Based in Newton Abbot, Devon, our NHS therapy team helps people to find equipment solutions to stay active, safe and independent. We are a joint NHS & Devon County Council funded service, offering completely impartial and independent assessment and advice to individuals, families and carers. We are not a shop; we will not try to sell you anything.

Temporary Service Update

We are currently undergoing some staffing changes, which means we are offering a limited number of face-to-face appointments at the Independent Living Centre for now.

Our team is still here to support you. If you have questions about equipment, please get in touch by phone (01392 380181) or email (ilc-exeter@devon.gov.uk) and we will be happy to help.

Thank you for your patience – we will update this page as soon as normal service resumes.

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My mother who is almost 90 was diagnosed with mixed dementia in 2023. She has always liked to keep up with the times and has various digital gadgets, but in the last few months, she has been having problems, and we realized it was time to change them and make things easier for her and less frustrating. So, we visited the Independent Living Centre in Newton Abbot, to get some advice on what digital gadgets would be most helpful for her and a few other things. We had a lovely warm welcome by the receptionist, and then were seen by the ILC OT. The ILC OT was fantastic, very friendly, empathetic, understanding, and knowledgeable. She gave us many ideas for replacement technology that my mum would be able to use now and, in the future, and showed us examples of what is on the market to buy. She also suggested other ideas that we hadn’t even thought of that will make a real difference for my mother. So, my mother and I would definitely give the ILC OT a 10/10 for doing a fabulous job. We would highly recommend her and this resource, to anyone who has a disability and is struggling in their everyday life.