Articles on Medical Diseases and Conditions

In many local areas there is a wide variety of sources of information about the availability of, and support for, leisure and recreational activities. Many general local facilities, such as swimming pools, sports centres, adult education colleges, cinemas, theatres and so on, have facilities for disabled people, and improvements to access and facilities are developing […]

Although Multiple Sclerosis itself may cause some problems from time to time, and interrupt your life more than you might like, it is important to keep your leisure activities going as much as you can, not least because many of these will have given you a great deal of enjoyment in the past. They will […]

When someone with Multiple Sclerosis is significantly disabled in terms of the everyday tasks that they can perform, it is not always possible for them to remain in a home setting continuously – even with help from family, friends and the health and social services. Other options may have to be considered; these might include […]

‘Community care’ is the general name given to services provided to help people with an illness or disability to continue to live in their own homes. At the same time, there has been an associated policy to provide sheltered housing and residential and nursing homes in ‘the community’ for such people who cannot continue to […]

The variety of care is very substantial. In fact the word ‘care’ is used in such a range of ways that, to a degree, it has lost much of its original and particular meaning. In this chapter we focus on ‘care’ in the sense of the formal provision of services by mainly statutory health or […]

Sheltered housing is accommodation specially built for people who may need some additional supervision or support to that normally available, but who still wish to maintain a substantial degree of independence. There are various forms of supervision and support: some accommodation just has a warden on site who can be contacted in an emergency; other […]

It may be a good idea to look at whether other housing might be better for you. This may well depend on your finances, and on whether you own or rent your current home. Even if you do own your own home, you could still discuss the situation with the Housing Department of your local […]

If you are living in an older property, or even if you are not, there may well be an issue about the property needing repairs. As we have seen in the section above, the possibility of financial support of adaptations to your property might well be linked, amongst other things, to its current state of […]

One of the issues that may be a major consideration to someone with MS as well as those living with them, is the need – at some point – to consider adaptations to their home to ensure that everybody can live comfortably and easily in it. A variety of adaptations may prove necessary, although each […]

Housing issues can become particularly difficult for people with MS and their families. This may be because funds to support your existing accommodation as you have become used to it become less through having to work part-time or indeed having to give up work altogether. Of course, other difficulties, especially related to decreasing mobility, may […]