{"id":5516,"date":"2012-11-29T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adultsocialcareandhealth\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:42:38","slug":"adapting-your-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/support-at-home\/adapting-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-dcc-subheading wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Independent Living Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentlivingcentre.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Independent Living Centre<\/a> which offers a free and impartial assessment and information service to&nbsp;anyone looking for equipment to help them to live independently. Qualified NHS occupational therapists can offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>advice on daily living equipment and technology that can help you in your everyday life and keep you safe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentlivingcentre.org.uk\/buying-guide\/\" rel=\"noopener\">before you buy<\/a>&#8216; guides giving points to consider and price guides for many pieces of equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the opportunity to visit the centre for a 1:1 assessment with an occupational therapist to try out items of equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to buy equipment locally please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentlivingcentre.org.uk\/local-suppliers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">supplier list here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Feel you may need an assessment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you feel you need an assessment from Devon County Council in relation to equipment, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/assessments\/care-support-needs-assessments\/\">care and support needs assessment pages<\/a> for more information about next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Living Centre You can also contact The Independent Living Centre which offers a free and impartial assessment and information service to&nbsp;anyone looking for equipment to help them to live independently. Qualified NHS occupational therapists can offer: If you want to buy equipment locally please check the supplier list here. Feel you may need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":0,"parent":8691,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53234,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5516\/revisions\/53234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}