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I visit the sick, the elderly to anoint and to give them the eucharist and have participated in volunteer work with the Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul.
A BIT ABOUT ME I live in Kettering with my husband Will and our little elderly cat called Tizzy.
cared for the Elderly and living with mobility issues.
We live in a small rural village along with my elderly mother, who has recently come to live with us, and have a garden full of wild ducks, moorhen and rabbits!
We must not ignore the elderly, the troubled, the unloved and the unlovely people who are all part of our parishes.
Drawing on my volunteering experience with elderly and homeless people, I want to explore how we can better reach out to show God’s love and offer hope in our local communities.
Bill continued the London commute when we moved to Didcot, while I looked after the family, taking various jobs to fit around childcare, mainly night duties in Elderly Persons’ Care facilities.
But Al can also be of benefit, supporting the elderly, disabled and those with special needs.
palliative, and end-of-life care, with a special focus on quality of life, symptom assessment, psychosocial support, and service improvement for both cancer and non-cancer patients including the elderly, people with dementia, HIV, young adults, and those with severe disabilities.
If it was truly Christ-like-generous with its time, money and resources, it would not need to ‘build bigger barns’ in which to store its ever- growing wealth (reported as £11.6 billion in May 2026) while increasingly elderly congregation members stand for hours behind cake stalls and jumble sale tables to fund the upkeep of their church and the diocesan freewill offering.
I believe strongly that the Church of England needs to continue to have a Christian presence in all communities, but accept that the pressure of maintaining listed buildings with dwindling elderly congregations is a challenge.
• CARE in Weybridge – I am a Trustee of the charity which provides transport to elderly
This transformed the life of the elderly white congregation, which became full of families and people from several nations.
Our church in Washington was very involved with the local food bank and had a ministry of feeding people, from local children during lockdowns, to regular meals for the elderly.
When people could not come to church, the Church went to them — supporting families, vulnerable people and elderly parishioners.
A Sparce and Ageing Population — Ministry That Fits Norfolk's rural demography skews towards the elderly and more dispersed, with real risk of isolation for parishioners and clergy alike.
The Older Generation – Humanly speaking, ministry to the elderly is not a good long-term strategy for the church.
It does concern me greatly that in too many instances, it is left to those who are elderly and sometimes battling with their own or spouse’s ill health, to run their church without any real assistance.
I value the diocesan concept of the Household of Faith that has been developed over the years, giving us the ability to work together on all that unite us: the care for the marginalised; the support of families and children; the care for the elderly and lonely; and importantly the ability to reach out to those who think that the church is not a place for them.
Currently are main cliental are elderly, people many of whom live alone and this is the only opportunity they have to eat in company.
At home I care for my elderly mother.
Although motivated by a form of compassion for the terminally ill, doctor-assisted suicide would (as seen in other countries where it has been introduced) start to undermine the culture of the sanctity of life, and lead to many vulnerable elderly people choosing death in order to avoid ‘being a burden’ on their families.
Working in genetics has reinforced my belief that all humans are made in the image of God, and that the weakest in society, such as the unborn, the frail and elderly, and the disabled, deserve protection by the stronger in society.
I currently only have the one church and spend much of the rest of my time caring for elderly parents.
During the course of the last year, a group of parishioners and I have become trustees of our local community centre, established for the benefit of the elderly but providing services to all ages.
However this is never at the expense of those more senior in our congregations and the care of the elderly is paramount as each and every one of us is precious to Almighty God and we benefit greatly from their wisdom and their experience.