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Alternative Providers of Care

What is a provider service?

A provider service can be any organisation, agency, group of people or individual, which supplies a service in the community, home, hospital or hospice.

Below is a list of agencies that are run on a voluntary or private basis, totally separate from the Council.

These are agencies that the Council has approved and use when they need to do so, depending on the needs of the person and the resources that they have available at the time. It is possible for you to contact them directly for services providing you are prepared to pay for the hourly rate.

Further information

You will find downloadable lists of the following organisations, along with details of how to contact them, in the attached files section at the bottom of this page:

Day care organisations for older people
Domiciliary care providers for adults
Domiciliary care providers for children

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Haringey Care Directory

The Directory provides information about care services for adults in the borough. It will help you to find a service that best meets your needs. You will find details on:

residential and nursing homes
help in your own home (domiciliary)
sheltered housing
short term care in a residential or nursing home (respite care)
day care centres

You can download a copy of the Directory from the Attached Files section at the bottom of this page, or you can request a copy by contacting the Social Services Contracts Team, telephone 020 8489 1919. Please note the directory is over 1.5MB in size and may take some time to download on slower internet connections.

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Hospice care

Hospices provide care specifically for terminally ill people and give support to their carers both in the hospice and at home. Admission is arranged through your doctor or hospital consultant. Some private nursing and rest homes also specialise in the care of the terminally ill. Your doctor or hospital consultant should know of such homes in your area. Go to the external links section on this page for further information.

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For further information, please contact:

Social Services Contract Team
40 Cumberland Road
Wood Green
London
N22 7SG
Tel 020 8489 3906
Fax 020 8489 1955

Alternatively, you can use the internet to explore alternative care options for yourself. Websites such Guide2care provide a comprehensive information service for those providing care and those seeking information about different care options available (see the external links section below).

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Attached Files
Filename	Filetype	Size
domiciliary care providers for adults.doc	Word	59K
domiciliary care providers for children.doc	Word	29K
haringey care directory 2007-08.pdf	PDF	1527K
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