Adaptations to your Home

Does your home need to be adapted to help you to remain living independently in it?  If so, we may be able to help.

An adaptation is a permanent change made to your home to make life easier for you and to help meet your needs.  We have two types of adaptations:

• Minor adaptations: for example lever taps, small ramps, grab rails
• Major adaptations: such as level access showers, wet rooms, door widening, kitchen adjustments 

Before we can carry out an adaptation, an Occupational Therapist will need to carry out an assessment and will best advise us of the adaptations you need.  We will carry out a joint visit with the Occupational Therapist to discuss your housing options too, as there are some circumstances when we may not be able to carry out an adaptation, for example, we will not usually install a wet floor shower in an upstairs bathroom of a family home.

You do not normally have to pay for adaptations as we usually receive grant funding from the Scottish Government for them each year.  This funding is often quite limited so there are times when we must hold a waiting list until funds become available.  

We currently still have funding available this financial year, so if you think you need an adaptation, now is the time to apply.   Please telephone 0300 3690 680 (Request for Assistance) to arrange for an Occupational Therapist Assessment.

If you are or have been in touch with East Lothian Council to request an adaptation assessment, please also let us know and we will see if we can help speed this along – although we cannot promise this.

Unfortunately, if we do not spend our allocated grant funding by the end of the year we may need to return it to the Scottish Government.