Headington has a high proportion of elderly people. The 2001 census showed that in the central Headington ward (despite the large number of students), 11.5% of the population was aged between 60 and 74, and 11.8% was aged 75 and over.
Grants and benefits available to older people
Products for the elderly and disabled in Headington
- Rowlands Pharmacy
57 Osler Road (inside entrance to JR): 01865 762979
Sells a range of smaller items such as commodes and grab-rails: usually no need to order - The British Red Cross offers support and can also provide mobility aids. They do not charge, but are pleased to receive a donation.
Daycare Centres
- Oxford Options Health and Wellbeing Centre
Horspath Driftway, OX3 7JQ
Residential and nursing homes in Headington
- Albany Nursing Home (run by BrighterKind)
7 London Road, 01865 744444 - St Andrew’s Residential Care
184 London Road, 01865 741752 - Headington Care Home (run by Four Seasons Health Care)
Roosevelt Drive, 01865 760075
(for people with dementia, mental health problems, and learning difficulties) - St Luke’s Hospital Care Home
4 Latimer Road, 01865 228800 - Townsend House (run by the Orders of St John Care Trust)
Bayswater Road, 01865 762232
Sheltered accommodation in the Headington area
- Alison Clay House, New High Street (GreenSquare)
- Atkyns Court, 12–76 Atkyns Road (OCC)
- Birch Court, 44–73 Colemans Hill (OCC)
- Chaundy House, Halliday Hill (GreenSquare)
- Douglas Veale House, Trafford Road (Anchor)
- Emden House, Barton Lane
- Guardian Court, New Cross Road (Anchor)
- Headley House, Headley Way (OCC)
- Knights House, Harold White Close (OCC)
- London Court, London Road (FirstPort)
- St Luke's Housing Society (McMaster House), Latimer Road (St Luke’s)
- Meadowbrook, 59 Stowford Road, Barton (GreenSquare)
- Rayson House, Eden Drive (GreenSquare)
- St Francis Court, 224 Hollow Way (Anchor)
- William Morris Court, Stowford Road (GreenSquare)
NEW: Oxford City Council Bradlands housing scheme opened in Old Marston on 11 December 2015
Key to above abbreviations:
Anchor: Anchor Trust
First Port: First Port Property Management
Greensquare: GreenSquare Group Oxfordshire (incorporating Oxford Citizens’ Housing Association Ltd )
OCC: Oxford City Council
St Luke's: St Luke’s Housing Society Ltd
Oxford links
- Accessible Transport (Oxfordshire County Council)
Includes Applying for a bus pass and Dial-a-Ride
Leaflet about the bookable Comet bus for those in Oxfordshire without access to suitable public transport - Age UK Oxfordshire
- Care Home Vacancy search (Oxfordshire County Council)
- Carers Oxfordshire
- Dementia Web
- Emergency Carers Support Service (Oxfordshire County Council):
Sign up before there is an emergency - Housing for Older People (Oxford City Council)
- Shopmobility (Oxford City Council)
- Social and Health Care (Oxfordshire County Council)
