60 Plus Newsletter Issue 1
60 Plus is for Wandsworth's older people their families, friends and carers. It introduces some of the many developments in the health and social care services available to older people in the borough. Issue 1 August 2007.
60 Plus Newsletter Issue 2
60 Plus is for Wandsworth's older people their families, friends and carers. It introduces some of the many developments in the health and social care services available to older people in the borough. Issue 2 October 2007.
60 Plus Newsletter Issue 3
60 Plus is for Wandsworth's older people their families, friends and carers. It introduces some of the many developments in the health and social care services available to older people in the borough. Issue 3 January 2008.
A guide to receiving direct payments from your local council
This guide provides information for people who are receiving or about to receive direct payments from local authority social service departments. Information is also provided on additional sources of assistance. Updated August 2007.
A Practical guide for Disabled People
Where to find information, services and equipmentOut of Stock )
A Strategy for Older People in Wandsworth (2008-2013)
A Strategy for Older People in Wandsworth (2008-2013) - Action Plans
Action for Ability
Wandsworth strategy for improving the lives of people with a physical disability, chronic illness or sensory impairment.
Action for Ability - Action Plan 2006
2006 action plan of the Wandsworth strategy for improving the lives of people with a physical disability, chronic illness or sensory impairment.
An easy guide to direct payments - for people with learning disabilities
This guide provides information for people with learning disabilities who are receiving or about to receive direct payments from local authority social service departments. Also available in audio format please specify if you require one of these.
An Introduction to the Motability Scheme
An A5 Leaflet, which includes the DVD, aimed directly at the disabled person, or their family, explaining who is eligible and how to apply. Ideal for organisations who are able to display leaflets in a public or waiting area.
Avoiding slips, trips and broken hips - Older People
Information for older people on they can avoid accidental falls in and around the home.Out of Stock )
Avoiding slips, trips and broken hips - Step up to safety
Information for older people on how to use the stairs safely.Out of Stock )
Bolingbroke Consultation Document
Wandsworth Teaching PCT and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust are running a public consultation about the services currently provided from the Bolingbroke Hospital. This is the full consultation document.Out of Stock )
Bolingbroke Consultation Summary
Wandsworth Teaching PCT and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust are running a public consultation about the services currently provided from the Bolingbroke Hospital. This is a summary of the full consultation document.Out of Stock )
Boroughwide Lock Fitting Scheme
Information on free lock fitting scheme for people who are over 60 and in receipt of a means tested benefit.Out of Stock )
Care Professionals: Do your service users need benefits advice?
Information for social care professionals on where their service users can obtain benefits advice.Out of Stock )
Careline (I want to find out what's available)
Describes the services provided by Careline and how to contact us.Out of Stock )
CareLine (Your Right to Complain)
Describes how to complain about CareLine.
CareLine Poster
A4 poster with contact details for CareLine.
Carers Self Assessment Form
Form has been withdrawn. For a carers assessment please contact Access Team on: 020 8871 7707.Out of Stock )
Carers Take-a-Break Scheme Application Form
Application form for the Carers Take-a-Break Scheme.
Choosing Your Hospital
Information from Wandsworth PCT about using Patient Choice to choose your hospital.
Cold Comfort (Updated Winter 2006)
Information for people at risk from cold and their carers.
Community Care Services for Adults. Who can get help?
Information about community care services provided by Wandsworth Adult Social Services Department. What they are, who is eligible and how to get them. Also available in large print format, or as a cassette/CD please specify if you require one of these.
Community Equipment Service Poster
A4 poster advertising single point of contact for Wandsworth Community Equipment Service.
connecting you with your local NHS
Briefly details the work of the new Primary Care Trusts.Out of Stock )
Contacting the Access Team
Information for people living in Wandsworth needing to access Community Care Services. Also available in large print format please specify if you require one of these.
Contacting the council
Useful council telephone numbers and e-mail addresses 2007/2008
Deferred Payments for people in residential accommodation
For people about or intending to move into permanent residential accommodation, their families and carers. It explains the deferred payments scheme of paying for permanent residential accommodation.Out of Stock )
Domestic Violence and Abuse
Advice for Wandsworth residents experiencing domestic violence and abuse.
Domestic Violence and Substance Misuse
Leaflet about domestic violence and substance misuse produced by Wandsworth Domestic Violence Forum.
Domestic Violence Directory of Services - 2007
A directory listing the services available to victims of domestic violence in Wandsworth. A new version is currently in production and should be available sometime in early 2009.Out of Stock )
European Health Insurance Card
Application form for European Health Insurance Card. Also comes with a copy of "Health Advice for Travellers".
Explaining Your Care Plan
This leaflet explains Care Plans. These are documents that explain how Adult Social Services plan to meet a person's needs, following an assessment. Also available in audio format please specify if you require one of these.
Family Healthcare Guide (2006)
A free reference guide and map to healthcare services in Wandsworth.
Financial Assessment Form for Community Care Services
The Council may be able to help successful claimants pay for the care services they use. Please complete this form to make a claim.
Freedom Pass for Disabled People Application Form
Application form for the Freedom Pass for disabled people aged under 60 years.
Freedom Pass for Older People Application Form
Application form for the Freedom Pass for older people 2006-2008.
Fulfilling Lives newsletter - Issue 6 (Winter 2007/2008)
Fulfilling Lives is a newsletter for people with physical disabilities, sensory impairment and chronic illness in Wandsworth. This is the sixth edition for Winter 2007/2008.
Generate Workstep
Information about the Workstep scheme run by Generate Employment that supports people with learning difficulties to find and keep paid employment.Out of Stock )
Help with health costs
This booklet gives guidance about NHS charging for prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses or contact lenses, wigs or fabric supports from a hospital and travel to hospital for NHS treatment.
Home Care and Day Care
This booklet contains information about paying the costs of home care and day care provided by the Council. Also available in large print format please specify if you require one of these.
Housing and Support Plan for People with Learning Disabilites 2003-2005
This plan sets out what will happen in the next two years to improve housing and support services for people with learning disabilities in Wandsworth.Out of Stock )
How to appeal against charges
How to appeal against charges for community care services in Wandsworth.Out of Stock )
How to pay for your care costs
How to pay for residential and nursing home care costs.Out of Stock )
Independence and Well-being in Later Life - the Wandsworth Strategy for Older People
Leaflet promoting the Strategy for Older People in Wandsworth (2008-2013).
Independent Lives newsletter - Issue 1 (Winter 2003/2004)
Newsletter for people with learning disabilities in the borough of Wandsworth.Out of Stock )
Independent Lives newsletter - Issue 5 (Winter 2007)
Newsletter for people with learning disabilities in the borough of Wandsworth.
Information for people who have sight loss
Information and contact points for people who are visually impaired.
Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people over 60
Advice on keeping warm and healthy, heating the home, help with bills and home improvement grants.
Living in Wandsworth - A guide for people with physical disabilities (Updated June 2005)
A guide for people with physical disabilities who live in Wandsworth. A new version has been produced and should be used from June 2005.Out of Stock )
Living in Wandsworth: Information for people who are blind, partially sighted, deafblind
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Living in Wandsworth: Information for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind
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Making decisions - A guide for family, friends and other unpaid carers
The Mental Capacity Act - introductory information for family friends and other unpaid carers.Out of Stock )
Making decisions - A guide for people who work in health and social care
The Mental Capacity Act - introductory information for people who work in health and social care.Out of Stock )
Making decisions...about your health, welfare or finance. Who decides when you can't?
The Mental Capacity Act - introductory information for people who may lack capacity or who want to plan ahead for the future.Out of Stock )
Managing in retirement
One of a series of MONEYmadeclear guides produced by the Financial Services Authority.
Mental Health Services in Wandsworth - A guide for service users and carers
A new version of Wandsworth PCT's guide for mental health service users and carers.
Moving Home
Help for people with learning disabilities who are thinking about moving home.Out of Stock )
Need to find a service?
A directory outlining all the health and care services available for adults who live in Wandsworth. This is currently out of stock.Out of Stock )
NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care
This leaflet has been produced to answer your questions about NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care following the changes that were introduced on 1 October 2007.
NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care
This leaflet has been produced to answer your questions about NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care following the changes that were introduced on 1 October 2007.
Pension Credit
Information on pension credit. Will you qualify? How much could you get? How will you be able to apply?
Pensioners' Guide
There is a whole range of help and advice available through central and local government. This guide, covering England and Wales, is designed to point you in the right direction.
Positive News
The Wandsworth HIV Reference Group NewsletterOut of Stock )
Putney Primary Care Centre consultation document
The public consultation on building a primary care centre on the old Putney Hospital site has now started.Out of Stock )
Questions to ask
"Questions to ask" has been developed by the Department of Health to help everyone get the best out of their appointments with health professionals. Also available in large print format please specify if you require one of these.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk (English and Bengali)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre provides cancer prevention information in line with national guidance. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Bengali.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk (English and Gujarati)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre provides cancer prevention information in line with national guidance. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Gujarati.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk (English and Punjabi)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre provides cancer prevention information in line with national guidance. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Punjabi.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk (English and Tamil)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre provides cancer prevention information in line with national guidance. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Tamil.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk (English and Urdu)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre provides cancer prevention information in line with national guidance. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Urdu.
Safeguarding Adults
Responding to vulnerable adults in Wandsworth. Information for professionals on the subject of adult abuse and the multi-agency approach to investigation and prevention of abuse.
Safeguarding Of Vulnerable Adults Inter-Agency Guidelines for Wandsworth
These guidelines are concerned with the safeguarding of vulnerable adults in the Borough of Wandsworth. They are designed to help staff in both the statutory and independent sectors to recognise and respond to cases of abuse involving such adults.Out of Stock )
Sign language interpreting & lipspeaking service
Information on how to book a sign language interpreter or lipspeaker.Out of Stock )
Social care - choosing the right service for you
This booklet takes you through the process of finding and choosing the right social care for you.
Suggestions and Complaints
A guide to Wandsworth Council's suggestions and complaints procedure.
Supporting People
Supporting People funds supported housing, which provides for vulnerable people needing both housing and support.
teleCARE
A monitoring system that provides reassurance to carers and enables service users to remain independent and safe in their own homes for longer.
Transport for People with Disabilities in Wandsworth (Updated January 2006)
Information on transport services for people with disabilities who live in Wandsworth.
Understanding and Living with Cancer (English and Bengali)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre gives an introduction to cancer and its treatments, and help for people on how to live with the disease. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Bengali.
Understanding and Living with Cancer (English and Gujarati)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre gives an introduction to cancer and its treatments, and help for people on how to live with the disease. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Gujarati.
Understanding and Living with Cancer (English and Punjabi)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre gives an introduction to cancer and its treatments, and help for people on how to live with the disease. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Punjabi.
Understanding and Living with Cancer (English and Tamil)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre gives an introduction to cancer and its treatments, and help for people on how to live with the disease. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Tamil.
Understanding and Living with Cancer (English and Urdu)
This booklet produced by the Cancer Resource Centre gives an introduction to cancer and its treatments, and help for people on how to live with the disease. It is the only booklet of its kind in the UK that has been translated into Urdu.
using direct payments to manage your own care
Information on how you can manage your care using direct payments. Also available in audio format (tape/CD) please specify if you require one of these.
Wandsworth Carers Guide
Identifies support services for carers and how to access these services.
Wandsworth Carers News (Winter 2007)
Wandsworth Carers News is a bi-yearly health & social care newsletter with local and national information & news for carers: people who look after a relative, disabled child or friend who needs to live at home.
Wandsworth Integrated Community Equipment Service
Leaflet describing the free equipment loan service offered by Wandsworth Integrated Community Equipment Service (WICES).
Wandsworth Start
A specialist homecare service... giving you the confidence to manage your personal care and domestic routines at home.
WATCH - Wandsworth's lifeline
Leaflet describing the working of the Wandsworth Alarm Telephone Care Helpline (WATCH).
We Help: Your Right to Complain for People with Learning Disabilities
Makaton leaflet about the complaints procedure of Social Services.Out of Stock )
What If...I want to keep well
Information for older people in Wandsworth about keeping themselves well.
WOW 50 plus
Leaflet promoting the WOW 50 Plus, Whats On in Wandsworth for those 50 Plus, website.
Your Guide to Local NHS Services
A guide to the NHS services available in the borough of Wandsworth.
Your right to complain
Description of the complaints procedure of Wandsworth Social Services. A new version of this leaflet is currently in production.Out of Stock )
If you require more than 1 copy of any of these leaflets, or would like to find out if they can be supplied in a large print format, please call on: 020 8875 0500 .
