Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland Services and Projects

Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland

Support for your independence and wellbeing

As Spring blossoms and we look forward to warmer, sunnier days ahead, now is the perfect time to get a helping hand with the garden and other tasks around the home.

Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland’s experienced and friendly Home Care team is here to help you blossom, providing a range of support, care and services to meet all your needs. Our fully trained team offer a variety of services including shopping, cleaning, laundry, meal preparation, gardening, personal care, footcare, companionship to appointments and much more.

Handyman & Gardening

Our house is our home and something we take great pride in. With the help of our team of professional and skilled handymen and gardeners, we can help with all your domestic and gardening tasks so you can keep your home safe, secure and looking at its best. Our experienced gardeners complete a variety of jobs to a high standard including cutting grass, trimming hedges, pruning shrubs and painting fences, allowing you to continue to enjoy your garden all year round. Got a small job that needs doing? Our handyman service can help with most household jobs including the smaller tasks that many traders will not such as putting up shelves or curtain rails, installing handrails, repairing fences, fitting key safes, lightbulbs and smoke alarms.

Personal Care

If you’re looking for a helping hand with your own or your loved one’s daily personal care routine, from getting in and out of bed, bathing, using the toilet, dressing, medication management and much more, our friendly care team can support you. We offer personalised care to meet your individual needs, maintaining dignity and respect to ensure you are up and ready to face the day.

Domestic Help

We take pride in cleaning your home to a standard that will meet your expectations, whether that’s changing the bed, ironing, helping with the laundry or giving it a clean and refresh. We understand that these things are essential for comfortable and healthy living, making it an enjoyable place to live. Our domestic care is flexible to fit with what you want and many of our customers comment that they look forward to their cleaning day, as our friendly cleaners ensure they leave your home clean and fresh.

Shopping and Meal Preparation

Enjoying a hot home cooked meal is something we all enjoy and is a big part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We can help you or loved one with meal planning and preparation, devise a menu of meals, do the shopping or simply ensure the fridge is full of nutritious food for you to prepare your own meals and snacks. With our support we can provide you with the help you need so you can have peace of mind that you or loved one can enjoy nutritious meals everyday.

Footcare

It’s important to take good care of your feet and give them a little TLC. As you get older your nails grow more slowly meaning they become thicker, more brittle, and harder to cut. Our footcare service is here to assist and maintain good foot health with a nail trim and foot soak, leaving your feet softer, more comfortable and ready for summer.

Companionship

Whether you would like someone to visit you at home, accompany you to an appointment or go out on a day trip, our friendly team can help. We can join you to ensure you can access and enjoy almost any pursuit from rekindling a hobby, doing activities you enjoy, attend faith services, go to the garden centre and much more.

Carer Respite

We all need a little break now and then, a change of scenery or chance for some ‘me time’; it can work wonders for how we feel, leaving us replenished and energised. Carers can look forward to some time for themselves in the knowledge that their loved one is being well looked after by our experienced care workers from our specialist Carers Respite service. You may be eligible for funding towards these services, please speak to your local council for more information.

To find out how we can help you or your loved ones, contact our friendly team on 0116 299 2266 or email homecare@ageukleics.org.uk

In addition to the support we can give you at home, our range of services and projects can help you get the most out of later life.

Information & Advice Line

Free, independent and confidential information and advice for people aged over 50, including benefit entitlement checks, care, housing, carers support and more. Telephone: 0116 299 2278 Email: enquiries@ageukleics.org.uk Open: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 13:00

Dementia Support Service

Leicester and Leicestershire

Our Dementia Support Service in Leicester and Leicestershire offers information, advice and signposting; personalised one to one support; post diagnostic support; carer support; opportunities to get involved in social groups, memory cafes and activities for people living with dementia. Telephone: 0116 223 7360 Email: dementia.support@ageukleics.org.uk Open: Mon – Fri 08:30 – 17:30

Rutland

Our Dementia Support service in Rutland offers support for those living with dementia and their carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of those living with dementia through one-to-one support and group activities. Telephone: 01572 823942 Open: Mon, Wed & Thurs 09:00 - 15:00

Support for Carers Leicester Carers Support Service

Support and information for all carers in Leicester aged 18+ looking after a family member or friend. Contact: 0116 222 0538 Email: carers@ageukleics.org.uk

Independent Care Act Advocacy

We can provide support and empower individuals, living in the City of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, who have substantial difficulty in being involved in local authority care and support processes and who have no appropriate person to support them. The service operates on an open referral basis but, in the main, referrals will be received from Leicestershire and Rutland County Councils and Leicester City Council. Telephone: 0116 204 5110 Open: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 17:00

Support in the Community Resource Centres

A community focal point offering a range of services and activities such as classes and social activities, restaurant, information and advice surgeries. Please phone ahead for latest information about the centre opening hours. Clarence House: 0116 299 2233 Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 4 pm Gloucester House: 01664 410253 Opening hours: 8.30am to 5pm (Monday to Thursday)

and 8.30am to 4.30pm (Fridays)

Earl Shilton Centre: 01455 847666 Opening hours: 8.30am to 5pm (Monday to Thursday)

and 8.30am to 4.30pm (Fridays) Last Orders

Promoting responsible drinking and giving people over the age of 50 easier access to various support services in relation to substance use. If you are concerned about your own or another person’s substance intake, please contact us. Telephone: 0116 223 7366 Open: Mon – Fri 09:00 - 17:00

Day Clubs

An opportunity to enjoy spending time out of the home engaging in fun activities whilst providing respite for carers. Companionship and support for older people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. Free taster sessions are available. Please call our friendly team for more information. Telephone: 0116 222 0572 Open: Mon - Fri 08:30 - 17:00

Befriending

Befriending services support older people who may be lonely or socially isolated and would benefit from a friendly face calling on a regular basis at a mutually convenient day and time. NW Leicestershire: 01530 833000 Email: nwlbefriending@ageukleics.org.uk

Men in Sheds & Women in Sheds

A place to pursue practical interests with a high degree of autonomy. Members share tools and resources to work on projects of their own choosing, at their own pace and in a safe, friendly and inclusive venue. Please call the Shed for latest opening days and times Charnwood Shed: 01509 211 603 Rutland Shed: 01572 720319

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