Caring for yourself
Nail Cutting Service
Maintaining good foot health is important for maintaining general health and preventing complex problems developing. Long toenails can cause pain and discomfort, potentially resulting in reduced mobility and an increased risk of falls.
Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale provide a Nail Cutting Service, offering basic foot care and information about footwear to older people. The service is provided by nail technicians who are trained in simple nail cutting.
Nail cutting is available by appointment from the following clinics in Cardiff:
- Llanrumney Hub, Countisbury Avenue, Llanrumney
- Rhydypennau Hub, Llandennis Road, Cyncoed
- Grange Medical Practice, Bishop Street, Grangetown
- Llandaff North and Gabalfa Hub, College Road, Llandaff North
- Ely and Caerau Hub, Cowbridge Road West, Ely
- STAR Hub, Muirton Road, Tremorfa
Please check with Age Connect for prices.
For further information or to book an appointment, call 02922 331 113.
Keeping Me Well
Keeping Me Well has been designed by health professionals and patients, and provides information to support your health and wellbeing. You can find advice on:
- preparing for treatment,
- recovering from treatment,
- managing a long-term condition, and
- maintaining healthy and active lifestyles.
Non-emergency Patient Transport Service
If you cannot get to and from your non-emergency medical appointments due to health reasons, you could get free patient transport.
The Patient Experience Team
The Patient Experience Team assist clinical teams in delivering care and support to patients, relatives, carers and staff through either direct or supportive services.
Sight Life Wales
Sight Life works locally to help blind and partially sighted people across South Wales enjoy independent, active, social and fulfilling lives.
They can support you if you are affected by sight loss.
Parkinson’s UK
If you have Parkinsons, or care for somebody that does, Parkinsons UK offers help, advice and support to those living in Cardiff.
Reading Well Books on Prescription
Reading Well supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading.
Reading Well books are all recommended by health experts, people with lived experience of the conditions and their relatives and carers.
Reading Well for mental health provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions, or dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs.
There are 37 books in the mental health collection, which have also been translated into Welsh.
A full collection is available in every Hub or Library in Cardiff and Library members are able to borrow the books free of charge for 6 weeks. No late fines are attached to these loans. Selected titles are also available to borrow as e-books and audiobooks. Visit Cardiff Self Registration to join the library and access books electronically.
There is also a Reading Well list for dementia, which provides recommended reading to improve people’s awareness and understanding of dementia, supports carers of people with a diagnosis of dementia and those worried about their memory. For more information and a list of the titles visit Dementia Friendly Cardiff.
As well as offering books, some hubs and libraries also have other media for you to enjoy, such as:
- Electronic resources (e-books, audiobooks, e-newspapers and e-magazines), and
- Community language publications.
