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helping you to plan your visit to Newcastle so you know where public and accessible toilets are available
Airport assistance is available if you have mobility issues or a disability. Assistance can be arranged before you fly to help make your travel easier. Book early to ensure everything is in place.
The Message in a Bottle scheme helps you store your personal and medical information in your fridge door, so it can found quickly by emergency services. This simple idea could help to save your life.
Getting help at the right time can help improve your quality of life and allow you to continue enjoying life, plan ahead and make choices that are right for you.
You can make changes to your home or get equipment to help you with day-to-day tasks and activities. This can be important to your wellbeing and quality of life.
There are grants available to help pay for changes to your home (adaptations) and equipment to help you live independently and comfortably at home for longer
There are a range of organisations that provide interpreting and translation services in Newcastle
Here’s information on what should happen when you leave hospital and tips for how to get ready to return home.
There are some steps that you can take to help make your computer easier to use without having to purchase new equipment.
Telecare can help you live confidently and independently at home. Gadgets, monitoring systems and alarms can be used to keep you safe and well. Giving you and your carers and family peace of mind.
Self-care or self-management means taking responsibility for keeping yourself healthy, thinking carefully about lifestyle choices and paying attention to how you feel on a day to day and long-term basis. This can be important for people with a long term health condition or with a disability . There are services and benefits that can help too.
a helpful list of equipment and aids that you can buy to help make life easier.
