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The number of elderly persons in Ealing is estimated at approximately
17,000.
An analysis of the records of the Ealing Home Nursing Service
shows that over 50% of the cases come into the elderly group,
whilst the Ealing. Home Help Service figures show almost 60%
of its cases in this group. Approximately 40 new cases each week
are under the care of Home Nurses. At present 200 cases are having
Home Helps weekly.
There is one Old Persons Home at 22, Park Hill, Ealing,
which is controlled by the Middlesex County Council, and this
provides accommodation for 3 males and 21 females. The County
Council also intend at some date in the future to open a Home at
86 Mattock Lane, Ealing, which will cater for 25 persons and a Home
at 3, Woodfield Road, which will deal with 19 persons.
There is an Eventide Home in Castlebar Road which is under
the control of Ealing Eventide Homes Ltd., and an extension
is under consideration.
The British Red Cross Society have a Home for the Aged in
Mount Park Road which provides for 24 persons.
The King Edward Hospital Fund for London intend opening
a Home for Old People at "Greenfield," Courtfield Gardens, and
the Home will be conducted by the British Red Cross Society.
It is expected that this will provide accommodation for 30 persons.
There are 8 private Homes for the Aged in the Borough and
these provide accommodation for approximately 9 males and 79
females.
The Nursing Homes in Ealing (including Maternity Homes)
accommodate 220 patients in all and of these about 100 are at
present elderly persons.
A "Meals on Wheels" Service is provided by the local British
Red Cross Society and they issue approximately 8,400 meals per
annum. A charge of 1/- per meal is made and the whole of the
Borough is served. There is usually a choice of main meal and
special diets are catered for. The Council make a grant of £720
per annum towards the cost of this service.
The Council have under consideration the granting of aid
to voluntary bodies who arrange for holiday homes for old people.
In the appendix a list is given of the organisations who help
old persons in various ways.
A large field of social service for the elderly remains to be
explored. Much valuable work is being done by voluntary bodies
on lines analogous to that done by similar bodies in the early
exploratory work into Maternity and Child Welfare problems.