Home Safety Service - West Lothian Council
The Home Safety Service provides a range of Telecare solutions and is available to anyone residing in West Lothian, subject to meeting our eligibility criteria.
Type of Service
Equipment and Technology
Information Summary
The Home Safety Service Telecare equipment provides a 24 hour link between you and your home to West Lothian Careline to ensure you have access to help when it is required. Service user links to Careline via the alarm. Careline, the Alarm Receiving Centre establishes the nature of the problem and if required contacts your keyholder or emergency services.
Technology can play an integral part in:
- Supporting health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals in their home or a community setting,
- Providing a 24 hour telephone link where a keyholder or emergency services can be contacted,
- Helping manage the risks associated with independent living.
Technology refers to a broad range of devices designed to keep someone safe at home or summon assistance in an emergency situation. Services are mainly used by older people or people with disabilities but can also support people with significant health problems.
Telecare assistance is based on an eligibility criteria. To find out more about the Home Safety Service and to enquire about Telecare please visit the Home safety pages on the Health and Social Care Partnership website.