Disability

Adaptations and equipment

If you feel that adaptations and equipment would help you to manage more easily in your home and remain safer, contact the Occupational therapy team.

Adult Social Care

Disabled and looking to move?

The Accessible Housing Register (AHR) can help.

Are you a disabled person wanting to move to a suitable property?

A register of accessible, adapted and adaptable properties as well as the people who require them, has been developed.

For more information:

• The Housing pages of the Tower Hamlets internet site.
• The Tower Hamlets Homeseekers website

Disabled Facilities Grant and other grants to help move from, improve, or adapt your home

Disability Resource Centre

40-50 Southern Grove Road
London E3 4PX
Tel: 020 7364 5961

This drop-in centre hosts a number of services for disabled people:

• Disability Advocacy Network (DAN)
• Disability Information Training Opportunity (DITO)
• Physical disabilities team
• Sensory impairment team

Direct payments for community care support

Tel: 020 8983 4678 / 7113 / 7629

Homeless and disabled?

Housing occupational therapy team (OT)

This service is for people who have applied to be rehoused on extenuating health grounds.

The Housing OT team (based in the Lettings Service) work only with people applying to be rehoused on extenuating health grounds, who require an assessment to identify physical barriers to independence in their own or proposed new home.

Please note that the Housing OT Team are not asked to assess every applicant with a disability.

The Housing OT team conduct assessments to determine what adaptations can be made to a person’s home to improve their activities of daily living (mobility, washing, cooking, travel etc.).

Disabled facilities grant

You may be entitled to apply for a disabled facilities grant. Your assessing OT can provide advice.

Assessment for extenuating health award

If you are awaiting assessment for the extenuating health award please speak to the lettings’ client support team.

Accompanied viewing with housing OT

If you are disabled and have been offered a property to view you may be entitled to an accompanied visit with a Housing OT. This can help determine the suitability of the home and whether it can be adapted. This service is to help clients make informed choices. Contact the Housing OT team to enquire about this service.

Housing OT contact details:
Tel: 020 7364 0213 Mon to Wed 8.30am - 4.30pm (answerphone at other times).