Moving Home

We provide two services to help older people with the different aspects of moving house or going into a care home.

As we get older, the home we live in can become more difficult to manage – financially, practically and socially. Moving to somewhere more manageable (maybe smaller, closer to friends and family or amenities) can bring with it greater independence and a new lease of life.

But moving house can be a daunting prospect, especially if you have lived in your current home for many years. This alone can put people off making the move that could make a significant difference to their lives.

Age Concern Oxfordshire work in partnership with Seamless Relocation, who help with everything from choosing an estate agent, finding a new home, and sorting through belongings and memories, to organising removals, utilities and help and support on the day of the move.

We have chosen to work with Seamless Relocation because their values, ethos and way of working are very similar to ours. We have regular joint meetings, receive client feedback forms and have an advisory group that includes older people from within the county.

We provide information and support to older people to help them to identify a suitable care home that they would like to move to.

We identify a number of care homes that match the needs and preferences of the older person, including details of the rooms that are currently available, prices, reports and photographs of the care home and any other information we can find from our research. Where possible, we also accompany the older person on a visit to the care home to see it for themselves.

This service is currently only available to Social Services clients who are ‘self-funders’ – that is, those who have over £22,250 in savings and will therefore not receive any financial support from to pay for their care home fees.

For more information, please call 01235 849400 and ask for Christine Witcher.