b'Examples of community care include:Helping you get out and about #information, advice and support for you and yourIf you need support getting out and about, there are family and friend carers;various sources of help and advice available, covering #advice on equipment and adaptations to your homethings such as accessible and community transport, to make it safer and easier for you to move aroundBlue Badges and bus passes.and do everyday tasks;Visit www.westsussexconnecttosupport.org/living-#technology, such as community-alarm systems andindependently/getting-out-and-about/. tracking devices; #day services and support groups;Staying safe in your home #respite services, including short breaks for your family and friend carers;Staying safe from fire #meals on wheels; andWest Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS) offer a #care and support at home (this may include personalnumber of different home safety checks to help keep care such as help with bathing and dressing and helpyou safe in your home. at mealtimes).Making sure your home is a safe place is important The Connect to Support website is a helpful for everyone, especially if you smoke, have a physical starting place for finding out more. Visit the Health or sensory disability (eyesight or hearing difficulty), conditions and disabilities section of memory problem or long-term medical condition. www.westsussexconnecttosupport.org.If you are concerned about fire safety at home, or you Prevention Assessment Teamare concerned for a family member or someone else, you can carry out a free online safety check. This will The Prevention Assessment Team (PAT) providesprovide step-by-step guidance on how to reduce the information, advice and guidance to people throughoutrisk of fire in the home. the county and directs people to appropriate services to help them stay healthy and continue to live asWSFRS also offer Safe and Well Visits to those most independently as possible at home, and as part ofin need. This is a free service that involves a member their local community. The team is made up of ourof staff from WSFRS visiting your home to offer advice community prevention officers, nurses from Sussexon how to make it safer and, where appropriate, to Community NHS Foundation Trust, and communityfit smoke alarms or other specialist fire-detection support workers from Age UK West Sussex, Brightonequipment, free of charge. and Hove. The PAT works with people aged 18 andWSFRS may also provide a free carbon monoxide over to provide advice to people who do not receivedetector, as the people who are likely to have a fire in other specialist health or social care services, and tothe home share many of the same characteristics as direct them to services that may benefit them. Thisthose most likely to be affected by carbon monoxide service is for people who want, and are able, to actpoisoning. Staff always carry identification and will on the information and advice provided, or who havecontact you to arrange the visit beforehand. someone who can do this for them. PAT nurses also help deliver the NHS health check programme.For more information, please call 0345 872 9719 or visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/homefiresafetycheck. You can contact the PAT Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Phone 0330 222 4222 or email prevention@westsussex.gov.uk. Supporting you to live well 9'