House and Home ChoicE Shop Crime and Disorder Day Centres First Call Flooding Home Care House.co.uk Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Housing Issues for Carers Insurance Keeping Warm in Winter Lifestyle Homes Lifestyle Properties Nursing and Residential Care Homes Repair Services Retirement Homes Security Staying Put Tameside Tenants and Residents Federation

ChoicE Shop

The Choice Shop has been set up as an independent advice centre. It helps older people and those that support older people, to make informed decisions about their housing and care.

Crime and Disorder

Crime and disorder are issues that affect us all. Having your home broken into can have a devastating effect on your life both financially and emotionally. Bogus callers are a constant threat, so to are noise nuisances. In today's society we need to be ever more wary about crime and crime prevention. Find out more about:

Day Centres

Tameside Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services) has a number of day centres for adults with disabilities or elderly people. Information on other Community Day Centres is also available.

First Call

First Call is a joint venture between Age Concern and Tameside Metropolitan Council for older people in Tameside. It's aim is to help people with jobs around the home you can find out more about how First Call can make your home more safe and secure.

Flooding

The Environment Agency has developed a guide for older people about preventing floods.

Home Care

Home Care is a service for people who need help looking after themselves at home. For instance you might need help with:

• Cleaning
• Collecting your pension
• Preparing meals
• Shopping
• Washing and dressing

More information on getting extra support and help at home.

House.co.uk (Webpage)

This site gives you advice on the services you need to run your home smoothly. Read about:

• Fixing a problem
• Improving your home
• Managing your home
• Moving home
• Protecting your home

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit

The Money Matters section on this website refers to other types of benefits you may be entitled to, including the new Pension Credit scheme.

Age Concern has a factsheet on Housing benefit and Council Tax benefit . Find out more about your entitlements.

More information from Tameside Council on Benefits.

Housing in Tameside

Here you can read about:

• The Council's role in housing in Tameside
• How I can find a home or rent a home in Tameside
• Housing options for older people
• Help I can get with housing related problems
• How I can make my home more energy efficient
• Sheltered housing
• Schemes for improving areas and neighbourhoods

There are a number of housing providers in Tameside, each offering different housing solutions. Tameside MBC's website has a list of Housing Associations.

Housing Issues for Carers (Webpage)

Here you can read about:

• How to go about getting your house altered
• New Charter Housing
• Other housing options

Insurance

There are many organisations that offer discounts on insurance for the older person, on items such as:

• Cars
• Caravans
• Computers
• Home
• Health and Medical
• Life
• Pets and animals
• Travel

Here are a few websites that might be of interest to you:

• 5-Star
• Age Concern
• Club55plus
• Get Insurance Quotes
• Help the Aged
• Seniors Network

Keeping Warm in Winter

If you are in receipt of certain benefits, you may be entitled to cold weather payments and/or winter fuel payments.

Other help and advice on keeping warm is available from a number of organisations. For instance you can read about:

• Energy efficiency
• Health
• Help from gas and electricity suppliers
• Local council assistance
• Safety
• Warm food grants

The following links will provide you with information:

• Department of Health
• NHS On Line - Winter Tips for Older People
• The Warm Front Team
• WRVS - How to keep warm and keep well this winter

Warmth Advice Line
0800 085 7000 (8am-8pm Mon-Fri)

Lifestyle Homes

The BBCi Homes website invites you to read about their current television programmes on designs for your home.

Lifestyle Properties

BBCi give their top tips on:

• Buying
• Selling
• Moving

Nursing and Residential Care Homes

List of nursing and residential homes in Tameside.

Shopatashton.com has advice on going into a home and other information you might want to know about, such as:

• Benefits
• Change of circumstances
• Financial assessment
• Nursing care
• Temporary care
• Your property

Repair Services

Details of where you can locate local repairs services can be found on the Crime and Disorder section of this website.

If you need a tradesperson or a service then give 'Recommended Services' a free call 08000 932 775. They have been vetted and will be removed from the list if the work is not to your satisfaction.

Also Ages Concern's First Call service offer help with repairs and DIY around the home.

Retirement Homes

Buying a Retirement Home

Age Concern has a factsheet on buying a retirement home

If you're considering retiring abroad, there's information from Age Concern if you are Planning to leave the UK.

Rest Homes

List of rest homes and details of rooms and costs.

Retiring in General

Read about:

• Adjusting to your new phase of life
• Where to find out about activities and opportunities
• Travel concessions
• Managing your finances/pension
• Health issues

Security

The Crime and Disorder section on this website has information on prevention of crime, security in the home and safety outside of the home plus a link to finding out where your nearest repair and security services are through the Thomson Local.

Other organisations that can offer advice and equipment to help with the issue of security are listed below:

• Aid-Call
• Alarms and Stuff
• BT Home Monitoring
• Crime Prevention Products
• Tameside Community Alarm Service

Staying Put Scheme

Anchor's Staying Put is a Home Improvement service and is part of Anchor Trust. We provide a service to older and disabled homeowners across England, helping them with repairs adaptations and improvements so that they can remain in safety, security and warmth.

Use their Agency locator to find out the contact details of the Tameside Branch.

Tameside Tenants and Residents Federation

New Charter Plus Federation Cavendish 249 Cavendish Street Ashton-U-Lyne OL6 7AT

Phone: 0161 331 2333 Fax: 0161 331 2353 E-mail: newcharterplus@gmail.com

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.