#socialisolation

Feb 14, 2018
1 min

IS THERE A PLOT TO STOP OLDER PEOPLE GETTING HELP THEY NEED AND TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED?

IT might seem ridiculous to ask, but the system for claiming benefits and getting access to services is so convoluted, so difficult, that it might well be some Yes Minister joke to prevent older people getting help. An OLM reader is struggling to get benefits and services for a family in desperate need. They don't have a computer. They are not on the 'radar' of social services or charities and their family doctor seems oblivious to their plight. There is a big crack here and

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I'M OVER 60 AND I'M HIDING FROM MY MOTHER. AN EVERDAY DILEMMA FROM THE 'SANDWICH GENERAT

Sarah Whitebloom

Jan 22, 2018
1 min

I'M OVER 60 AND I'M HIDING FROM MY MOTHER. AN EVERDAY DILEMMA FROM THE 'SANDWICH GENERAT

A reader has been in touch to say that she has spent the weekend hiding from her 89-year old mother. She feels as though she just abandoned a tiny kitten in a dark alley - but so much worse. Join the Conversation - OLM Forum #parents #socialisolation

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WHY NO MINISTER FOR OLDER PEOPLE? ARE POLITICIANS SCARED OF THE ELDERLY?

Sarah Whitebloom

Jan 21, 2018
2 min

WHY NO MINISTER FOR OLDER PEOPLE? ARE POLITICIANS SCARED OF THE ELDERLY?

Loneliness is not the only issue for older people - and neither is social care

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HAVE A LAUGH WITH SOME 'OLD' FRIENDS, AND DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR - OLM FORUM SHARES A TIP.

Sarah Whitebloom

Jan 15, 2018
1 min

HAVE A LAUGH WITH SOME 'OLD' FRIENDS, AND DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR - OLM FORUM SHARES A TIP.

I'm not doing it because I'm so great. I'm doing it because if it were my Mum and Dad, I would hope someone might befriend them

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HO HO NO? What if your older relative won't come for Christmas?

Sarah Whitebloom

Dec 15, 2017
1 min

HO HO NO? What if your older relative won't come for Christmas?

What can you do, if Aunty or your parents refuse to come for Christmas? You can't make them come, can you?

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It was great to find Older Living Matters. Other people have the same problems. Who knew? OLM Forum

Sarah Whitebloom

Nov 15, 2017
1 min

It was great to find Older Living Matters. Other people have the same problems. Who knew? OLM Forum

It was a relief to know her husband wasn't the only one whose things were stolen

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Why does everything have to be so hard? A reader asks OLM Forum

Sarah Whitebloom

Nov 9, 2017
1 min

Why does everything have to be so hard? A reader asks OLM Forum

No one has told them what help they could get - in terms of benefits or transport or even a blue badge...they trundle along unnoticed, never

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Did you say you are fed up with rotten care homes, disgusted by attitudes to older people and angry

Sarah Whitebloom

Nov 7, 2017
1 min

Did you say you are fed up with rotten care homes, disgusted by attitudes to older people and angry

Whenever I talk to an older person or someone who cares for older people they have a lot to say - an awful lot to say - on all sorts of subjects. Sometimes they just want to tell their story while someone listens. Sometimes they are angry or upset. Sometimes they want to share a problem or they want answers or to give answers. Most of the time, they feel as though they are alone. But they are not. OLM's Forum is back to offer a platform, a community, an outlet - a friend. Tel

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Sarah Whitebloom

Jun 6, 2017
2 min

Social Isolation and Dementia

Social isolation of the elderly appears directly linked to the apparent international Alzheimer’s/Dementia epidemic. Statistics show that only certain countries have been severely impacted by the ‘epidemic’ – those where higher levels of older people live isolated lives. While everything from red wine to oily fish to exercise and Sudoku is touted as warding off Alzheimer’s, figures show the international dementia ‘epidemic’ appears strongest in nations where older people live

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