{"id":416115,"date":"2010-03-11T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careandsupport.direct.gov.uk\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2010-03-11T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:02:01","slug":"prevention-%e2%80%93-telecare-service-selby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/416115","title":{"rendered":"Prevention \u2013 Telecare Service, Selby"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Leanne-Rushton2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When Leanne moved into her own home she had reservations and fears about how she would cope. But Selby Adult and Community Services telecare support has provided her with the confidence she needs to go about her daily life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leanne, 24, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2001. In 2007 she decided to leave her parents\u2019 home and go to live alone. At first Leanne struggled with some day to day tasks such as bathing and shopping. Rarely able to leave her home, she lost self-confidence and began to feel low.<\/p>\n

\u201cI let myself go a bit\u201d says Leanne. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel nice about myself at all. I wasn\u2019t cooking, I was scared of what might happen, I might drop something. I wasn\u2019t getting in the bath a lot. Everything went to pot in here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leanne\u2019s GP recommended she speak to an occupational therapist (OT) and a telecare co-ordinator who were part of her local Adult and Community Services team. Having assessed her needs, telecare support was set up in Leanne\u2019s home. Leanne is very positive about the impact it has had on her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s made me feel a whole lot better about myself, a hell of a lot better on my own,\u201d she says. \u201cI haven\u2019t got any bad words for the support team, they\u2019re absolutely brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adult and Community Services aims to provide care, enablement, specialist assessments and Telecare to ensure that an individual gets the support they need to remain in their own homes and look after themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leanne\u2019s package includes a watch and lifeline-system, connecting care workers to Leanne in case of emergency, and a system that is triggered by any abnormal activity such as fire, dramatic heat increases or a fall.<\/p>\n

A new bathroom has also been put in to Leanne\u2019s house following her assessment. The support team (including Housing Support) also pay regular visits to Leanne to check the system is working and assess her ongoing needs.<\/p>\n

Leanne has been using the system for just over a year. She now has the freedom and confidence to carry on with\u00a0her day to day life, safe in the knowledge that the system would alert someone to help if there was a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know if something does happen somebody\u2019s at the end of a phone,\u201d she says. \u201cI can do more in my house. I know that I can go out with my head held high.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first, Leanne felt that telecare was something for older people, and she was concerned how it would be seen by others. She feels differently having used it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stuff that I\u2019ve got doesn\u2019t look old, it\u2019s got everything. Its absolutely fantastic because I feel tons better about myself,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not just for the elderly. It\u2019s not just for people with disabilities, it\u2019s for everybody who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leanne is unwaveringly enthusiastic about the impact telecare has had on her day- to- day life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was at my Mum and Dad\u2019s I would rely on them to get me things,\u201d she says. \u201cBut now I\u2019ve got this and I think, I\u2019ve got to do it myself, and if anything happens I know that [the telecare support] is there. It\u2019s a bit of responsibility for me. I know I\u2019ve got to get up for something.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, I felt like I didn\u2019t have a life. I felt like I was existing. That\u2019s all. Now I feel better about my flat, and you know, I\u2019m proud of myself. It\u2019s nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Leanne has ambitions to take other challenges next – to give up smoking, and to speak to others at the MS society about the care and support she is getting from the telecare and her carers.<\/p>\n

Over 2,000 people in North Yorkshire and their carers benefit from a range of technology and support and Leanne is very keen to encourage others to take it up, especially young people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more independent now. It\u2019s made my life easier. I think that\u2019s why I want to get other people to come forward and get the support,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Leanne moved into her own home she had reservations and fears about how she would cope. But Selby Adult and Community Services telecare support has provided her with the confidence she needs to go about her daily life. Leanne, 24, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2001. In 2007 she decided to leave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}