Information for Older People in Ashton-under-Lyne

• Care Homes
• Clinics
• Community Centres
• Day Centres - Age Concern
• Day Care Centres
• Dentist
• Doctors - Local GP's
• Education / Courses
• Home Care
• Information about the area
• Leisure Facilities
• Libraries - Static and Mobile
• Luncheon Clubs
• Optician
• Pharmacy

Care Homes

For general information about looking for a Care Home for yourself, a relative or friend, Social Care and Health has put together information which we hope will be useful. It also has information about the number and type of beds registered by the home.

The ChoicE Shop helps you make the right choice for your needs. It produces leaflets about the homes available in the Ashton-under-Lyne area.

Clinics

Crickets Lane,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
OL6 6NG.

Community Centres

Day Centres - Age Concern

People wishing to attend Age Concern's Day Centres need to speak to the day centre co-ordinator and request an assessment from:

Day Care Centres

Tameside Social Care and Health has two day centres for older people.

Where are the centres?

• Gorse Hall Day Centre (Open Monday to Friday)
  High Street, Stalybridge, 0161 304 8081

• Rydal House (Open seven days a week)
  Rydal Avenue, Hyde, 0161 366 7290

If you would like more information or to see if you are eligible to attend these day centres, please contact Tameside Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services) and the Adult Assessment and Customer Care Team will be able to help you.

Dentist

Dentists in the Ashton area.
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Doctors

Tameside & Glossop PCT's website has a list of all the current GPs in the Ashton area.
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Education

Tameside has a number of Computer Learning Centres providing supported learning environments throughout the borough.

Home Care

Tameside's Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services) has information about Care in the home or home care services. Their website answers many of the important questions like:

• What is care in the home?
• Who provides the home care?
• What services do we provide?
• How can you get hold of this service?
• What standard of service can you expect?
• How do you pay for this service?
• What if you need any equipment or adaptations?
• Would you like Meals on Wheels?
• Does Tameside have a community alarm service?
• What if you have a complaint?
  

Information about the area

Up my Street - is a great resource for lots of different information about Ashton-under-Lyne and Tameside. It lists information about local businesses and services. When it displays the information it sorts it by distance from your postcode.

Leisure Facilities

There are 5 parks in Ashton offering a wide range of activities throughout the year.

At Ashton's Pool you can have a swim, play squash, tone up at the gym and finish your day off in the Sauna.

The Broadoak Centre contains a large sports hall catering mainly for 5 a side and badminton.

Libraries

Ashton is well serviced with a number of lending libraries and services.

Luncheon Clubs

If you would like further details on any of the Social Care and Health clubs above please contact the Luncheon Club Service by telephone on 0161 342 2443, by fax on 0161 342 3494 or by Email: mealsservice.transport@tameside.gov.uk.

Please ring Age Concern Tameside first on 0161 308 5000 if you want to attend one of their lunch days.

Optician

Tameside & Glossop PCT's website has a list of all the current Opticians in the Ashton area.
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Pharmacy

Tameside and Glossop PCT's website has a list of Pharmacies in the Ashton area.
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If there's anything you would like to comment on within this website, you can send an email to owl@tameside.gov.uk or use the 'Contacting us' button for an alternative way of getting in touch.

Thank you for visiting us. We hope we've been of some help to you.