New Forest Disability provides free, New impartial, confidential information New Forest Disability Forest and advice to those of any age and LYMINGTON NEW Head Office and shop Disability FOREST HOSPITAL any disability, throughout the New 6 Osborne Road, Forest area. New Milton, Hampshire. BH25 6AD Our ‘Just Got Home’ service aims to support and help you to remain more Telephone 01425 628750 comfortable, safe and independent For our ‘Just Got Home’ service, please in your home. The service is free and call the above number and ask for our available to in-patients at Lymington Outreach Co-ordinator to contact you. New Forest Hospital. Web newforestdis.org.uk We promote and support independence through practical support to access: Email [email protected] • Benefits NF_Disability • Transport solutions New-Forest-Disability • Activities • Companionship • Appropriate mobility equipment New Forest District Council and daily living aids Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, • Affordable home repairs and Lyndhurst, Hampshire. SO43 7PN adaptations to improve access Telephone 023 8028 5151 Just Got Home Web newforest.gov.uk Service newforestdc Do you have concerns about returning home newforestgov after being in hospital? Our ‘Just Got Home’ service offers a follow up home visit to provide you with information and help to arrange access to services on your behalf. Provided in partnership between New Forest District Council and New Forest Disability, ‘Just Got Home’ is a free service, and available to in-patients at Lymington New Forest Registered charity number: 1104589 Hospital. Company number: 05124781 MARCH 2020 Our ‘Just Got Home’ We understand that service offers a some patients may follow up home Independence have concerns about visit to provide you Matters returning home, with information particularly if they are and help to arrange Do you have difficulty using your feeling isolated. access to services bath, or find stairs and steps tricky? on your behalf. To offer support, we New Forest District Council has linked have put in place During the visit up with New Forest Disability, to our ‘Just Got Home’ we can provide promote adaptations to help people service, where information on: stay independent in their homes. patients will be • Transport What we can help with offered a follow-up solutions Funding is available to assist New Forest home visit by our • Equipment residents with a disability, to live safely, team at New Forest • Benefits independently and with dignity in their Disability. • Social activities own homes. We can help with a wide range of adaptations, including: The service is free and • Befriending available to in-patients • Lunch clubs • Installing a level access shower. at Lymington New • Disabled access • Widening doors for wheelchair Forest Hospital. access. • Sports activities Patients wishing to • Day centres • Fitting grab rails, ramps or stair lifts. use this service will be • Escorted We can also assist with arranging a contacted within two trips out needs assessment, surveyor and builder weeks of returning to carry out the work. home to arrange a • Home library service Loans are also available to help with convenient day and essential work such as roof and window time for us to visit. • Steady and Strong classes repairs or a broken boiler. Loans are administered by the Parity Trust, a Patients will be visited • Support groups by the person they charitable organisation. met while on the ward We can also help to To find out more and for details on so they will know arrange access to who can apply, please call New Forest exactly who to expect. these services on District Council on 023 8028 5151. your behalf.