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Starting points for carers and families.
Support in the Zurzach district
Pro Senectute lists its advice office for the Zurzach district on this locations page. It provides a local starting point for older people and relatives looking for contact information and advice.
Disability support in Aargau
Pro Infirmis Aargau offers advice on housing, work and participation for disabled people and their families. It is a starting point for questions about everyday life and finding suitable support.
Social and financial advice
Pro Infirmis Aargau provides free social counselling on disability insurance, financial difficulties and everyday life. This service offers a place to discuss your situation and possible next steps.
Advice and support for older people
Pro Senectute Aargau provides guidance for later life, including finances, housing and day-to-day support. Its website also brings together activities and ways to stay socially connected.
Sight-loss advice in Aarau
SICHTBAR Aarau offers free advice for blind and low-vision people and their relatives. It provides a local starting point for discussing questions about sight loss and support.
Find speech-language support in Aargau
VAL is the association of speech and language therapists in Aargau. Its directory lists practices, hospitals and routes for different age groups, helping you find professional contacts in the canton.
Alzheimer advice and contact
Alzheimer Schweiz is a national contact point for questions about dementia. Its advice and contact information can help people affected and their families find a starting point for support.
Find dementia services nearby
alzguide brings together dementia-related advice, groups and respite services. Its regional search helps people with dementia and those supporting them find relevant organisations.
Talk to someone confidentially
Die Dargebotene Hand offers confidential support when life feels difficult. Its contact page brings together telephone, chat and email options.
Official disability support contacts
The Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities brings together advice services, organisations and information about assistive tools. This official directory helps you find a specialist starting point in Switzerland.
Communication options after brain injury
FRAGILE Suisse publishes a specialist interview about augmentative and alternative communication. It explains communication aids and the process of finding an approach that suits the person.
Disability-related legal advice
Inclusion Handicap offers specialist advice on social insurance and disability equality. Its legal-advice information is a starting point for questions about disability-related rights.
Find services near you
Infosenior is a directory of services for older people in Switzerland. Search by place and topic to explore support and activities relevant to your area.
Hearing advice and daily-life support
Pro Audito Schweiz provides independent advice and information for people with hearing loss. Its website offers routes to hearing advice and support for communication in everyday life.
Sight loss and deafblind support
SZBLIND provides specialist information on sight loss and combined sight and hearing impairment. Its resources are for affected people, relatives and professionals looking for advice and support routes.
Advice for blind and low-vision people
The Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired offers advice, information about assistive devices and support for everyday life. Its advice and training pages help you explore the available routes.
Find home-care services
Spitex Schweiz provides a directory of home-care organisations. Enter a town or postcode to find local services and their contact information.
Stammering: information and connection
VERSTA — Stottern Schweiz provides information, advice and peer-connection routes for people who stammer and their relatives. Its website helps you explore support and exchange with others.
Advice on living with aphasia
aphasie suisse provides information and advice about living with aphasia. It helps people with aphasia, relatives and those around them find relevant support and points of contact.
Online scam and cyber-safety information
The Federal Office for Cyber Security provides official Swiss information about online risks and scams. Its website also explains how to report cyber incidents.
Peer advice on sight loss
CAB offers peer counselling for blind and low-vision adults in German-speaking Switzerland and their support networks. The service brings lived experience of sight loss into the conversation.
Making information easier to understand
This federal information explains ways to make communication easier to understand. It is useful for people preparing clearer information or learning about Easy Read.
Spotting scams targeting older adults
Pro Senectute explains common scams affecting older people. Its practical information helps readers recognise suspicious approaches and become more aware of warning signs.
Support with rights and everyday life
Procap brings together information and support on legal questions, housing, leisure and participation. Explore its services to find a route that matches the part of everyday life you want help with.
Accessible books for children and young people
Buchknacker is an accessible reading offer from SBS for children and young people with reading difficulties. This page introduces the library and its books.
Age UK advice for older adults
Age UK provides information about later life, including care, money and wellbeing. Its English-language advice library is organised around practical everyday questions.
RNIB: everyday living with sight loss
RNIB publishes practical English-language guides about everyday life with sight loss. Browse information that can help you explore ways of managing daily activities.
Scope disability guidance
Scope provides English-language guidance on a broad range of disability-related topics. Its advice library helps readers explore information relevant to everyday life and participation.
PCHO helps you find information and organisations. External providers set their own services and conditions. We do not provide individual medical, legal or social-insurance advice.