Other support services

Today, all pensioners over the age of 65 can get help with various everyday chores from a so-called “Helpful Sam”, even those who have an assistance decision for home care.

Helpful Sam is a person who can help with some simple chores. The purpose of Hjälpsamme Sam is to help reduce the number of falls at home among the elderly in Härnösand municipality and thus make it possible for the elderly to remain in their home environment. The service is free of charge.

Examples of services Hjälpsamme Sam performs:

• Replacing light bulbs, plugs and batteries
  
• Putting up pictures or small shelves
  
• Putting up and taking down curtains
  
• Attaching cords
  
• Lubricating locks or hinges

Helpful Sam will not clean windows, shovel snow, cut grass or perform tasks that require skilled craftsmen such as electricians, plumbers and the like.

Call Hjälpsamme Sam on telephone: 076-134 33 11

Food distribution means that you can order food and have it delivered to your home. The home care service takes the order and delivers the food box to you. Food distribution is ready-made food, produced by the municipality's dietary unit Navet. The food is nutritionally balanced and prepared with a high proportion of locally produced ingredients.

Food distribution costs SEK 256/month plus a cost per food portion.

The social dog team works on referrals to users who have needs. The team then visits users in their homes based on an individually developed program based on social, emotional, physical and cognitive abilities and needs. The dogs contribute to the work of the administration to create a dignified life and well-being for our elderly. Dignified life and well-being is a goal based on the values of the Social Services Act.

A social service dog has been tested for its suitability in a special test and received a passing score in all elements. The dog has then been trained by its owner, with the support of instructors, during the one-year training and, together with the handler, has passed a practical test for certification. The dog, together with its handler, has the task of training, motivating and spreading joy and well-being to people who have some form of disability. The dog is retested every two years.

All work with social service dogs is based on guidelines drawn up by the municipality, which take into account hygiene aspects, the spread of infection, allergies and the division of responsibilities.

Contact details
070-340 43 98

Do you live in a rural household, 2 kilometers from the nearest supermarket? Then you have the opportunity to apply for home delivery, which means that you order goods from the store, have them packaged and delivered directly to your door

Safe return home is an intervention citizens can be granted within the home care service. A person can receive this service to feel secure and involved when returning home from hospital or short-term stay. When the person comes home from hospital or short-term stay, an assistant nurse is there to meet them. Together, a review and a plan for the next few days are made in peace and quiet. It is about the everyday chores to be done at home, talking about what feels difficult and giving tips and advice. The first period at home is based on close cooperation between the citizen and the people working with Safe Home.

The assistance officer investigates and makes an assessment based on needs as to whether the person needs help at home with the support of Safe Home. The decision on the intervention is made in connection with care planning at a hospital or short-term stay and is granted based on need for a limited period of time.

Safe passage home is provided during the day. In addition to these times, the home care provider provides support with regular services if necessary, as well as the night patrol during the night. Safe passage home can also be provided in close cooperation with the occupational therapist, physiotherapist and home care nurse responsible for the area.