Prevention Assistance grant

A Prevention Assistance grant can help cover the cost of any adaption, repair, or improvement works to a client’s home required to enable them to return there after a period in hospital, care home, or other similar establishment, or to prevent imminent risk of admission.

Examples of such works include (but are not restricted to):

• de-cluttering and deep cleaning
• ramps
• level threshold doors
• stairlifts
• ceiling track hoists
• heating repairs
• other repairs necessary for the home to be safe
• creating microenvironments e.g., moving furniture downstairs
• pest control
• one-off costs relating to provision/installation of telecare equipment

Please note that a Prevention Assistance grant is for one-off costs rather than ongoing costs.

The required works need to be specified by the health or social care professional making the referral.