What do we mean by Community Equipment Services?

Community equipment helps meet people’s health, social care, and educational needs and helps to alleviate risk and promote independence. Community equipment services include:-

• Home nursing equipment such as hoists, pressure relief mattresses and commodes
• Equipment for daily living, such as shower chairs and stools, bath lifts, raised toilet seats.
• Equipment for children
• Equipment for people with sensory impairments, such as low-vision optical aids, text-phones and assistive listening devices.
• Telecare such as smoke, temperature, gas and flood detectors