Shout ‘hello’ to your neighbours
Abacare, which looks after the vulnerable and elderly in their own homes across the Welshpool area, says it is backing the idea to shout ‘hello’ to raise awareness of those who may be lonely.
Jane Jones, Branch Manager at Abacare, said: “We provide an invaluable lifeline to the people we visit each day to help them with their medical, emotional and physical care.
“Before the Coronavirus, our frontline teams also assisted many of our service users with trips out, now they are, very sensibly, all remaining safely at home until the danger has passed. But in the meantime, for many of those we visit, we know they are feeling lonelier and more vulnerable than ever.
“We saw Communicare in Southampton’s idea on social media and thought it would help cheer-up our service users, who are understandably not feeling as jolly as normal and are worried. Communicare is a charity, helping the isolated and lonely, and although it is based in Southampton, it is hoping its campaign will go nationwide.
“Each lunchtime, they’re asking anyone who is at home, regardless of whether they a vulnerable and elderly, to shout ‘cooee’ or ‘hello’, or any form of friendly greeting, from an open window or over the garden fence, wall or hedge at a safe social distance to their next door neighbours.
“Even if they can’t see them or their windows aren’t open, they hope enough people will do this at 12noon nationwide every day to help those who are housebound at the moment realise they are not alone. We think this is a great idea, not just for our service users but also for anyone at home in these uncertain times, who might like to hear a cheery voice.”
Anyone wishing to help the elderly and vulnerable in Wales during the current crisis, can sign-up to be a carer, with Abacare by calling 01686 625644 or visiting www.abacare.org.uk.
People can also apply for care positions on Facebook at http://bit.ly/2PgKK2K or via Indeed at https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Abacare.
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