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Age Concern Oxford &
Oxfordshire
St. Edmund House, 39 West St. Helens Street, Abingdon, OX14
5BW.
Telephone 01235 849400
email
admin@ageconcernoxon.org.uk
Age
Concern Footcare
Faringdon Day Hospital
Manager: Joanna Fowler 01865
717615
Application form |
Advice and information for elderly
people including entering residential and nursing home
care.
Sole Mates is a simple footcare service to help maintain
and improve the independence and mobility of older people in our community. It
is not a medical service but a common sense approach to basic footcare.
Volunteers spend time with each client chatting while they bathe their
feet, trim their toenails and finish with a relaxing, gentle foot massage. We
offer this service in older people's homes, day centres and at special footcare
sessions in community venues. Regular treatments are given every 6 to 8 weeks,
dependent on individual need.
This service is for older people who are
unable to cut their own nails through reasons of frailty and difficulty
bending, poor eyesight or problems with dexterity.
There is a fee of
£10 per treatment. |
British Red Cross
Red
Cross House Colwell Drive Abingdon, OX14 1AU
Tel: 01235 552 660
Fax:
01235 539 009
email oxon@redcross.org.uk
Oxford
branch of Red Cross |
Care in the home: The British
Red Cross provides short-term care and support in the home for people after an
accident or illness, giving them the confidence to continue their daily lives.
As part of this service, the British Red Cross provides help for people when
they first arrive home from hospital.
Medical equipment: British
Red Cross volunteers provide short-term loans of medical equipment, such as
wheelchairs, for people with a disability or illness.
The main types of
equipment we offer are: Wheelchairs, Commodes, Bath seats, Crutches, Walking
sticks, Walking frames
Equipment is loaned with the option of providing a
voluntary contribution. We are open Monday to Friday 1.30pm to 3.45pm. 01235
552 664.
Therapeutic care: The British Red Cross offers gentle
therapeutic massage for people at times of personal crisis to promote a sense
of well-being and relaxation. A service user is offered a relaxing 30-minute
session consisting of: Hand care and hand massag, Neck and shoulder massage
given through clothing. It aims to: Assist relaxation, Promote a sense of well-
being.
Offer the opportunity to talk to someone other than a member of staff
or family.
Transport service: The British Red Cross provides
door-to-door transport for people who cannot get about easily, restoring their
freedom and independence. By providing drivers with suitable vehicles –
and escorts where needed- it becomes possible to make essential journeys and
other trips that make life more pleasurable. Our drivers and escorts are all
trained in helping people who have difficulty travelling for one reason or
another. We normally ask for a contribution to our costs but no one will be
refused a service because they cannot pay. The amount is usually based on a
mileage rate.
If you would like further information or are interested in
becoming a volunteer, please contact David Cook on 01235 552 673. |
Considerate Footcare
Mob:
0779 109 3023
Email: belinda@consideratefootcare.co.uk |
Considerate and professional foot
health care, including the following treatments/advice:-
Nail Trimming,
Ingrown Toenail, Corns, Calluses, Verrucae, Fungal Infections
www.consideratefootcare.co.uk |
Dementiaweb
Dementiaweb
Guideposts Trust
Two Rivers Station Lane
Witney, OX28 4BH
Tel:
01993 772886
Email: info@dementiaweb.org.uk |
DementiaWeb is an all-age dementia
information resource for Oxfordshire.
It aims to help people with dementia,
their friends, family carers and health professionals find information about
dementia and the support care services available to them in Oxfordshire.
www.dementiaweb.org.uk |
Dialability
Tel: 01865
791818 |
Information and Advice on
disability |
Faringdon Community First
Responder Team
Godfrey Smith
Tel: 01367 242448 |
The Faringdon Community Response
Team is part of a Nationwide initiative designed to provide trained people
within the community who are equipped with defibrillators and who give their
services on a voluntary basis by attending emergency ambulance calls.
Background Information and Press
articles |
Guideposts Trust
Independent Living Centre
Northfield Farm Lane, Witney, OX28 1UD
Tel: 01993 899985
Email:ilc@guidepoststrust.org.uk |
The Guideposts Trust
Independent Living Centre, in partnership with Oxfordshire County Council,
provides information on products and organisations to assist people with
disabilities and older people to increase and maintain their independence.
The Centre, based in Witney, provides this service to any adult
residing in Oxfordshire. The Centre has a showroom with equipment for the
kitchen, lounge, bedroom and bathroom.
Two Occupational Therapists are
available for personal and confidential consultations, by appointment.
There is also an Information Line available 01993 899985.
www.guidepostsilc.org.uk |
Nursing Home Fees
Agency
Tel: 01865 733000
Freephone: 0800 998833
enquiries@nhfa.co.uk |
Offers free advisory
service on how best to use income and invest capital when meeting the cost of
care and on entitlement to DSS/Local Authority support and legal matters
www.nhfa.co.uk |
Oxfordshire Association for the
Blind
Bradbury Lodge, Gordon Woodward Way, Oxford, OX1 4XL.
01865
725595
Tel: 01865 725595
director@oxeyes.org.uk |
Advice and support for people with
visual impairment
www.oxeyes.org.uk |
Oxfordshire Council of Disabled
People
Tel: 01865 792226
ocdp@fish.co.uk |
Promotes the interests of disabled
people in Oxfordshire |
Oxfordshire Mental Health
Matters
Manzil Way, PO Box 1476, Ox49DG
01865 728981 |
Advice, information and help for
users of mental health services, their carers and for professionals
www.oxford-mentalhealth.org |
Oxfordshire Mind
125
Walton St, OX2 6AH
Tel : 01865 511702
Fax: 01865 558680
info@oxfordshire
-mind.org.uk
Mental Health Information Line: 9.30am-4.30pm
Mondays-Fridays (not public holidays) Tel: 01865 247788
|
As many as 1 in 4 of us in
Oxfordshire will experience a mental health problem at some time in our lives.
Oxfordshire Mind provides help, support and information in your local
community. |
Oxfordshire Welfare
Rights
|
Represent people at Social Security
Appeals - by referral only
www.oxfordshirewelfarerights.org.uk |
Pact Charity
7 Southern
Court, South Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 4QS
Freephone: 0800 731 1845
Telephone: 0118 938 7600
Email: info@pactcharity.org |
PACT exists to build and strengthen
families and increase the life chances of children and young people especially
those from more vulnerable backgrounds.
Adoption and Fostering and
FAQs
PACT
works with a range of local authorities, housing associations and other
voluntary sector organisations and networks.
One to One
support
http://www.pactcharity.org/about_us |
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Parentline
Tel: 0808 800 2222 |
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Considerate Footcare
Mob:
0779 109 3023
Email: belinda@consideratefootcare.co.uk |
Help is available if you care for
:-
a person who is frail, elderly, physically or emotionally
dependent
you have a young child with special needs
you are a young
person caring, or helping to care for a member of your family
We provide
free & confidential advice, information & support for people who are
regularly caring for a relative or friend.
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
www.oxoncarers.org.uk |
TinyTalk West Oxon
Little
Coxwell Village Hall, Little Coxwell, Nr Faringdon
Contact Sally
Edgington sallye@tinytalk.co.uk
07711 083889 |
Classes run on Fridays, 10am to
11am, for babies from 0 months to 2 years.
Learn to sign with your baby
along to well known nursery rhymes/songs.
Also includes time for a chat
with other mums over a cup of tea and chocolate biscuit whilst the babies play.
£5 per class per family, classes run as three 12 week terms
Please
call to book a place.
www.tinytalk.co.uk |