Community Care Magazine: Magazine for Elderly and Disabled: Issue 67From Crimewatch - Tips to Stay Safe According to the Home Office elderly people are no more at risk from crime than any other section of society. But if you feel vulnerable, follow these top tips to keep safe.
The FSB is committed to helping disabled people run their own small business and now has a dedicated help team. The telephone number is 01253 336036 and there is also a special section on their website at: http://www.fsb.orq.uk Free Beauty Tips! Victorian ladies were told that rainwater was essential to soften and wash the face resulting in effacing little lines on the face. Spraying rain water on to the face for fifteen minutes before going to bed each night resulted in fewer wrinkles. Ladies with greasy and oily skins were advised to wash their faces in wine from either France or the Rhone area once a fortnight. For beautiful hair, brush for at least twenty minutes in the morning, ten minutes in the middle of the day and again in the evening. To soften and beautify the hair, beat four egg whites into a froth and rub into the roots of the hair. Leave it to dry then wash the hair clean with a mixture of equal parts of rum and rosewater. Gluten Free Buying chocolates for a person who has to have "gluten free" products can be difficult. However, Thornton’s, have a variety of gluten free chocolates all of which are beautifully presented and can be gift wrapped. Help is at Hand? The four national Age Concerns in the UK have joined together with Help the Aged to form new national charities dedicated to improving the lives of older people. The new organisation will, as before, be an "umbrella" organisation but the local branches will still have autonomy over the services they provide. If you want to know if your local Age Concern (name of new organisation not yet launched) offers any or all of the following services, give them a ring. Be-a-Friend Service – This is a service for people over 60 years old and living alone. This service will provide a volunteer to visit, usually weekly, for a social couple of hours. This free service can also offer a regular phone call, a birthday or Christmas card and a newsletter. Shopping Service - This is a service for people over the age of 60 who have difficulty in doing their own shopping. It works in that an eligible person rings their shopping into the Age Concern office, it has to be for a supermarket/shop that can receive orders online, then Age Concern will order it for you online and have it delivered to your home. Age Concern makes no charge for the service but the usual online delivery charge will apply. Garden Partners – matches garden owners over the age of 60 with volunteers who wish to tend a garden regularly. There is a written agreement about sharing produce, using gardening equipment and gardening times as the scheme is based on a sharing principle. The volunteers labour in the garden is free. The Handyperson Service – This scheme will ensure that a person over the age of 60 remains safe and secure in their home. Jobs which can be carried out under this service include fitting grab rails and banisters, changing light bulbs, changing tap washers, moving large furniture, replacing toilet seats, etc. Your Recipe Each edition we bring you a recipe from Myra with how to make a cake that we in the Able office have already tried and tested! Sometimes, in conversation with carers, they will mention that they have a favourite recipe and send it in to us. We have decided that we would like to get a collection of "Able" recipes and put them together in a ring bound cookery book which we will sell for a small cost with the proceeds going to charity. Therefore we would like all our readers to think about a recipe that they like and tell us about it. Recipes that are easy, thrifty, simple, unusual or just a pleasure to eat, just write down on a slip of paper and send or email in to us. Myra’s Recipe for Bakewell Tart Ingredients - Pastry Ingredients - Filling Method – Pastry
Most supermarkets have an online ordering and delivery service. Sainsbury's have now extended this to people who have a telephone and live within the catchment area of their store. Just as in earlier days when you could telephone your local grocer you can now ring Sainsbury's on 0800 328 1700 for information as to how you can register with them and place orders over the telephone. Delivery charges apply. Health Safety Tip The fridge is where we keep food safe and so if a fridge is not working properly then our food could become bad and either wasted or could make us unwell. A common problem with fridges is that the door seal gets damaged and will need replacing if it is letting air into the inside of your fridge. A simple way to test if this is happening is to choose a time when it is dark outside and you would have your kitchen lights on. Get a torch, switch it on and put it in your fridge. Switch off the kitchen light and if you can see any light leaking out from your fridge it is a sign that the door seal is damaged. Replacement seals can be bought at most appliance stores. We are encouraged to re-use our shopping bags but care needs to be exercised to avoid cross contamination which can mean the spread of harmful bacteria. If you notice that juices from food that has been carried has leaked into your bag either wash it before another use or bin it. If you use cloth bags, wash them frequently.Put fresh or frozen raw meat, poultry and fish in separate bags from fresh produce and ready to eat meals. You should clean any worktops or tables if your shopping bags were resting on them as you packed away your shopping.Save Money, Save Energy The following information is given by HM Government and E-on.
If you have an old computer that is still in working order, take it to an elderly neighbour and teach them how it works. You can show them how to log on to the internet so that they can "join the outside world", send emails, buy online, etc. It is essential that older people keep mobile. Make time to offer to take an elderly person for a short weekly walk and have a chat at the same time. If your neighbour has poor mobility offer to post letters, get in bread and milk if weather is bad, offer to take a supper in once a week or offer to call in at the fish and chip shop. Many older people spend long hours on their own. If you could hang a bird feeder near their window and remember to fill it up on a regular basis, much enjoyment will be had just watching the birds and their antics, free entertainment. Read Books? If you are watching the pennies remember that you can borrow books from your local library/mobile library for free. If you are looking for a book then www.whichbook.net is a useful website to visit. You can find the book you want and then reserve it at your local library. Cost, almost nothing! Finally A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. (Fables Aesop) And... If you would like to have a free, regular copy of the Gazette, please call 01603 764567 and give us your mailing details. If you would like our current brochure about Live-in Care Schemes please do the same. If you wish to join our weekly Newsflash with care information and news please subscribe for free on this page.
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