Leeds Older People’s Forum, on behalf of the Forum Central Partnership, coordinates Enhance in partnership with Leeds NHS Community Healthcare Trust.
Enhance supports safe and sustainable discharge from hospital and neighbourhood teams into a secure home environment.
Leeds Older People’s Forum website has more about Enhance including how to make a referral.
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Enhance delivery partners
Action for Gipton Elderly will develop a ‘Time, Listen, Care’ service, focusing on the complex needs of people living in Gipton and Harehills.
- Action for Gipton Elderly (leedsdirectory.org) – 0113 240 9784
- Karen Woloszczak – [email protected]
ABA will work with Hamara to develop a Hospital Discharge service, focusing primarily on the needs of people of BAME heritage.
- ABA Leeds (The Association of Blind Asians) – 0113 210 3347
- Debbani Ghosh – [email protected]
Age UK will develop a package of home-based support and community-based activities.
- Age UK Leeds – 0113 389 3000
- Julie Skelton – [email protected]
Armley Helping Hands will work with a Community Engagement Worker and Wellbeing Champion in Armley to support older people achieve better overall health outcomes.
- Armley Helping Hands – 0113 279 9292
- Dawn Newsome – [email protected]
Burmantofts Senior Action will develop a new project – ‘Enhanced Health Intervention’ – in Burmantofts, providing a single point of contact throughout.
- Burmantofts Senior Action – 0113 248 9191
- Tom Armstrong – [email protected]
Care & Repair will develop their holistic and practical support offered immediately after hospital discharge, to medium-term support for individuals.
- Care & Repair Leeds – 0113 240 6009
- Ravinder Kaur – [email protected]
- Pat Harter – [email protected]
Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours will provide a post discharge support package to people living in the area.
- Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours Scheme – 0113 260 6565
- Marion Darlow – [email protected]
Feel Good Factor will provide practical support to attend and engage in activities within community settings, build social networks and peer support in the Chapeltown area.
- Feel Good Factor – 0113 350 4200
- Angela Goodyear – [email protected]
Health for All will work in Beeston and Middleton to further develop their ‘team around the Elder’ approach, working on a one-to-one level with individuals to identify appropriate activities to meet their specific needs.
- Health For All – 0113 276 2720
- Pat McGeever – [email protected]
Leeds Irish Health & Homes will work across Meanwood and Chapeltown to develop a ‘3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months and beyond’ approach to support individuals.
- Leeds Irish Health & Homes – 0113 262 5614
- Sarah McBride – [email protected]
MAECare will work with local partners to enhance the personalised support offered to individuals.
- MAECare – 0113 266 0371
- Julia Edmunds – [email protected]
OPAL will further develop their personalised support offer to individuals living in the LS16 area.
- OPAL – 0113 261 9103
- Hattie Easton – [email protected]
NET will build on the personalised support offer, working with the Neighbourhood Team in Kippax.
- NET Garforth – 0113 287 4784
- Monica Walker – [email protected]
Seacroft Friends and Neighbours will employ a case worker to provide personalised one-to-one support.
- Seacroft Friends and Neighbours – 0113 273 4979
- Carol Lockwood – [email protected]
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