Accommodation and housing
There are many accommodation and housing options available to you within Derbyshire. We provide information and guidance for making decisions about your housing needs.
If you are homeless or threatened with homelessness, you must always in the first instance, contact your local district or borough council.
Choosing a care home - advice and guidance about finding the right care home for you or a member of your family, current vacancies in Derbyshire, charges and fees and a list of important questions to ask each care home you visit.
Extra care housing - information about accessible, self contained apartments with shared, communal facilities. It may be that you need more support but want to remain independent and live in your own apartment.
Community Care Centres - information about the wide range of services Community Care Centres offer to support older people in the community. They include residential accommodation, short term stays, day opportunities and health and wellbeing facilities.
Housing choices - provides you with information about different housing schemes and options. There is a list of contacts for your local district and borough councils where you can seek advice and start the process of finding council or housing association properties to suit your needs.
Help after leaving hospital - provides advice and information if you are leaving hospital including our re-ablement and intermediate care.
Short stays - includes information about short term care, respite care and short breaks for people who require assistance with personal care and carers.
Housing related support (Supporting People Programme) - is the help you get in your home that allows you to live independently. In Derbyshire this is covered by our Supporting People Programme, which aims to help people to maintain their accommodationm.
Are you worried about someone?
If after reading the information on this website you feel you need to make a referral for yourself or someone else, please Call Derbyshire on 08456 058 058.
We are working to protect people who may be vulnerable because of their age, an illness, mental incapacity or a disability.
If you are worried about the safety of an adult please Call Derbyshire on 08456 058 058 or visit the Safer Derbyshire (opens in a new window) website.
Complaint, comment or compliment
If you have a complaint, comment or compliment about Adult Care services then please see our complaints process.