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‘I’m not ageist! I love the old dears…’
The events of 2020 were “unprecedented”, extraordinary, challenging, and sadly, for too many, they’ve been deadly. But something what has struck me is that ageism is alive and well. The …
Read full article on ‘I’m not ageist! I love the old dears…’Faith in older people …..
I can’t tell you how much I have valued older people – and that’s throughout the whole of my near thirty-year parish ministry. It’s often said that churches are short …
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Kindness felt like an enormous part of our lives at the start of lockdown. We were scared, and our daily acts of kindness helped us feel that we would all …
Read full article on Be Kind and Reach Out This Winter‘Thank you for the music: The songs I’m singing’
The sentiment and gratitude expressed in this song by ABBA have been, over the last 10 years, expressed and felt by hundreds of people with dementia, their carers and volunteers …
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Since March I and others like me have found ourselves mentioned regularly in the daily news reports – not by name but as a group who, it is said, are …
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I am sitting writing this reflection at Arpafeelie, the small settlement where I live. Arpafeelie consists of an Episcopal Church, the former rectory, which is now Bishop’s House, a small …
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For many people, the time we are living in is very challenging, frustrating, and bleak. I was reminded of an international conference which FiOP was pleased to organise some years …
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As the bells chimed to bring in 2020, no-one could have imagined how the New Year was about to unfold. For many people what happens at the other side of …
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Not Gardening – In early March someone appealed to my lazy soul and told me that merely by doing nothing, by letting my small lawn “just grow”, I could help …
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Hello, my name is Andrew Senew. With my wife Joanna and our amazing team of 100 caring and compassionate people we run Home Instead, providing companionship- based homecare to older …
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