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The problems associated with supervising a labour force ultimately
approaching 200 helps, assessing and reviewing every case for need, and
generally planning the weekly programme involving as it frequently does,
daily and even hourly changes are extremely complex and it is with much
pleasure that I acknowledge the exemplary way in which the Organiser
and her staff cope with these various tasks.
Neighbourly Help Scheme
During the year, fifteen neighbourly helps were engaged to provide
assistance to fifteen cases. In these cases the aid of a friendly neighbour
is enlisted to keep a watchful eye and at the same time carry out a certain
amount of helpful tasks in the home of an elderly or chronically disabled
person. Arrangements are usually made for the help to call several times
a day tor short periods, helping out by lighting fires, preparing a meal,
doing some shopping or some other household chore, but most important
of all, keeping in contact with the patient. This scheme works well and
neighbours are sometimes more willing to do this work for a person
they know rather than join the general home help service. On the other
hand, the old person concerned usually knows the neighbour quite well
and thus an amicable liaison is more easily established.