Living Safely and Well at Home - Self training Module

This self-training module is for people who visit older people at home eg. health care staff, care workers, hospital visitors and voluntary sector to give general advice on a range of topics.

It has been designed to develop knowledge and skills by increasing understanding of:

• the effects of poor housing on people’s health
• the simple actions that can be taken to improve housing conditions
• the organisations that can help to improve people’s housing conditions

The toolkit will enable you to:

• identify potential health hazards and problems in the home
• provide the people you visit with details about how to improve their health/reduce injury risk by dealing with these housing problems, and
• make referrals to those who can help them

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Care & Repair England also produced a number of self training guides in partnership with EAC FirstStop including:

• Advising older people about their care choices in later life – click here
• Advising older people about their housing choices in later life – click here
• Housing choices in later life - a self trainer for older people – click here
• Use of housing equity for beginners – click here
• Income in retirement – a beginners guide  – click here