To engage the Wealth Of Wisdom to be
found amongst older people
CARE SERVICES
DAY CARE CENTRES
Age Concern Hampshire provides 12 Day Care Centres under contract to Hampshire County Council Social Services Department.
Our Service Users are older people limited by physical, or mental, frailty, who are assessed by a Social Services Care Manager as needing day care and who meet Social Services Category 1 criteria for service provision and funding.
Some Day Care Centres specialise in caring for those with physical disabilities, some are specifically for older people with a mental infirmity and some cater for the needs of both client groups.
The older person’s carers also benefit from the respite from caring, which day care affords – a day off/ a day out.
Transport to and from the day care centre is an integral part of the whole day care provision.
AIM
Day care aims to provide activities and care, which:
- Support independence in activities of daily living (eating, drinking, toileting, walking.
- Provide personal care, when required (help with toileting, feeding, bathing).
- Stimulate memory and mental activity (reminiscence, quizzes, newspapers, games).
- Encourage mobility, muscle strengthening and stability of gait and posture (exercise to music).
- Provide social interaction (games, outing, talks, slide shows, entertainment).
- Give older people a day which they can look forward to, when they can learn new skills and fight the depression caused by loss or loneliness.
Putting the
WOW
into retirement
