Day Centres and Respite Care

What do the Day Centres provide?

The Day Centres provide a day service for older people living in the community who need extra support to enable them to maintain their independence in partnership with social care & health.

The purpose of Day Centres is to provide a service that:

• Values & respects people as individuals
• Promotes well-being
• Supports & enables people to maximise independence
• Supports people to make decisions about the services they receive
• Allows carers to have valuable time away from their caring responsibilities

The Day Centres provides the following opportunities:

• Healthy living & well -being
• Activities including quizzes & board games
• Gentle exercise
• Lunchtime meal & refreshments
• Assist with personal care, bathing & hairdressing
• Arts & Crafts
• Visits to places of interest

The majority of the activities are provided in house by the day centre staff with the exception of hairdressing & external activities which people pay for directly.