Sometimes a piece of equipment can help you to stay in your own home or to get out and about safely so you can remain independent.
This could include things like a walking stick, commode, lifeline alarm, fall sensors, special phones, smoke alarms and more.
Buying your own equipment
You can get free advice about products that make daily living easier from AskSARA.
You can find out about a range of assistive technology, such as a personal alarm system or sensors that monitor your health. See Technology Enabled Care to find out more.
Tremorvah Industries provide a large range of equipment to help you with daily living.
You can buy some equipment locally or online.
Cornwall Mobility offer advice and solutions for passengers who have difficulty getting into or out of a vehicle or for those who have difficulty getting a wheelchair or scooter into or out of a vehicle. They have a range of equipment available for you to try, including a wheelchair accessible vehicle, swivel seats, wheelchair and scooter and person hoists. They also have a range of specialist car seats and harnesses for children.
Technology Enabled Care (TEC)
Sometimes called Lifeline or button alarm, Technology Enabled Care (TEC) is a Cornwall Council Corserv service with 24/7 monitoring from a locally based monitoring centre. You must have at least one emergency responder in order to use the service.
Help from the Council
In some cases the Council or the health service can help with providing equipment for disabled people.
If you want to see if you are eligible for help from the Council or the health service, contact us to arrange a needs assessment.
Arrange a needs assessment
Broken loan equipment
If you have loan equipment that needs repair or replacement, email the Cornwall Equipment Loan Service at communityequipmentloanstore@cornwall.gov.uk or call them on 01208 269805.
Returning loan equipment
If you have loan equipment that you don’t need any more, email the Cornwall Equipment Loan Service at communityequipmentloanstore@cornwall.gov.uk or call them on 01208 269716. They will arrange for it to be collected.
Or you can drop the equipment off at:
Unit 12,
Victoria Business Park,
Roche
PL26 8LX.
