What happens during the service?

If you are at home but not coping as well as you would like, a member of our community reablement team will visit and complete an assessment with you. You can discuss what you want to be able to do for yourself.

The community reablement team will work with you to agree what help you need. They will then arrange a programme of reablement support from ECL. The programme will help you remain safe at home and support you to continue with activities in your community.

A member of the community reablement team can also arrange for you to have equipment on loan to make things easier for you, for example, arranging for your normal sitting room chair to be raised or a grab rail to be fitted in places such as your bathroom, or by your front door.

If you have recently been in hospital and  are having reablement support at home provided by the NHS, it may be identified that further reablement would help you be more independent. 

If further reablement is required, the NHS professional will make the arrangements with the community reablement team to support your onward reablement journey.

Once your care has been transferred, a member of the community reablement team will visit you to agree the goals you want to work towards.

As you are able to do more for yourself they will assist you less. Throughout the reablement programme a member of the community reablement team will review your progress. If you need support after reablement, different options will be offered and arranged for you.