... sites: two residential care facilities, a community centre and supported housing scheme and a restaurant staffed by people with dementia. Findings Two key themes emerge: encouraging community engagement through intergenerational shared spaces, and the role of intergenerationality in supporting...

... and communities. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire examining various domains of service was developed and administered to 49 older adults who had been receiving assistance from NHN for at least six months. Findings Findings revealed that 87 percent (41) of the participants were satisfied...

...Nancy Kelly‐Gillespie; Frances Wilby Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the volunteer component of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program, a service program designed to assist community‐residing older adults to remain in their homes and avoid premature institutionalization...

...Julia Cook Purpose The paper aims to highlight the contributions and opportunities offered by an ageing society to their local communities and wider society. Design/methodology/approach The paper is set out in six sections: an overview of WRVS; challenges of an ageing society; the “grey pound...

...Lisa Farrell; Kim Townsend Purpose In 2010, Vintage Radio, a community radio station in Birkenhead set up and run entirely by older people for older people, received funding from communications charity Media Trust as part of the Community Voices scheme – a nationwide campaign that aims to support...

...Cormac Russell Purpose This paper seeks to outline the ways in which the desire to age well is inextricably linked to the domains of community and associational life; relies for its strength on intimate, soft, human contact in addition to more distant, cold, professional services; can call...