Home Instead Charity 10th Anniversary

The HI Charity exists to promote:

• Healthy Minds in older adults – Almost 30% of women over 65 experience depression. Loneliness is associated with an increased risk of dementia, cardiovascular disease, and other age-related illnesses. The charity run and fund social activities and clubs across the UK designed to end loneliness and improve mental health. These groups empower older adults to make their own peer support networks, crucial in maintaining positive mental health and wellbeing.
• Healthy Bodies – Use it or lose it! Whilst we are living longer, our years spent in good physical health are not always keeping up. One of the groups the charity run and fund help to keep older adults mobile, improving and maintaining physical health, and of course enjoying a good laugh along the way.
• Healthy Brains – Learning new skills can help us to continue to contribute to society, improve our self-esteem, and even maintain brain function. At many of the groups, the charity is showing older adults how to use technology. New tech skills are enabling older adults to stay in touch with loved ones who live remotely, access government health services online, and retain independence later in life when mobility issues may prevent people from leaving the house.

The event took place outside our local Tesco store in Highams Park, where our enthusiastic team donned bright smiles and Home Instead t-shirts. We handed out colourful balloons to shoppers and engaged in meaningful conversations about the charity’s mission and the incredible work they do.