Services
Over 1,500 volunteers, and a small number of paid staff, help the charity to offer a range of services across the UK and Ireland.
Services include:
• An advice line
• A range of guides and factsheets provide advice on the most common issues faced by older people, their families and carers
• An information booklet and searchable online guide, Wise Guide, life-improving advice for over-65s
• One-to-one volunteer befriending provides regular face-to-face or telephone support
• Live Wires, a telephone friendship service
• Practical support such as mobility aids and, in some cases, even emergency grants for some older people on very low incomes.
Read more about this topic: Independent Age
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