Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy

Appendix 7

Discretionary "Be at Home" alarms
Purpose of assistance	To facilitate safe hospital discharge or prevent imminent hospital admission.
Eligible persons	Residents of the borough who are either: hospital discharge cases at risk of an imminent hospital admission Applicants must be referred by a health and social care professional using the Healthy Homes Referral Form.
Eligible costs	Cost of purchase of alarm, temporary key safe and monitoring service for up to 6 weeks.
Scope of scheme	For a very short period-of-time a patient is supported by a range of services working closely to ensure the patient reaches a point where they can remain at home without the further need for care and support or with a care and support package that is then charged for. The package provided to Be at Home Alarms client is: Community Alarm with access to 24/7 monitoring for up to 6 weeks temporary key safe for up to 6 weeks In addition, external agencies can provide access to: support through the Out of Hospital Team/Swifts or access to services such as assistive technology.
Overview of the application process	Applicants must be referred by a health social care professional using the Be at Home referral form.

Last modified on 24 April 2026