{"id":1149,"date":"2026-07-29T12:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-scot.org.uk\/n30030\/?page_id=1149"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:07:19","slug":"care-information-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-scot.org.uk\/n30030\/care-information-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Information Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Care Information Scotland is a telephone and website service providing information about care services for older people living in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>On the Care Information Scotland website\u00a0you will find information about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Assessment of your Care Needs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/how-do-i-get-care\/assessment-of-your-care-needs.aspx\">Assessment of your care needs<\/a> &#8211; why do you need one?<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Care at home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/what-care-do-i-need\/care-at-home.aspx\">Care at home<\/a> &#8211; services\u00a0to\u00a0assist you while living at\u00a0home<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Supported housing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/what-care-do-i-need\/supported-housing.aspx\">Supported housing<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0services and adaptations\u00a0to support independent living<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Care homes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/what-care-do-i-need\/care-homes.aspx\">Care homes<\/a> &#8211; places to live which offer full-time care. What are the options for\u00a0finding and paying for a care home?<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Can I get help with caring?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/can-i-get-help-with-caring.aspx\">Support for carers<\/a> &#8211; services and support to help unpaid carers<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What rights do I have?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/what-rights-do-i-have-as-someone-who-needs-care.aspx\">Your rights<\/a> &#8211; what rights do you have?<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Care Services Directory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/useful-resources\/care-services-directory.aspx\">Advice and support<\/a> &#8211; organisations that can offer information and assistance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/system\/getting-started.aspx#top\">New to seeking information on care services?<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0this will help in getting started<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would prefer to talk to someone, please call\u00a0the helpline on <strong>08456 001 001<\/strong> (calls charged at local rate).<\/p>\n<p>If English is not your first language, there is a translation service called <strong>Language Line<\/strong> which can provide someone to translate between you and the helpline staff member.<\/p>\n<p>Or send them an <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/footer\/contact-us.aspx\">online enquiry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also download information from our library of leaflets below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.co.uk\/useful-resources\/leaflets.aspx\">Leaflet Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever your question about care, we will do our best to help you find the information you need.<\/p>\n<h4>City Home Helpers<\/h4>\n<p>Bon Accord Care have recently shared with us a local service which they provide and which some patients may be interested in.<\/p>\n<p>City Home Helpers service is primarily a traditional home help service, where they visit the client at their home and carry out whatever household chore or service they require.\u00a0 The service can be used on a long-term, ongoing basis, or can be used as a short-term arrangement.\u00a0 The services which they can provide include shopping; cleaning; hoovering; bed making; transport and company to and from social visits and appointments.\u00a0 They have recently extended this service to include telephone wellbeing check and footcare.\u00a0 For more information please see their attached posters below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgeryweb-scot.org.uk\/n30030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CHH-Poster.pdf\">City Home Helpers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"icon-pdf\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/surgeryweb-scot.org.uk\/n30030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CHH-Wellbeing-Call-Flyer.pdf\">City Home Helpers Wellbeing Call<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Care Information Scotland is a telephone and website service providing information about care services for older people living in Scotland. 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