Adapting your home

We know that more of you need to have their homes adapted to help you stay independent at home. We want to help you stay in your own home for as long as it's good for your health and well-being.

Providing help by working in partnership

We work with Gloucester City Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust and our repairs and improvement partners to provide this service.

The Primary Care Trust's occupational therapists do assessments on the County Council’s behalf. They can arrange for you to have aids such as hoists, toilet frames, bed levers and shower chairs – there are over 200 items. Please contact us| for further details.

Occupational therapists also recommend if you need to have your home adapted. If it is reasonable and practicable to do this work our improvement partners will complete it.

Otherwise we will work with the City Council to find you a more suitable home. We can also help with your removal costs.

Types of adaptation work

There are three types of adaptation work. These are minor, standard and major (with or without planning permission).

Minor work

Minor work may include grab bars, lever taps, extra stair rails, lowering light switches, raising electric sockets, specialist smoke alarms for the deaf etc.

Standard work

Standard work may include fixing equipment that has been supplied by social services; more sockets for appliances required for functional/medical needs, poles and rails, handrails, half-steps, over-bath showers, relocating sockets or switches, etc.

Major work

Major work may include stairlifts, replacing baths with showers, ramps, vehicle hardstandings, heating, through-floor lifts, widening doors, ceiling tracks, mobility standard kitchens, extra WC/wash facilities, etc.

If you need any of this work, please contact us| . We will be pleased to arrange it or ask an occupational therapist to assess your needs.

Our service standards

We will:

acknowledge your request within 1 working day
if there is no need for an assessment we will normally do the work within 7 calendar days

If you need an assessment, the Occupational Therapy Service aims to complete this within 28 days.

After the assessment, we normallyl:

do minor work within 7 calendar days
do standard work within 28 calendar days
do major work that doesn't need planning permission within 42 calendar days
do major work that needs planning permission within a time we agree with you and the occupational therapist. This takes into account your needs, the amount of work and the time it takes to get any planning permission and building regulation approval.