HIV and AIDS - What help is available?

We can make a range of services available including:   

• advice and support with personal and family problems; 
• help with meals;
• equipment and adaptations to your home to help you if you have a physical disability;
• day care for yourself; 
• child care and family support for your children; 
• respite care to offer a break to people who help look after you; 
• care in a residential home or nursing home if you are unable to live at home with support; 
• personal care at home; and 
• services for people with visual impairments and hearing impairments.              

With your consent, we can either liaise with or refer you on to other organisations to provide you with services including:   

• health services from hospitals, GUM clinics, community health services and GPs; 
• advice on benefits and financial matters from Citizen’s Advice Bureaux, or the designated HIV/AIDS Welfare Benefits Advisor, based in Newcastle; 
• advice on legal matters from the Community Legal Service or Outreach Cumbria; and 
• housing and housing benefit from District Councils and Housing Associations.