Community Care

What is Community Care?

Community Care is the combination of services and resources that a person needs to live their lives as independently as possible. This can include housing, benefits, leisure, educational opportunities and social services.

For most people, 'community care' means the support they need to remain at home. However, some people need higher levels of support provided in a residential care home or a nursing home.

Accessing Services

Those who need help with their personal care may choose to pay for their services privately. However, many ask Social Services to assess their needs and then decide eligibility for services and the level of need.

People First (Social Services) Offices are based at:

Older People's Services (Harrow East), 19 Buckingham Road, Edgware - 020 8951 3811
Older People's Services (Harrow West), Talbot House, 204-226 Imperial Drive, Rayners Lane - 020 8429 4488

Link to the Harrow Council Website (link opens in new page)

How Age Concern Harrow can help

Age Concern Harrow contributes to community care through the provision of:

Fact Sheets

The following factsheets are available from the Age Concern England website

Finding help at home
Local authority charging procedures for care homes
NHS continuing care, free nursing care and intermediate care
Direct payments from social services
Finding care home accommodation
Disability and ageing: your rights to social services
Hospital discharge arrangements
Treatment of the former home as capital for people in a care home
Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner
Transfer of assets and paying for care in a care home
Local authority assessment for community care services
Paying for care and support at home

Age Concern England will send you up to 5 fact sheets by post for free. See the Age Concern England (link opens in new page) website for details about factsheets.

Further Information

You can contact the Information and Advice team on 020 8861 7990.