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Projects
Senior Link
Peace of mind at the touch of a button and support in dealing with doorstep
callers is available free of charge to many older people in North
Derbyshire. Help the Aged and D.Y.N.A.H are providing support
directly into the homes of older people who live at home with no warden
support.
D.Y.N.A.H provides this project in relation to bogus callers
crime and Senior Safety. We fit the alarm base unit with a radio-trigger
pendant which links to a response centre that is on call 24 hours a day 7
days a week. On pressing one of the buttons the response centre will know you
need support. They can advise you what questions to ask of people at the door
and give you confidence to say no to doorstep callers and even call a friend
or relative if you are frightened.
This service also gains you help if you have an accident by calling support
services.
Minor Repairs
The Handyperson Service is one of the most requested and offered to those in
the District of North Derbyshire and Bassetlaw areas. Request for work to be
carried out are assessed prior to the work being accepted.
Types of work we may consider are replacing light bulbs/tubes, changing lamp
shades, mending leaking taps, erecting shelves, putting up curtain rails and
many more. This service is provided between one to three hours per customer.
Work that requires more than this is quoted for and will probably fall into
another category.
Safety Equipment
This Service provides safety measures allowing older or disabled people the
opportunity to remain as independent as possible in their own homes for as
long as possible. Something they may not be able to do without this service.
It is also important to recognise that this service allows people to have
greater control of their own situation, rewarding then with a better quality
of life, not to mention the increased self-esteem. Each request is dealt with
based on individual’s needs in most cases a decision will be reached after a
safety check has been completed on the same day.
Small items of equipment such as door chains, smoke alarms can be fitted free
for older people who live in the area and who are not in a financial position
to purchase the items themselves. Staff will advice
referrers of the detail and criteria, which must be met, prior to equipment
being offered. D.Y.N.A.H gains this equipment through numerous resources
although some equipment has to be purchased to the customers
satisfaction and cost.
Home Improvement
The Home Improvement service is provided for people who need change to enable
further independence. The range of services offered can be as small as an
outside grab rail, to packing belongings for a house move, to replacing
windows, doors or revamping a kitchen or bathroom. Older people use D.Y.N.A.H
because they know their vulnerability is protected. This service is assessed
on need and to meet the customers’ requirements.
Furniture Removal
Furniture Removal came into being in order to support older people moving
down a size in property. This helps to alleviate the property market for
family use of larger properties and provides older people reduction in fuel
costs, repair bills etc This service is necessary for people who cannot
afford trade rates.
Cleaning
Due to the reduction of cleaning support to older people we had continual
calls for this service. The importance of this service to users is the
independence it allows and provides people with a sense of well-being and
takes the burden of carer’s other agencies. This service provides people and
their carers with support that is valued.
At this time this service is only available for one-off visits, to get people
back to a sense of coping.
Decorating
Decorating provides people with a feeling of control. It makes life look and
feel better and allows people to take control over their own homes. The
service provides internal and external decorating from one door to a whole
house. The service is assessed and priced dependent on need, materials can be
purchased for the customer or the customers
materials can be used.
Gardening
This service provides one-off clearance jobs, a regular monthly maintenance,
which can include mowing, weeding, hedge maintenance,
and pruning as and when necessary. The service requirements for the customers
of our gardening scheme is also to reduce the waste from site therefore the
team bag and remove all green waste that is compost able and recycle it back
to the land at our allotment sights in Chesterfield and Bolsover. Customers
can also be provided with border plants grown at the allotment sights and
organic vegetables on request.
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