Aids and Equipment

WHEELCHAIR HIRE

Wheelchairs

WHEELCHAIRS FOR HIRE

Age Concern Southend have wheelchairs for hire:

£10 refundable depost. £5 per day or £18 per week.

Tel. 01702 215780

Aids and equipment are available from the following.

Able Aid, 864--866 London Road, Leigh on Sea. Tel 01702 470581.

Boots Co PLC, The Royals, High Street, Southend On Sea. SS1 1DE. Tel 01702 464458.

Body's Care Centre, 631 London Road, Westcliff On Sea. SS0 9PE Tel 01702 346204 or 337339.

Get Abled Ltd, 311 Eastwood Road North, Leigh On Sea, Essex 01702 511530.

Essex Mobility Centre 134 Hobleythick Lane, Westcliff on Sea, Essex. Tel 01702 300790

For fitting disability aids, one contractor is Brian Campbell. 01702 710093.

NEWSPAPERS

Britain's newspapers produced in large type Tel freephone 0800 12400.

Southend Talking Newspaper. 60 minutes or so of recorded local news sent to your home every week on CDs, Free of charge Phone -01702 292337

FUNDING FOR MAJOR ADAPTATIONS

SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL can help you. The Occupational Therapy Team (01702 215008), will need to make a professional assessment of the needs of a householder. Grants toward major adaptions, examples include stairlifts, level access showers and alterations/extensions will be subject to a financial means test which calculates what contribution a householder may have to make towards the cost of work. More advice on disabled facilities grants can be found at the Communites and Local Government Website, Disabled Facilites Section.

HEARING AID BATTERIES

AGE CONCERN SOUTHEND PROVIDE HEARING AID BATTERIES. CALL IN AND COLLECT.

HANDY VAN SCHEME

Locks to doors and windows locks, smoke alarms, door chains, door viewers fitted free. tel: 01364 651643