The government has recently announced that it will increase funding by £50 million this year for the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which are provided by local councils to support older and Disabled people in making adaptations to their home.
These adaptations can range from small things like installing grab rails or lifting beds, sofas, or toilets to make standing up and sitting down easier, to larger infrastructure changes such as installing stair lifts, or widening doors for wheelchair access.
DFG funding supports around 60,000 people to make home adaptions each year, with an average grant of around £10,000, and this increase is expected to support an additional 5,000 people.
Calls have been made to reform the system with little change in the size of the average grant or the statutory upper limit of £30,000, since 2008.
Millie Brown, Deputy Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better, said: