Alarms – Call response service & personal alarms
A number of organisations provide a 24-hour immediate call response service. At the touch of a button you can be connected to a response team who will summon the help you need. Unlike a phone, you don’t need to dial an emergency service number and the system will work from anywhere in your home or garden using a remote button or pendant that can be worn on your wrist or around your neck.
This service can summon help in the case of an emergency or can be used more generally if you:
- are anxious about unwanted callers
- have health or mobility problems
- are worried about the risk or falling
- need additional support.
Financial assistance may be available to pay for the service through a community care grant from the social fund if you are in receipt of pension credit and have savings of less than £1,000.
For more information contact Age NI.
Age NI Enterprises
Telephone: 0808 100 4545 (Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday)
Website: www.ageuk.org.uk
Good Morning Neighbour
The Good Morning Neighbour project will provide a FREE and CONFIDENTIAL befriending, telephone care and alert scheme for registered service users. It is available for older people aged 55+. For more information or to register please contact 028 8772 9690.
Home Fire Safety Check Scheme
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service run a free home fire safety check scheme. On request, fire officers will come to your house and give you advice on any fire hazards you may have in your home. They will give you advice on how to avoid fires and fit a free battery-powered smoke alarm if necessary.
Telephone 028 9260 0477 to register for a free home fire safety check. Leave your details on the automated voice mailbox and you will be called back. Alternatively contact your local fire station.
Home Safety Check Scheme
Southern Safer Homes provides a free home safety check particularly for families with children aged 5 or under and older people. These checks are carried out by a trained advisor who can show you the risk areas in your home.
Our home safety advisor can provide referrals to other agencies, such as occupational therapists and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, who can install a smoke alarm designed to last up to ten years.
If required, safety equipment such as touch lamps can be provided in order to prevent falls within the home.
For more information, call our Home Safety Officer on 028 3752 9600.
