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Reception Enquiries and Advice:
Providing advice and assistance to 3,904 people throughout Leeds
during the last year.
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Home Maintenance Service: Carrying
out essential repairs to the homes of 468 older and disabled people,
funded by Department of Neighbourhoods & Housing.
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Disabled Adapatations Service: Carrying
out major adaptations and extensions in the homes of 30 disabled
adults and children, funded by Disabled Facilities Grants and
Leeds Social Services.
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Falls Prevention Service: Carrying
out 500 home assessments and organising work to reduce the risks
of older people falling, funded by 3 of the PCT's.
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Hospital Discharge/ Prevention Service:
Carrying out minor adaptations to ensure that 1,867 people
could leave hospital as soon as their treatment was completed
or to prevent them from being admitted, funded by Leeds Social
Services. the average cost of each job was £98. It costs
£350 a day for someone to stay in hospital unnecessarily.
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Handyperson Service: Carrying
out heating repairs, essential electrical and plumbing repairs,
home security improvements in the homes of 572 older and disabled
people, funded by charitable trusts, donations and Leeds City
Council.
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Greenfingers Gardening Service: This
has assisted in helping 1,220 older and disabled people to maintain
their gardens by providing advice, support and financial assistance
to 26 gardening sewrvices throughout Leeds, funded by Greenfingers
Leeds.
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Shopping Services: This new
service has established a range of shopping services for older
people in the outer East Leeds areas and is piloting a continence
aids deivery service, funded by Keeping House.
All of these services are targeted at those people
most in need of help and support to continue to live independently
in their homes and communitieThe agency employs staff that speak a
range of Asian languages so that all of the services are accessible
by most of the minority ethnic communities in Leeds.
During the year Care and Repair (Leeds) provided
these services to 7,341 people throughout Leeds. This was an increasse
of 18% on the previous year.
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