After a talk or workshop people sometimes ask questions (or will send an email later) that are not easy to answer, because so much depends
Christmas is a great time for showing the love of God and telling the salvation story. It’s when you’ll see people who don’t normally come
A couple saved up all year to be able to attend a friend’s wedding in a different part of the country. The invitation had said
If you were visiting your mother with dementia in her care home, how would you feel if you found her having an animated conversation with
‘There is so much good in this world, and it starts with simple acts of kindness,’ writes Julie, who moved in with her father when
A newspaper picture recently caught my eye as one of the ladies in it is the dead spit of former Coronation Street character Ena Sharples
I thought I was dreaming when I read the headline, ‘Elderly should be housed in luxury developments with spas to keep them out of care
It’s a long, hot summer this year, and we all want to keep cool. It’s especially important for older people. In the heat wave that
Christine and Colin Raggett had been missionaries in Botswana for many years when they contacted us through our website, www.pilgrimsfriend.org.uk, asking if any of our
Four years ago Ralph Ireland could only dream of living again with Maureen, his wife of 46 years. She’d had to move into a nursing
What do you do when you are Chief Executive of a Christian charity facing a £18 million bill for renewing three of its care homes
Recently, I wrote to a Christian magazine in response to a reader’s letter saying that elderly Christians should go into secular care homes to share
When we hear of disasters they are sometimes on a scale so large that our minds can’t grasp them. Yet now and then you hear
Had you been in the centre of Birmingham today, you would have seen a crowd of people wearing yellow T-shirts surrounding a huge block of
This morning on Radio Four, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks commented on a study showing that just one hour a week of social interaction helps people with
A new report to Parliament by MP Frank Field shows that as many as 1 million older people are starving in their homes because of
It seems that every charity and church in the UK is doing its best to make sure that no one is lonely this Christmas. Premier
For Christians who have dementia, even quite advanced, Christmas Carol Services can be a great blessing. Their minds may have forgotten that it is Christmas
When Ada Risdale, age 93, became a volunteer in a Welsh befriending scheme, she was putting an end to years of isolation and loneliness. In
Janet recently took a ‘workshop’ with a group of older people who were caring for their husbands or wives. Janet used to be a psychogeriatric
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