Starting Point Services
Starting Point at Plymouth Age Concern offers a range of Services designed to encourage people aged 50 and over to maintain their independence and offers support and guidance to people wanting to take control and make choices about their lives.
Starting Point offers
- Access to opportunities to enjoy active ageing
- Information, advice and support on a wide range of issues
- Benefits health check for people who may be eligible to receive benefits
- Individually tailored support through our Brokerage service; helping people to take control and make the changes they want to improve their lives.
- Phone Friends - a service which offers weekly telephone support by a friendly voice to people who perhaps live alone who may feel isolated, lonely or have recently been discharged from hospital.
- Holiday Friends - a service offering support and reassurance to the individual whilst their relative / carer is away on holiday.
- Outreach support (home visits) for people unable to access our drop in centre
- Accredited Trader Service - Access to good quality validated services such as: domestic cleaning, shopping, hairdressing, plumbing and gardening at a reasonable cost.
- Telecare – A service offering help and support in finding the most suitable telecare products to enable people to live independently in their own home (such as pendant alarms, detectors etc.).
- Opportunity meet new friends and increase social networks through our drop-in centre
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