Guide for adult carers
Fire Safety The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service can visit the person you care for at home for a free home fire safety visit and can make sure their home is as safe as it can be. Call 0800 0731 999 or see their website www.firescotland.gov.uk.
Care and Repair Services Care and Repair Services operate in most areas of Scotland. They offer independent advice about, and assistance with, housing repairs and adaptations to homeowners, private tenants and crofters aged over 60 or who have a disability. For details of your local service call Care and Repair Scotland on 0141 221 9879 or see www.careandrepairscotland.co.uk.
Home Energy Scotland Home Energy Scotland can give advice about benefits, grants and schemes which may help you make your home more energy efficient and improve your heating. Call 0808 808 2282 or see their website www.homeenergyscotland.org.
Technology support Technology known as telecare and telehealth can help the person you care for to be safer at home, for example by reminding them about medicines or making it easier to let someone know if they are in difficulty. The Disabled Living Foundation has information about telecare and telehealth. Call 0300 999 0004 or see their website www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk. The Scottish Government and NHS24 have created an online Telecare self-check tool. You will be asked a few simple questions about your situation, and it will give you advice and information about telecare based on your answers. Access the tool at www.nhsinform.scot/caresupport-and-rights/tools-and-apps/telecare-self-check-online-tool 11
