Author: Janice.Oommen
Hello and welcome to my March blog. In this first blog of 2023, I want to share how the charity has been honouring long – service staff members. My colleagues have devoted a big part of their lives to Friends of the Elderly and have helped make the charity what it is today. We are…
Hello and welcome to my November blog. This month, I’d like to talk about our day care services that support older people living with a range of age-related conditions, including short-term memory loss and dementia. I met with Shirley Bradley, our Head of Day Care Services who has been part for the FotE family for…
Hello and welcome to my October blog. This month I am delighted to welcome dietitians Vittoria Romano and Alison Smith who have written an excellent and informative guest blog for the Charity about nutrition and hydration for older people. Introductions: Vittoria Romano is a community dietitian who specialises in care of older adults, supporting care…
Friends of the Elderly would like to express its deepest sorrow at the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty was a Patron of Friends of the Elderly for over sixty years, and has been extremely important to the Charity’s residents, service users, staff and volunteers throughout her patronage. Our thoughts and sincere…
Sir Thomas Lipton Charity Information Update. 1) Friends of the Elderly care homes are now able to subsidise a limited number of Local Authority funded residents who meet the following criteria: Nurses, retired nurses, other people serving or who have served in the National Health Service in a paid or voluntary capacity and other health…