Extra care

Extra care housing is for people who do not need or want to move into long term care.

A trained care team gives support and housing is provided.

Our aim is to help support and enable people to remain in their own homes within the extra care schemes.

Services

Offered services include:

help with personal care
help with bathing/showering
help with meal preparation
escorting to the dining room for a hot meal at lunchtime
supervision and help with medication
24 hour emergency help available across all schemes
support to attend social events in your scheme, including
- coffee mornings
- exercise classes
- bingo
- quizzes

There are currently four extra care housing schemes in Darlington:

These schemes provide self-contained flats to rent with:

a range of additional communal facilities (including a common room and laundry room)
warden services
on-site home care
hairdresser and chiropody service available at an extra charge
assistive technology flat for demonstrations to members of the public

Making Space [external link] provide the services for the extra care schemes.

The service is inspected regularly.

You can view inspection reports on the Care Quality Commission website [external link].

If you or someone you know may benefit from this service then please contact us.