Help at Home Community Support - Age UK Plymouth

This service can help enhance and enrich lives by offering a high-quality and flexible provision tailored to suit individual needs and aspirations and often alleviating stress, anxiety, and loneliness.

Our fully trained and experienced teams deliver a safe and caring service with an emphasis on promoting independence, social engagement, and good health and wellbeing. We are here to listen to your needs, provide solutions, and work together with you to support your future.

You could be entitled to funding to help you access these services if you are concerned that cost may be a barrier. Our Information and Advice Team is able to provide free, independent, and confidential advice.

About the service

Our friendly Help at Home team can support you with a variety of tasks to support your independence.

• Domestic tasks, including polishing, dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, dishes, ironing, washing and drying laundry, cleaning work surfaces, etc
• Local shopping is either shopping on your behalf, assisting you on a trip to the shops or helping you order your shopping online
• Reading and helping with correspondence, bills and managing appointments
• Basic meal preparation
• Accompanying you on social outings, visiting friends and family or taking a trip out and about
• Companionship, a familiar face and a casual chat in the comfort of your own home
• Sitting service, to support carers in having a well-earned break and the opportunity for a few hours respite
• Support in attending appointments

Catchment area

Please note that these services are available in locations from PL1 to PL9.

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