How can I get help?

If you are going into hospital you may need help when you leave to continue to live in your home. If requested, a social worker from Social Services will look into what help you need and decide with you what services can be provided.

You can either contact Social Services before you go into hospital, or you can ask to see a social worker during your stay in hospital.

What help is available?

There are a range of services that could be available to you:

It may be that when you leave hospital, you will need to go into a residential or nursing home. This could be temporary, to give you time to recover more fully, or to get services started for you at home, or it might be permanent.

The social work team in hospital should arrange this, or give you advice if you are able to make your own arrangements.

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