Model of housing or service: community support and awareness
Principles of excellence: community connectedness; person centred and outcome focused; enabling choice and control
Regenerate – RISE, based in Platt Christian Centre in Putney, London, is a charity with a mission to eradicate isolation across the UK. RISE tackles isolation and social exclusion amongst older people by using a model which has been operating in Putney and Roehampton since 2001. The charity provides a variety of services including lunches, outings, pastoral and practical support, outreach, hospital and home visiting. Activities offered include art, bingo, computer use, entertainment, music for all, chair-based exercises, quizzes, parties, films, falls clinics, health topics, outings to places of interest and other day centres, pub lunches and many more. The overall aim is to promote community connectedness and improve outcomes for those using the services on offer.
RISE believes in celebrating life, fulfilling dreams, forming friendships and giving older people a reason to live. Inspired by the experience of a lady named Rose, the charity is planning to build a 10-room reablement centre to help address the issue of older people who are well enough to leave hospital but for whom a care package in their home is not yet in place. The centre provides occupational therapy and physiotherapy and work to help people maintain as much independence as possible. The availability of the centre enables greater choice and control by providing people with space and time to make decisions about their future care and accommodation.
We believe that Reablement includes social interaction, eating together, physical exercise and giving people the will to live again – through a programme of tailored individual support.
RISE