Call&Check: a community service which disrupts the norm

Author(s): DICKINSON Joe
Publisher(s):: Sage

In this project presentation the author, inventor of Call&Check UK, describes the service which is designed to enable people to live independently and confidently in their own homes. Regular visits are made by a postman/postal operator and who asks five short questions to find out how the recipient is and if there is anything they need. Call&Check works not only for older people in communities but for many others who need that little extra support to live at home. (Edited publisher abstract)

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