Choosing Equipment and support to help with memory and safety
1. Information on the internet
The Disabled Living Foundation has useful information on how to adapt your home for someone needing assistance. You can visit their website at : https://livingmadeeasy.org.uk/
You can also find lots of useful factsheets on their website here. This appears to be the most comprehensive, detailed and impartial website. There is specific information for adapting your home for people with dementia here, where topics covered include:
2. Shopping locally
Taking medicines - consider a pill organiser – available from Cohen’s Pharmacy.
Opening jars and bottles - jar opener – available from many shops selling kitchen items.
3. Other help available locally - Bradford Council’s Community Alarm System
"Safe and Sound" is Bradford Council’s Community Alarm System. Using the latest technology your home can be connected to Safe and Sound, where calls are monitored 24 hours a day including weekends and all bank holidays. The alarm unit operates over the telephone network. Equipment supplied by Bradford Council plugs into an electric socket and a telephone point.
At the Safe and Sound Control Centre, confidential information which you provide about yourself is held on computer and is instantly available so that effective action can be taken in any emergency. The moment a call is received the operator will know your name, address, GP, next of kin and key holder information. Safe and Sound has mobile Response Teams operating in the Bradford Metropolitan area. They are trained in first aid, lifting you safely after a non-injury fall and provide a back up to your named contacts and can help in a simple emergency, but are not able to perform ‘care tasks’.
Safe and Sound equipment is simple to use: a press of a button, and you are in touch with them.
There is a small weekly contribution fee for the service. You can find out more information about the service on Bradford Council's website here.
If you need any further information or want to arrange an assessment for an alarm unit or a no-obligation demonstration, please contact Safe and Sound via:
The Herbert Protocol - Police information and form
This is a way of helping if someone goes missing. The idea is to complete a form recording vital details such as medication required, mobile numbers, important locations, a photograph and so on. If the person then does not return as expected, the form can be easily shared with the police. More details and the form can be found here: www.westyorkshire.police.uk/dementia
(Updated June 2023)
1. Information on the internet
The Disabled Living Foundation has useful information on how to adapt your home for someone needing assistance. You can visit their website at : https://livingmadeeasy.org.uk/
You can also find lots of useful factsheets on their website here. This appears to be the most comprehensive, detailed and impartial website. There is specific information for adapting your home for people with dementia here, where topics covered include:
- Making it easier to recognise things
- Making it easier to see things
- Lighting
- Floor coverings
- Using steps and stairs
- Using the bathroom
- Using the kitchen
- Using the bedroom
- Behaviour that challenges
- Safety: reducing risks around the home
- Managing hazards in the kitchen and bathroom
- Sleep
- Supervision
- Outdoor environments
2. Shopping locally
Taking medicines - consider a pill organiser – available from Cohen’s Pharmacy.
Opening jars and bottles - jar opener – available from many shops selling kitchen items.
3. Other help available locally - Bradford Council’s Community Alarm System
"Safe and Sound" is Bradford Council’s Community Alarm System. Using the latest technology your home can be connected to Safe and Sound, where calls are monitored 24 hours a day including weekends and all bank holidays. The alarm unit operates over the telephone network. Equipment supplied by Bradford Council plugs into an electric socket and a telephone point.
At the Safe and Sound Control Centre, confidential information which you provide about yourself is held on computer and is instantly available so that effective action can be taken in any emergency. The moment a call is received the operator will know your name, address, GP, next of kin and key holder information. Safe and Sound has mobile Response Teams operating in the Bradford Metropolitan area. They are trained in first aid, lifting you safely after a non-injury fall and provide a back up to your named contacts and can help in a simple emergency, but are not able to perform ‘care tasks’.
Safe and Sound equipment is simple to use: a press of a button, and you are in touch with them.
- They will know who you are at once
- Information supplied by you and stored on their system will be highlighted automatically
- Operators can speak to you through the Safe and Sound unit
- All calls are monitored and recorded for your safety and security.
There is a small weekly contribution fee for the service. You can find out more information about the service on Bradford Council's website here.
If you need any further information or want to arrange an assessment for an alarm unit or a no-obligation demonstration, please contact Safe and Sound via:
- a call to the Adult Services Access Point on 01274 435400
- telephone on 01274 435249 (during office hours)
- telephone on 01274 434994 (out of office hours)
- email at safe&[email protected]
The Herbert Protocol - Police information and form
This is a way of helping if someone goes missing. The idea is to complete a form recording vital details such as medication required, mobile numbers, important locations, a photograph and so on. If the person then does not return as expected, the form can be easily shared with the police. More details and the form can be found here: www.westyorkshire.police.uk/dementia
(Updated June 2023)