The function of a meals on wheels service is to provide meals sufficiently often and of such nutritive value as to make a significant contribution to total food intake. In this investigation the meals supplied by six meals on wheels kitchens and two luncheon clubs in two North London boroughs ...
Volunteers are able to spend time listening to elderly people whether in hospital or in a home, time which professional staff and even relatives are unable to spare. If used effectively on a hospital ward, volunteers can relieve some of the pressure which staff may feel in being unable to ...
This publication contains reports on a series of twelve conferences held at the Hospital Centre between June-December 1970 on the subject of services for the elderly in hospital and community. These reports have been prepared largely at the request of the conference participants who asked for a record of the ...