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Help with living at home

If you are starting to struggle living at home with your condition or disability, make life easier and safer for yourself.

If you want to buy your own equipment, visit the Manage at Home website where you can get support and find out how to do this.

For advice on what to buy, Manage at Home’s self-help guide will help you find products for different areas of your home.
 

Make changes to live at home

Adaptations to your home to make living and moving around easier and safer.

Help when you need it

Sometimes you may need a bit of extra support to help you keep going and prevent things getting worse. Find out what is available in your community.

Greenwood Independent Living Centre

Free advice from an occupational therapist to explore practical solutions for difficulties with daily living tasks. A range of equipment can be demonstrated and tried at the centre.

Live at home after hospital

Find out what aftercare and extra help you can get as you recover at home.

Keep your home clean and tidy

If you are starting to struggle at home, find out how to make cleaning easier or get help.

Eat well at home

How to get help to eat enough of different types of food to stay well.

Meet and talk to people more

If you feel lonely at home, find out how to see and talk to people more.

Sight and hearing loss

If you have a sight or hearing impairment, we can help. We’ve partnered with Millbrook Healthcare to provide specialised support and rehabilitation services, tailored to help you maintain independence at home and in the community. 

Community equipment loan service - change of provider

As of Friday 1 August 2025, Medequip became the new provider of the Community Equipment Loan Service for Dorset Council, BCP Council and NHS Dorset taking over from NRS Healthcare.