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Home Visit Hearing Support Service in Croydon

Health

We want to meet the increase in demand for home visits to older people who are frail or housebound to maintain their hearing aids.

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About this cause

Croydon Hearing Resource Centre is a unique local charity providing a range of services to people who are hard of hearing. For over 37 years it is the only voluntary organisation that provides invaluable free long-term practical and emotional support for NHS hearing aid wearers in Croydon. As well as initial hearing tests, we carry out comprehensive ear checks and clean, maintain and re-tube existing hearing aids. In addition to our main Centre in Croydon, we operate 8 drop-in surgeries across the borough and offer a crucial home visiting service for the housebound. We provide assistive equipment for the home via Croydon Council and we can arrange vibrating smoke alarms through the Fire Service. We have just 6 part-time staff that give a full time service to the community.

How this cause brings people in the community together

This will enable elderly people who rely heavily on their hearing aids to better communicate with family, friends and neighbours as well as regular visiting carers or other medical professionals. This coupled with them being able to hear the telephone, TV or radio will help reduce loneliness and combat their personal isolation. This supports people who have given to the community in the past.