With around 10 percent of elderly people reporting that they feel lonely, Laura McGoldrick observes an initiative from ‘Age Concern’ where an elderly person who is on their own is matched to a volunteer who visits them each week for an extended period of time. The program is never more important than at Xmas, where these visits can be the highlight of the festive period.
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