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  • Staying steady and independent with Dementia

    and worn correctly. Find out about Dementia friendly environments to help create a dementia friendly home. Look into Memory Techniques and have an ordered home to help you to know where to find things. Medicines Medicines: how they might affect you and your Dementia…. Always get rid of any out of date medication or any medicines that you are no longer taking. You can take these back to your pharmacy. In the last 12 months, have your chatted with your GP surgery about your medication? Never stop taking prescribed medication suddenly…. Ask family or friends to help if you are struggling to reach your feet. It’s a long way down there and even further back up! Well cushioned shoes offer more comfort. Try to avoid shoes with high heels or sandals with little support. Make sure your shoes fit well…

  • Funded Early Learning

    . If you are better off with Tax Credits, Universal Credit or a Voucher scheme then you can opt out of this part of the application (see Is there any other help towards childcare fees? below). You will need your latest pay slip, your national insurance number, your partner’s national insurance number… the providers How they will manage the transition from one provider to the other? Do they have an information sharing agreement? Have they planned how Early Learning will be delivered between them? Have they worked out that the total hours do not exceed your entitlement? For the Extended FEL offer…. Termly Pattern of Attendance, setting out the number of hours your child attends. This may be recorded on a separate form – see example Termly Pattern of Attendance Form in the Download section. The form also asks your permission for the provider to apply for Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP…

  • Useful websites on staying safe when out and about

    Brake has information on teaching safe walking and cycling to children under 16 with special educational needs who are included in mainstream education The National Autistic Society has practical steps parents can take to keep their child safe and help them develop awareness skills The Childre…

  • Mental capacity: information for family, friends and carers

    of days. Or they could prefer to listen to the information as it read out. Or they may find it useful to have information in an easy read format, using pictures to help to understand the words. The person may also find it useful to write down what they think and what they have decided they want… (PDF, 2.4 MB). Call: 0808 800 2244. Parkinson’s UK . Parkinson’s UK: Mental capacity . Losing the capacity to make decisions . Call: 0808 800 0303. Cancer MacMillan Cancer Support . MacMillan: Mental capacity . Sorting out practical and financial affairs . Call: 0808 808 0000. Marie…

  • Equipment for your home

    for an Occupational Therapy Assessment if you have long term difficulties carrying out everyday tasks. If your assessment finds that you need equipment, this can be loaned to you through the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service Sheffield (ICELSS). This service is provided by Medequip on behalf of Sheffield City Council and the NHS in Sheffield. When you have finished with any loaned equipment you can return it (read how to do this at the bottom of the page). Your Occupational Therapist will work with you to: assess your difficulties carrying out everyday living tasks. advise you on different ways to manage tasks. loan essential equipment to help complete daily tasks. The assessment may look at how you: get in and out of bed or chair. get on and off the toilet. dress yourself. feed yourself. manage the stairs. prepare drinks, snack and/or meals. Once your…

  • Equipment house

    Click on any room below to get advice about equipment solutions that can help you. Get advice on equipment to support you: in your bedroom . in your bathroom . around your home . in your living room . in your kitchen . out and about . Next: in your bedroom . …

  • Your bathroom

    in and out of your shower or bath safer. There are suction grab rails you can fit to smooth surfaces but if you would prefer to have the rail fitted there’s information about handy person services on the directory. If you need support from family or a carer to shower there is equipment that can help them too, like a hoist or sling or a lift to raise and lower in and out the water. Your toilet. There are lots of options of toilet seats that can help. There are seats with special padding to soften the surface, and seats that increase the height to make it easier to sit down and get back up… may want to consider using a commode. This is a chair designed to make it easy to get in and out of with a bowl underneath the seat. Using a commode for some part of the day may also be useful if your bathroom is upstairs and this makes using the toilet tiring. On the Living Made Easy website…

  • Around your home

    on lights and other equipment around your home. Living made easy: Lighting . Stools, steps, trolleys and rails. Buying a stool or steps can keep you safe if you need to reach up high to access shelves or cabinets. Some steps include a side rail you can hold onto and some have wider treads to step…

  • Your living room

    Sofas and chairs. There are specially designed chairs and sofas that make them easier to use. Some have a higher seat height, others have a motorised pad that helps to lift you out of the seat. Others have a powered recliner function so you can be more comfortable. There are many types of cushions, pads and wedges that make sofas and chairs easier to sit on and get up from (sometimes called riser cushions), and tables and trays that you can place next to or on a sofa to stabilize the surface for a plate, a tablet or laptop computer. There are also lap trays with a built in cushion. Living made easy: Armchairs and sofas . Choosing a chair and chair accessories . Riser cushions . Tables and trays . Television. Changing the height of your television may make it easier to see and use. There are lots of options to help you to use your television, to hear the sound or view…

  • Your kitchen

    : Cleaning and laundry equipment . Next: out an about . …