Funding of care from the Local authorities

Basically this is a means tested support where virtually all home owners are excluded. Living in a council house gave us access to the disablement adaption grant which was very useful. But as with anything the council does it is overpriced so a thousand pounds will not go far. EBAY has many disabled aids at very low prices which a local craftsman or relative could easily fit. So 64% of the people who own their own home may be out of luck and others will fail the means test but still struggle may find EBAY option useful!

I used the local Authority to bring my home up to Morris standards they relaid my outside patio and put in a rail to access my home put a handrail inside my home so I could climb the steps a poll and grabrails so I could use the bath and my toilet had a contraption surrounding so I could use it alone on these matters my Local Authority did well and im grateful (Calderdale Council)

Our home is a half and half - I mean that we have done some of the things and the local authority have done others.  We live in a housing association flat, but put our own walk in bath and raised toilet in.  The Occupational Therapy team provided me with a perching stool, a grabber, grab rails at our back door and in the bathroom, raisers on bed, sofa and chairs, a transfer aid for the car seat, a leg lifter and long handled shoe horn.  We have since added a bath step as I have some difficulty even getting into the walk in bath :), easy grip cutlery, electric can opener, water boiler to save lifting kettles, dressing and washing aids and quite a bit more,

As someone else said, there are some really good bargains on E-bay.