. If things are going differently to how you expected plans can be changed. This is fine. Making…

of them: If the person you care for is at home then the primary health care team at their local surgery or health centre will be responsible for their treatment. This will usually include their General Practitioner (GP), practice nurses, district nurses, and health visitors. GPs can refer to specialist doctors such as oncologists, haematologists, and geriatricians, as well as palliative care specialists. The person you care for’s GP will be responsible for their medication and care at home and can tell you and the person you care for about your local hospice and arrange a visit. ​ The district nurse will arrange and coordinate any care needed at home. This could include a specialist Marie Curie or Macmillan nurse, home care workers organised via social care teams/services and social care workers, or sitters provided by a local charity. Macmillan or chemotherapy nurses do…

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