Author Archives: careandrepairengland

Ellie is 82 and a peer support volunteer for MRS Independent Living, volunteering for the Silverlinks project in Hackney. She has been supported to learn how to use the internet on a tablet, and is now taking the tablet and … Continue reading →

One of the areas that our Silverlinks workers and volunteers often come across is that older people feel they have too much “stuff” to enable them to make decisions about their housing.  To much stuff in the home can cause … Continue reading →

It has been a busy few months for the Silverlinks Cornwall project with a variety of tasks undertaken in the run up to our recent event. It has taken Ann and I some months to organise our Disability Awareness ‘A … Continue reading →

The Communities and Local Government Committee is holding an inquiry on housing for older people. The Committee has set up a forum to hear directly from older people about their experiences of moving home in later life.  We would like … Continue reading →

My name is Mark Hillary and I tried to retire last year when I turned 60. My wife said I had to keep busy so I did a Workers Education Association (WEA) course on Cathedral Architecture at the Mechanics Institute … Continue reading →

Silverlinks has produced a set of new guides, aimed at older people with long term health conditions and their carers. There are six guides covering respiratory, macular and heart disease, dementia, stroke and arthritis; and one general guide for people … Continue reading →