and is now one of the Government’s 4 Integrated Care Pioneers. As part of this Age UK staff and volunteers become members of primary care led multidisciplinary teams. The early results are highly promising
does not want to do anything which will hasten his death. He therefore asked for permission for volunteers to be able to help him get to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland (under recent guidelines from
is delivered by coordinating statutory and community services and support • The support using volunteers aims to build peoples social networks, making them better connected to their community and more
emphasised the value of local day centres and activities they attended, and where others spent time as volunteers. These were sometimes seen as an important coping mechanism, as they provided some structure and