Housing with Care
At present the Association has four Housing with Care developments, located at West Lodge Gardens in Alloa, Hawthorn Gardens in Loanhead, Crusader Court in Livingston and St Margaret’s Court in Greenock. Current and future tenants can now receive their housing, housing support and personal care delivered by on-site teams of Trust staff, in addition to accessing a meals service with food cooked and served on the premises.
The services are designed to provide a home for life except where long term nursing care is required. The aim is to avoid the need for older, frailer tenants to have to move into residential care.
The benefits to tenants are a holistic service delivered by a dedicated team of staff, having their own tenancy and having services tailored to meet their needs.
Vacant properties at these developments are now no longer let to applicants on a housing list. For West Lodge Gardens, Alloa all applications and allocations are made through Clackmannanshire Council via their Older Peoples Care and Assessment team. In Hawthorn Gardens all applications and allocations are made through Midlothian Council via their Housing and Social Work teams. In Livingston applications are made through West Lothian Council and all allocations are made through the Council’s Joint Allocation Panel, which include representatives from Trust. In St Margaret’s Court, Greenock all applications and allocations can be made either through Trust or Inverclyde Council.
Tenants pay their housing costs to Trust and the payment, where required for home care and housing support are made to the Council.
To find out more or to be considered for either development either contact Trust directly (info@trustha.org.uk) or the relevant Local Authority’s Social Work Department. If you contact Trust, we will forward your details to the appropriate Council.