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(ii) Home Visiting Service:
Many elderly residents are visited regularly in their own homes by
voluntary workers. Besides bringing friendship and companionship they
also encourage a feeling of "being wanted" and help to dispel loneliness
and depression.
The elderly are often unaware of the services available and in many
instances these voluntary workers have been able to alert the statutory
services to problems readily capable of solution. It is a pity that this
voluntary service is undermanned and many more helpers are urgently
required.
(iii) Workrooms:
The Central Workroom at "Palmerston Centre", Palmerston Road
is open da'ly Mondays to Fridays whilst Coles Crescent Communal Room,
South Harrow is open mornings only, five days a week. At these units a
wide variety of industrial work is undertaken. This service is being extended
as rapidly as opportunity allows and it is hoped to open further
units in the near future.