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Apart from the co-ordination of other voluntary bodies it
has under its aegis inaugurated the following services:
(i) Domiciliary Chiropody Service:
This service is provided free of charge for those
aged persons who are unable by reason of senility, chronic
sickness etc, to attend personally the Foot Clinic at the
Health Centre, and has proved of great benefit to the
elderly.
380 visits were paid during 1959. The ages of the
persons visited ranged from 63 to 92 years.
This service has proved well justified in so far as it
has enabled the aged and infirm to get about at home in
reasonable comfort and do things for themselves and so
retain the independence essential to their mental and
physical well being.
It is also of interest to record that, as in previous
years, numerous voluntary donations of small amounts were
received from aged persons receiving domiciliary chiropody
service as an expression of their appreciation of the
service provided and the benefits secured.
(ii) Mending Scheme for the Aged:
This scheme provides in association with the Pinsbury
Employment Scheme for the Elderly a Mending Service for the
aged. There is a definite need for this service which
effects repairs to such items of clothing as socks, underclothes
etc, and is particularly useful in respect of the
male aged living alone. Substantial use was made of the
Scheme during the year. There is no charge to the aged.
(iii) The Wireless for the Bedridden Society:
The Committee continued to act as Sponsor in respect
of applications received from bedridden or housebound
Pinsbury aged persons desiring wireless facilities provided
by the above Society.
(iv) Wireless Relay Services:
The Committee continued to finance the provision of a
Wireless Relay Service for the use of the hundred and twenty
aged persons participating in the Finsbury Employment Scheme
for the Elderly at "Brooke House", 39/41 Gloucester Way,
E.C.1. and at the Women's Voluntary Service Meal Centre in
Exmouth Market, E.C.1. These have been much appreciated by
the elderly persons using the Centres.