Community Options for Remaining Active
Community Options for Remaining Active
(CORA)
A new and exciting, free confidential community based Information, Advice and Support service to help older people remain healthy, active and well in their own community.
- What is CORA?
- What does the Project involve?
- Who is the Project aimed at helping?
- What happens at a CORA visit?
- What happens after I have had a visit?
- What sort of services might I be informed about?
- Will I have to pay for the help?
- How do I access the service?
- CORA Request Form
What is CORA?
CORA (Community Options for Remaining Active) is the questionnaire that is used to provide older people with their Personalised Information Service.
What does the Project involve?
It involves recruiting volunteers who are aged 50 years or above who will be trained to become CORA Advisors. Their role will be to visit older people in the community who feel that they may benefit from the Personalised Information Service. A Partnership Agreement has been drawn up with Age Concern to provide the Personalised Information Service.
Who is the Project aimed at helping?
The project is aimed at older people who do not yet receive social care services, who would like information, advice and support at home to help them retain their independence and well-being.
What happens at a CORA visit?
One of our trained CORA Advisors will visit you at home and will ask you a series of questions about you, your health and well-being, and what your needs might be. You can answer as many of these questions as you want to.
This is a completely free and confidential service.
What happens after I have had a visit?
Your CORA Advisor will arrange a follow up visit with you, where you will be given a range of information and advice which has been personalised for you based on the answers given in the questionnaire.
The information will also signpost you to community based services that you may benefit from.
If you require assistance in accessing these services, this can be arranged on your behalf by the CORA Co-ordinator at Age Concern Tameside.
What sort of services might I be informed about?
Information and advice will be provided about a wide range of services including: Befriending Schemes; access to information about Benefits and Council Tax; access to pendant alarms and fall detectors; home safety and fire prevention initiatives; information about medication management; access to health initiatives through GP Surgeries eg. smoking cessation; activities offered through libraries; access to local social and community groups; falls prevention.
The list goes on... Look out for more in-depth stories in future newsletters of how the project is developing and how the feedback is helping to shape services within communities.
Will I have to pay for the help?
The Personalised Information Service is free of charge and, wherever possible, aims to provide information and advice on other services that are also free of charge, such as Fire Safety Checks; the Fire Service will fit free smoke alarms, and in certain circumstances, will replace chip pans with deep-fat fryers. Similarly, the Council's Community Safety Unit can fit "Identislots" to front doors free of charge. These enable the householder to check the identity of callers to their home.
How do I access the service?
If you would like more information on the Personalised Information Service please complete and return the tear off slip below and the CORA Advisor will contact you. You can also complete an online Questionnaire at www.tamesidecora.info 
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Community Options for Remaining Active (CORA)
I am interested in:
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A free home visit from a CORA Advisor |
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| Training to be a CORA Advisor |
Personal Details :
| Name: | |
| Address: |
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| Telephone: |
Freepost RRJY-AJEA-KLSZ, Age Concern Tameside, 131 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7AW
0161 308 5007
