Home care and human rights

The Equality & Human Rights Commission has launched a guide for older people, their families and friends, 'Your home care and human rights', which deals with reasonable expectations that older people can have about the home care they receive, their legal rights when using home care and what action older people, their families and friends can take if they are not satisfied with the home care they or their loved ones are provided with. The aim of the guide to raise awareness amongst older people of their entitlement to home care service which respects their human rights and what they can do to ensure those rights are not violated. The report is available on the Commission's website.

How do you find information about independent living services?

Portsmouth Independent Living Network (PILN) and the University of Portsmouth’s PEOPPLE Project are carrying out a survey to find out what information people in Portsmouth need and where and how they would prefer to find it.

PILN is a developing network of people who are experts by experience and whose aim is to successfully represent Portsmouth’s diverse community of people who use health and social care services. What you tell us in this survey will help us provide an information service – both online and offline – to make sure you can easily find out what you need to know to help you live independently.

Whether you currently use health and social care services, look after someone who does or have tried to look for information on these services, we want to hear from you. Please take 5 minutes to complete the survey here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PXQ96V9.

Launch of Disabled-Go guide in Portsmouth

Portsmouth City Council has signed up with DisabledGo, one of the largest disability organisations in Europe that produces online access guides for people with disabilities. The aim is to provide impartial information about accessibility of various community venues. This will enable Portsmouth residents as well as visitors to make informed choices about accessing leisure, education, employment and services in the city.

The Disabled-Go guide to accessible venues in Portsmouth was launched on 14^th November 2012.

If you would like to find out more about Disabled-Go guide, please visit http://www.disabledgo.com/.