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Older people services

This page lists services designed to support individuals who are ageing and may have age related health issues or frailty.

We list many events and services on this website from other organisations and we do this in good faith.  Please be aware that a listing on this website is not a service endorsement or recommendation.  We urge you to do your own research about all organisations before using their services and to check the times and dates of events with them before attending them.  We rely on service providers to tell us if their service provision or contact details change.  Good places to check organisations include: the Care Quality Commission, Check a Trade, the Charity Commission and for each sector there is usually a professional service regulator, for example the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Abbeyfield Society

The Abbeyfield Society are a national charity helping to alleviate loneliness and isolation in older people by providing care, support, housing and dementia care. Read more

Published: 14th December, 2018

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Housing services
  • Older people services

Ability Net: IT support at home for disabled people

Ability Net: IT support at home for disabled people Read more

Published: 10th July, 2017

Updated: 6th February, 2019

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • technology
  • computer
  • IT skills
  • IT
  • computer support
  • Learning Disability services
  • In-home support services
  • Physical Disability services
  • Assistive technology services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Sensory Impairment services
  • Equipment and assistance device services
  • Older people services

Accessible Guide to Rights for People with Dementia

This accessible guide brings together facts about some of the key rights relating to dementia in the UK Read more

Published: 3rd August, 2017

Updated: 9th August, 2017

Author: Ashley Raynor

Related topics:
  • rights
  • dementia
  • Dementia services
  • Mental Health general services
  • Older people services

Admiral Nurses Service for Dementia

This service is provided locally by Solent NHS to offer psychological support, practical advice and information on dementia. Read more

Published: 8th August, 2017

Updated: 18th September, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • memory support
  • caring for someone living with dementia
  • caring for someone with dementia
  • alzheimers
  • support for dementia in Southampton
  • Solent Admiral Nurse service
  • dementia uk
  • living with dementia
  • admiral nurses
  • Admiral Nurse Team
  • Admiral Nursing Service
  • dementia support
  • Solent NHS
  • memory cafe
  • dementia
  • dementia cafe
  • Dementia services
  • Older people services

Age Concern

Age Concern Hampshire is an independent registered charity working to promote independent living to over-50s in Hampshire. Not available in Southampton. Read more

Published: 14th December, 2018

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Older people services

Age UK Fact Sheets

Age UK provide free information and advice to help you on topics as diverse as claiming benefits to care homes Read more

Published: 21st September, 2017

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Money, benefits and debt services
  • Education opportunities services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Older people services

Age UK Southampton

Age UK Southampton is a local independent charity set up to support older people living within the city limits to live independently. This page details where Age UK services and work across Southampton Read more

Published: 31st July, 2017

Updated: 19th March, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Location: 1 Saxon Gate, Back of the Walls, Southampton, SO14 3HA

Related topics:
  • telephone support
  • social
  • isolation
  • Age UK Southampton
  • lonely
  • visiting service
  • In-home support services
  • Advice services
  • Social opportunities services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Older people services

Ageing Well Without Children

A CIC offering Information and support for people ageing without children, whether by choice or through circumstance. Read more

Published: 6th May, 2020

Updated: 11th June, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Older people services

Anorexia rising in older people

Research by the BBC's Breakfast programme shows a rise in the number of people in England and Wales who are middle-aged or elderly and struggling with eating disorders. Read more

Published: 21st September, 2017

Updated: 27th September, 2017

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Eating disorders (anorexia/bulimia) services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Mental Health services
  • Older people services

Attendance Allowance

Attendance Allowance is a non-contributory Social Security benefit paid to elderly disabled people in the United Kingdom. Click for more details. Read more

Published: 17th January, 2021

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • disabled
  • elderly
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Money, benefits and debt services
  • Learning Disability services
  • Physical Disability services
  • Sensory Impairment services
  • Older people services

BAPEN (British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)

BAPEN is a Charitable Association that raises awareness of malnutrition and works to advance the nutritional care of patients and those at risk from malnutrition in the wider community. Older people with malnutrition have more hospital admissions and usually stay in hospital for longer. See this page for more information about spotting the signs of malnutrition, a helpful Nutrition Wheel to start a conversation around nutrition, a video and finally a very simple 5 step programme. Read more

Published: 22nd October, 2019

Updated: 20th August, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • underweight
  • malnutrition
  • not eating enough
  • not eating properly
  • eating
  • Eating disorders (anorexia/bulimia) services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Healthy living services
  • Older people services

Basket of Memories on board at the Watercress Line

Revive memories whilst you enjoy a journey through the Hampshire Countryside behind a restored steam locomotive. The Baskets feature photos, railway memories, artefacts to handle and musical prompts from the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Each collection is different so you can swap with the table next to you. Read more

Published: 6th February, 2019

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • steam train
  • railway
  • memory box
  • Watercress Line
  • dementia
  • Dementia services
  • Social opportunities services
  • Accessible activities services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Older people services

Blue Lamp Trust Bobby Scheme

The Bobby Scheme is a practical service providing FREE home security, long-life smoke alarms and peace of mind for the vulnerable and elderly within Hampshire. Read more

Published: 1st August, 2017

Updated: 18th December, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • disabled
  • Bobby Scheme
  • Victim of burglary
  • Door Chains
  • Smoke Alarms
  • Repeat victim of crime
  • vulnerable
  • Spy-Holes
  • Blue Lamp Trust
  • Locks
  • Hampshire Police
  • Hampshire Fire and Rescue
  • Victim of domestic abuse
  • In-home support services
  • Housing services
  • Equipment and assistance device services
  • Healthy living services
  • Older people services

Books for Free

A Southampton based project saving books from landfill and giving them back to the local community, all for FREE! Read more

Published: 19th September, 2017

Author: Pip Armitage

Location: Third Age Centre, 11 Cranbury Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0LH

Related topics:
  • Social opportunities services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Older people services

Brendoncare Southampton Thursday Social Club

A programme of entertainers, guest speakers, seated exercise and occasional club outings. Read more

Published: 29th June, 2017

Updated: 18th September, 2017

Author: Pip Armitage

Location: Guardian Court, 47-51 Westwood Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1WH

Related topics:
  • Social opportunities services
  • Older people services

Cafe down the Lane

Café Down the Lane offers a range of affordable scrumptious homemade snacks, delicious drinks and not forgetting our famous signature scones, freshly made in the morning by our apprentices! Read more

Published: 1st May, 2020

Author: Ashley Raynor

Related topics:
  • Community Cafes
  • Learning Disability services
  • Support groups
  • Support groups and walk-in advice
  • SO17
  • Food services
  • Social opportunities services
  • Leisure activities services
  • Accessible activities services
  • Older people services

'Call in Time' Telephone Befriending Service from Age UK

From Age UK, a free public telephone befriending service that matches volunteers with older members of the public. Read more

Published: 3rd October, 2017

Updated: 1st May, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • Age UK
  • Telephone befriending services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Older people services

Care and support plans

Care and support plans are for anyone who needs care or cares for someone else. Read more

Published: 20th November, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • southampton city council
  • care and support plan
  • In-home support services
  • Carers rights
  • Services for the person you support
  • Local respite services
  • Residential care services
  • Wellbeing services
  • Equipment and assistance device services
  • Respite, care and day services
  • Healthy living services
  • Older people services

Care UK guides for carers, relatives and friends

Helpful guides from Care UK designed to support families and carers through every step of the care journey, including several specific to caring for someone with dementia. Read more

Published: 16th May, 2019

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • practical tips
  • carer
  • guide
  • dementia friendly
  • outings
  • day trips
  • families
  • Care UK
  • carers
  • dementia
  • Dementia services
  • Dementia
  • Older people services

chit-chat

chit-chat LINE 0333 002 0333 is a social support line open daily from 9am to 9pm, is intended to alleviate social isolation by letting callers chat about their days, with volunteers boosting morale and creating uplifting conversation Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 1st May, 2020

Author: Pip Armitage

Related topics:
  • mental health
  • isolation
  • housebound
  • social isolation
  • chit-chat
  • telephone
  • loneliness
  • befriending
  • Telephone befriending services
  • Mental Health general services
  • Wellbeing and social services
  • Older people services

Choices Advocacy

Independent advocacy for adults with a learning disability, vulnerable adults and older people. This is not a drop-in. Please call 023 8078 3715 to make an appointment. Read more

Published: 13th July, 2017

Updated: 29th August, 2019

Author: Pip Armitage

Location: The Warren Centre Plus, Warren Crescent, Southampton, S016 6AY

Related topics:
  • advocacy
  • Other postcodes
  • Learning Disability services
  • SO19
  • SO16
  • Support groups and walk-in advice
  • SO17
  • Advocacy
  • SO15
  • SO14
  • Walk-in advice
  • Advocacy services
  • Older people services
  • SO18
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