Day/Respite Services
Abbeyfield
Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5BN
Telephone: 01634 851294
Abbotts - Day Care
74 Windsor Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 1SX
Telephone: 01803 327574
Acorn Community Support
The Surgery, Layne Fields, Chirstow, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7NY
Telephone: 01647 252701
Adelaide Lodge Care Home
Adelaide Lodge Care Homes Partnership, Kings Road, Devon, EX14 1HW
Telephone: 01404 42921
Age Concern - Bodmin 
pop-in centre, Shire House Suite, Bodmin, Cornwall
Telephone: 01726 822646
Age Concern - Elspeth Sitters House 
Nott Street, The Barbican, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2JB
Telephone: 01752 665424
Age Concern - Evergreen Club / Helping 
1 Litchdon Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8ND
Telephone: 01271 324488
Age Concern - Sidmouth Day Centre
Green Close, Drakes Avenue, Sidford, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 9JU
Telephone: 01395 515050
Age Concern - St. Ives
Enterprise Centre, Westcotts Quay, Cornwall, TR26 2DY
Telephone: 01736 798182
Age Concern - St. Just and Pendeen
Fore Street, St. Just, Cornwall, TR19 7LJ
Telephone: 01736 788265
Age Concern - Tregadillet
Kestle Bungalow, Tregadillet, Cornwall, PL15 7EV
Telephone: 01566 880066
Age Concern - William and Patricia Venton Centre
Astor Drive, Mount Gould, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 9RD
Telephone: 01752 405632
Age Concern - William Venton Centre
Broadway Car Park, Plymstock, Plymstock, Devon, PL9 9GH
Telephone: 01752 405632
Age Concern Budleigh Salterton
The Norman Centre, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6RJ
Telephone: 01395 445510
Age Concern Crediton - Day Care
Deep Lane Centre, Crediton, Devon, EX17 2BX
Telephone: 01363 775008
Age Concern Dayclub
Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3PX
Telephone: 01326 316880
Age Concern Dayclub
Truro, Cornwall
Telephone: 01872 279279
Age Concern Dayclub
Fowey, Cornwall
Telephone: 01872 266388
Age Concern Dayclub
Crantock Street, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 1JR
Telephone: 01637 876150
Day Services
Day Services offer help and support to older people and to people with disabilities. They offer social contact and stimulating activities for people who are finding difficulty living at home. Day care also enables carers to have a break from their caring. Centres are run by local authorities, the NHS, voluntary organisations and commercial businesses such as care homes.
Day Services offer care for adults with physical and/or learning disabilities and people recovering from mental illness. Day Services aim to give them the skills they need to live as independently as possible. Most are run by the Adult Services department and are for people who have been assessed as needing this kind of help.
Respite Care
When you are taking care of somebody you also need to think about caring for yourself. Depending on the type and intensity of care needed, your own health and well-being can be compromised by looking after someone else. In most jobs you get paid holidays - you should try to take some time off from caring too!
You can get some respite from your caring role in a number of different ways:
Residential respite: The Person you care for goes away to be looked after by someone else for a while – residential or nursing care or on holiday.
Domiciliary care: Someone comes into your home and takes over care for a while (a few hours or sometimes overnight) so you can go out or have some time to yourself.
You can sometimes get a break when the person you care for is involved in other activities – for instance at school, or at a Day Centre.
Assessment of needs by the Local Authority
The first step is usually to approach the local authority to ask for an assessment for the person you care for – and for you as his/her carer. The Local Authority social worker doing the assessments will consider the needs of the person you care for, and your needs as their carer, and consider what services they may be able to provide (bearing in mind local priorities and availability of services). They will also do a Financial assessment under their Charging Policy which means that you (or – more usually – the person you care for) may be charged for the services according to means.
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