Help For Adults

At Abbeyfield we make time for our residents, and enhance their lives by bringing everyone together in homely and friendly houses that have established great links within their community. This has been our mission for over 60 years and remains at the core of what we stand for today.

Web: https://www.abbeyfield.com/

We aim to provide day care, support, mental and physical activities, and companionship for older people who would otherwise be socially isolated and lonely.  Loneliness is a problem for many older people and our service helps people to remain at home as part of their own community, it can also provide respite.

Web: https://www.abbeyfield.com/

We can provide support for adults and older people in Fife.

The support you receive will depend on your situation and we can offer help ranging from a simple information leaflet to full support by dedicated Social Care Workers.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults-and-older-people

Age Concern Cupar provide a Day Centre for the elderly and housebound within a 5-mile radius of Cupar. This includes door-to-door transport, a healthy 2-course lunch, tea and coffee facilities and a wide range of social activities. 

Web: https://ageconcerncupar.wordpress.com/about/

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

Web: https://www.alzscot.org/

Arden House is a voluntary organisation established in 1982 it is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. The organisation provides a range of services including day centre services for older people living independently in the community who are at risk of social isolation due to complex health needs.

Web: https://www.ardenproject.org.uk/

We offer 1-1 support visits in the home or take the person out locally for shopping, appointments, to visit friends or introduce them to groups of interest in their community.

Web: https://www.careandsharecompanionship.org/

We want to help you live at home independently, safely and for as long as possible.

If you or a relative needs help at home, the first thing you need to do is call for an assessment. Many of these services are free but there are charges for some.

Care at Home is there to help if you have a disability, a chronic illness, a mental health illness or dementia.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults/living-independently-at-home/care-at-home

Work Opportunities and Therapeutic Support for individuals with Mental Health Problems.

Web: https://www.castlefurniture.org/

Citizens Advice Scotland, the Extra Help Unit and our 59 member bureaux together form Scotland’s largest independent advice network.

Web: https://www.cas.org.uk/

Our community alarm scheme helps you stay at home if you are elderly or have a disability.

It is a personal alarm system that gives you the security of knowing you can call for help in an emergency. We are here if, for example, you fall and cannot get yourself up, at any time of the day or night.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults-and-older-people/community-alarms

Continuing Care Service provides non-emergency transportation for the elderly, disabled and vulnerable. We also provide a befriending service, reaching out to those in need of some company or friendly support.

Web: https://www.continuingcarenef.org.uk/

The aim of DALGETY BAY DAY CENTRE is to provide a voluntary service for older people which offers a safe, stimulating, creative and caring environment.

Web: https://www.dalgetybaydaycentre.org.uk/

Day Centres Service Ltd is a voluntary organization based in Kirkcaldy in Fife. We are a registered Charity, Scottish Charity Number SC 022522. We provide Day Centres for older people in the Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn and Burntisland areas.

Web: https://www.kirkcaldydaycentres.org.uk/

Dementia is an illness that affects the brain, making it harder to remember things or think as clearly as before. Dementia can affect every area of human thinking, feeling and behaviour, but each person with dementia is different – how the illness affects someone depends on which area of the brain is damaged.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/dementia/

Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) is an international centre for knowledge exchange and research impact dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia.

Web: https://www.dementia.stir.ac.uk/

We provide full independent *housing information, advice and support for disabled people in Fife, assisting them to find the right housing solution that meets their needs.

Web: http://www.dphsfife.org.uk/ Fife - Home (dphsfife.org.uk)

We are one of the most impactful organisations in delivering support, employability and skills services, and advocacy on behalf of people with additional support needs and their families in communities across Scotland.

Web: https://www.enable.org.uk/

Fife Falls Response Service is a service operated by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership for people who fall in their own home.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults/living-independently-at-home/safety-alarms-and-equipment/fife-falls-response-service

Fife Carers Centre will support adult carers in their caring role with relevant, straightforward information as well as practical help.  Most importantly we will work with the carer to protect their own physical, emotional, mental and financial health whilst they maintain their caring role.

Web: https://www.fifecarerscentre.org/

Circles Advocacy Fife delivers a free, independent service by providing information and advocacy via telephone, email or video call, drop-in meetings within community resources and home visits to individuals who are unable to access our main office in Fife or suitable public settings.

Web: https://circlesnetwork.org.uk/fife/

Fife Day Care Services will constantly strive to provide quality active ageing day centre based support to older adults (over 65’s).

Web: https://www.fifedaycareservices.org.uk/

Fife Forum is a Voluntary Sector Advice & Information Agency that provides information and advice on issues that affect older people and some adults.

Web: https://www.fifeforum.org.uk/

We currently provide services across Fife assisting with shopping, pension collections and housework and are developing new supports as client’s make individual requests.

Web: http://www.fifeshoppingandsupportservices.co.uk/

Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) is the third sector interface for the Fife Council area. We are an independent charity that receives funding from key public sector agencies to ensure the third sector is robust, resilient and delivers high quality services for the people of Fife.

Web: https://www.fva.org/

The Homelands Trust-Fife (SCIO) (SC047615) is an independent. Fife based charity working to improve the quality of life of individuals affected by disability, people with life limiting conditions and their carers, through the provision of luxury holiday accommodation.

Web: https://www.homelands-fife.co.uk/

Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) provides a one-stop shop for all your cancer support needs.

Cancer doesn’t just affect your physical well-being, it can impact every aspect of your life and the lives of those around you. But knowing where to turn for support isn’t always easy.

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/improving-cancer-journey/

ICASS aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Fife by enabling people to stay independent in their own home or in their community wherever this is possible. It is made up of two main services, Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home that work very closely together.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/icass/

Later Life Choices Glenrothes (formerly Age Concern Glenrothes ) was formed in 1964. We are a charity mainly funded by the Fife Health & Social Care Partnership to provide day services for older people (age 65+) from our centre at Scott Road and also out in the wider community.  Our service provision area includes Glenrothes, Leslie, Markinch, Coaltown of Balgonie and Thornton.

Web: https://www.laterlifechoicesglenrothes.org/

The Meals on Wheels Service is great value, providing healthy meals and a regular friendly visit.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults/living-independently-at-home/meals-on-wheels

If you think you may need emergency care but it’s not critical or life-threatening, call NHS 24 on 111, day or night.

Web: https://www.nhs24.scot/

Fife Community Occupational Therapy Service works with *adults with disabilities to maximise independence, and/or enable safer care within a person’s home environment.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults/living-independently-at-home/occupational-therapy-service

Quarriers is one of Scotland’s leading social care charities. We provide practical care and support for vulnerable children, adults and families who face extremely challenging circumstances.

Web: https://www.quarriers.org.uk/

In Fife the Council has ten care homes as well as charity operated and private homes. Respite care is available to give carers a break and many homes offer short breaks for cared for people.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults-and-older-people/residential-care

Scottish Care is a membership organisation representing the independent social care sector in Scotland.

Web: https://scottishcare.org/

Scottish Huntington's Association is the only charity in Scotland exclusively dedicated to supporting families impacted by Huntington's disease. 

Web: https://hdscotland.org/

Seescape (the operational name for Fife Society for the Blind) is the leading charity provider of support services for people with a visual impairment in Fife.

Web: https://www.seescape.org.uk/

Fife Community Support Service is a service providing both individual and group support for Adults with learning and, for some, physical disabilities.

We are a person-centred service where any activities are based on individual needs, choices, and outcomes. These would be identified through a 6 monthly review process.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-young-people/community-social-work

STAND is a Scottish Charity (SC051652) It exists to support people across Fife who are affected by changes to their memory and day to day functioning.

STAND is in the process of setting up Dementia Friendly Meeting Centre Spaces across the Kingdom.

Web: https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/group/stand-kirkcaldy/

A wide range of equipment that can help manage the risk and enable people to live independently in their own home.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults/living-independently-at-home/safety-alarms-and-equipment/telecare

Food Train is a registered charity, voluntary organisation and social enterprise. Since 1995 Food Train has been making daily life easier for older people, providing vital services to those who are no longer able to manage independently, through age, ill health, frailty or disability.

Web: https://www.thefoodtrain.co.uk

The Well is a place where you can drop-in, both in your community and online and find out information and receive general advice to help you stay well and independent within your local community.

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/the-well/