How can friends and family help?
Where appropriate, friends, family and other carers continue to
provide support for people who move into sheltered housing.
Wherever possible, the Independent Living Manager will try to
involve them in the scheme and, with prior permission, will keep
relatives informed of the tenant’s health and well-being.
Practical examples of such support from friends and relatives,
include helping with meals, paying bills, giving medicines and
helping with internal decoration and cleaning and responding to
emergency calls made by Independent Living Managers or the
alarm system.