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Tenant trip to Kew Gardens.

Older people's services


Sheltered Housing schemes


PCHA provides support services to older tenants in our 11 sheltered housing schemes. The schemes have an allocated scheme manager who provides housing related support, benefit advice, activities and information. These schemes are funded via supporting people and are subject to regular quality inspections.


Sheltered housing is purpose built or specially adapted housing designed for elderly people, so they can live independently as part of the community, but with the additional security of knowing a scheme manager, (often called a warden) is available to call in an emergency.


Each sheltered housing scheme is different, but in most cases there are a number of self-contained individual flats grouped around communal facilities such as a common room with small kitchen, laundry room and public telephone.
Each flat has an emergency alarm system that can be used to alert the scheme manager in the case of an emergency.


For further information relating to Sheltered housing please refer to the leaflet below:


Sheltered housing information