Dedicated funding to enable councils to establish reablement services was first made available in the 2010 Spending Review. The policy was launched with the Minister for Health saying reablement had ...

Reablement services save councils money by helping service users regain independence. But, as public finances tighten, will authorities be able to find the investment required to make them work?

When Mrs Richards* was told she could go home from hospital she was both thrilled and scared. She knew she was not as strong and mobile as she had been before she was in hospital. She was worried ...

The team in Reading who work to get elderly people back home after they have been in hospital has been rated “good” by the Care Quality Commission. The Communit y Reablement Team, based at Avenue ...

A team of council employees who spend their days helping frail and disabled people live in their own homes have been rewarded for their hard work. The reablement team at Reading Borough Council ...

When people leave hospital, they often need initial support to help them regain the abilities they had before they were in hospital, things like being able to wash and dress themselves, cook, shop, or ...