In this section you will find information and advice that can help you keep your home in good repair to make sure you are safe and secure and also help you to get around inside and outsite your home.
If you are a tenant in need of repairs or maintenance, please check this with your landlord first.
Adaptations to your home
The Home Improvement Agency helps people in need of support to maintain their independence in their chosen home. This is achieved by supporting people throughout the repair, adaptation or improvement process, so that individuals are able to remain in their own home, in a warm safe and secure environment.
The service provides:
- Disabled facilities grants and adaptations
- Housing assistance - practical and financial advice
- Handypersons and Minor Alterations Service
- Energy efficiency advice and signposting
- General advice and signposting in relation to practical tasks that support people to live independently
- Financial Assistance
For more information please go to the Sunderland Care and Support website.
Assistive Technology products and suppliers
We have a wide range of products and suppliers available that can help you manage different aspects of your daily life from traditional products such as grab rails or chair raisers, to more digital solutions that use assistive technology and the internet such as smart home hubs to control your home environment and apps on your mobile device to manage your health and wellbeing.
If you are interested in finding out more about daily living aids and equipment, we have a range of suppliers in the Digital Assisted and Supported Living section.
There is also a website called AskSARA that can help you identify what you need by asking a few questions about yourself and based on your answers it will suggest daily living aids that could help you.
If you are interested in the featured digital assistive technology products, please look at our list of services in the Suppliers of digital assistive technology section.
Equipment and daily living aids
Equipment and daily living aids can help you stay independent at home.
Find equipment online
You can find out what equipment would make your life easier by using a website called "AskSara". This site will ask you a few questions and then suggest equipment based on your answers that could help you.
- Your health - Medication management, vision and hearing, memory, mobility and more.
- Your home - Living arrangements, household locations, fixtures and fittings and more.
- Daily activities - Eating and drinking, personal care, leisure, help in emergencies and more.
- Children - Sports, play, travel, reading, eating, bathing, toileting and more.
Community Equipment Service
This is a jointly funded partnership between Sunderland City Council and the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
The equipment is designed to promote personal independence, safety and mobility. It is also supplied to the health and social care practitioners to help in the course of their work in the community.
It supplies and fits equipment and minor adaptations to enable children and adults with disabilities to live at home. For more information please go to the Sunderland Care and Support website.