Security and the Elderly

Yesterday I painted a picture. One of an elderly person living alone where simple everyday tasks we take for granted were no longer viable. I asked the question, what do you do if you find yourself in that situation? Or what can you do if you know of someone who might be in that situation.

This is why Homelink was established. A charity dedicated to helping the elderly and vulnerable in our local community. We help over 600 people on a daily or weekly basis through the following programmes -

• a scheduled phone call. At the least it is social interaction with someone who otherwise may not have spoken to a single soul that day. And we do more, if there is no reply, we will alert a relative or friend who can then check that all is ok. If there is still no response we will alert emergency services and this has saved lives.
• A basic maintenance service. All of those 'take for granted' tasks we do whether it's fixing a dripping tap, mowing the lawn or even changing a lightbulb, we're there.
• Social Outings - yep, we do even more. We arrange social gatherings for our members so they can laugh, chat and gossip with their peers.

One day YOU might need this service so act now to make sure we are still around when the time comes. Contact us or a similar charity in your area and see what help you can give. It's worth it!