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Local Support
Care & Repair
Bridgend County Care & Repair aims to enable older people and people with disabilities to remain living independently in their own homes through the improvement of their housing conditions and their level of comfort, safety and wellbeing.
Age Connects Morgannwg
Age Connects Morgannwg offer a wide range of information, advice and services to help older people stay living independently for as long as possible. Their work is designed to put you first and make life easier and offer independent and confidential information, advice and support on a variety of issues such as care, legal, health, housing, income and benefits, consumer, leisure, learning and work.
Falls Prevention Service
Have you had a fall? Are you worried about falling or feeling a bit unsteady?
If so, you may be suitable for a falls ‘MOT’. You will be seen by a member of the falls prevention team who can offer you advice/education around preventing falls. The team also offer exercise groups based in the community to improve your strength and balance.
Call the Falls Prevention Team on 01443 715013.
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ latest information guide – GP Practices in Wales: A Guide for Older People provides information on older people’s rights and what they can expect in terms of services and support from their GP practice, as well as details of organisations that can offer help to older people who are experiencing difficulties.
Visit the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales website
Call the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Team on 03442 640 670.
National Support
Dementia UK
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.
Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.
The Silver Line
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Cinnamon Trust
Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.