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Equipment and Adaptations
Can I get help from Social Care Services?
You can ask the Equipment & Adaptations service for help if you need to find safer ways to do everyday tasks. They can give advice over the telephone or during a home visit.
The Equipment & Adaptations service might be able to provide adaptations to your home, such as a ramp or stairlift. We might be able to give you equipment to make your home easier to live in, like a high seat to help you use the toilet. We won't provide most equipment that you could buy yourself for under £50, unless it's something which needs fitting.
Equipment & Adaptations Standards
For full information about the Equipment and Adaptations Team and their team standards you can download the document below entitled "Equipment & Adaptations Team Standards."
How do I contact Social Care Services?
To help us assess your needs, you can complete a self referral form if you think that you only need small items of equipment. The form can be completed electronically by using our Self Referral Form or downloaded as a Microsoft Word document at the bottom of this page.
You can telephone Social Care Services on:
Social Care Services Adult Access Team: (0114) 273 4908
Or you can complete an enquiry form from Getting Help from Social Care Services.
Where can I get more information?
You can get a copy of equipment and adaptations booklets from:
Equipment and Adaptations Service: (0114) 273 4709
Booklets available include: (You can view them online by clicking the links below)
- Equipment & Adaptations - (Useful Contacts and assessment information)
The booklets are available in large print or Braille, on audio tape or floppy disk. Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Somali and Urdu are also available. You can get copies from:
Social Care Services Quality and Communications: (0114) 273 4969
You can download copies of our information leaflets about equipment and adaptations services by clicking on the documents link in the menu on the left.
You can view the Disabled Facilities Grant web page.
You can visit the Sheffield Community Equipment Loan Service website.
To find out more information about equipment that could help you or someone you care for with daily activities, you can also try the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) SARA website. SARA - Self Assessment Rapid Access is a free online service that can assess your needs and provide a detailed report of products that could help you, information about where you can buy them and useful contacts.
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Information about the Equipment and Adaptations Service, team standards and contact information. (42 KB)
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