Neighbours and the weather

[louisiana]

"When temperatures fall to sub-zero, the number of deaths from heart attacks peaks three days later, from strokes five days later and from respiratory infections ten days later."

(From Met Office website.)

Please check on your elderly neighbours...

[PeckhamRose]

Good call!

[Pugwash]

Also to remember that neighbours who normally have carers coming into them to assist with personal care, shopping and meal prep, may need help as many carers are finding it difficult to get to all their clients due to the weather.

Check whether neighbours have sufficient food for a few days and whether they would like help in heating up meals.

Social services depts have begun to compile lists of all those elderly people who live alone without family and friends

and who are fully reliant on their carers for activities of daily living. If you know someone who falls into this category, let social services know, or better still check on your neighbour daily (at least)

[louisiana]

Current underfoot conditions can be impossible even for those normally mobile but with the usual 'getting older' conditions: poor balance, tripping feet etc.