Elderly care
- Age UK: Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. They believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. Phone 0800 055 6112. Website Age UK
- Dementia UK: Dementia UK offers specialist one to one support and expert advice for people living with dementia. Phone 0800 888 6678. Website Dementia UK. Email helpline@dementiauk.org
- The Silver Line: Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day. Phone 0800 470 80 90. Website The Silver Line Helpline
- Alzheimer’s Society: Living with dementia can be overwhelming, but you’re not alone. From a listening ear on the phone, to a visit in person. From practical tips and advice, to opportunities to connect with others. Phone 0333 150 3456. Website Alzheimer’s Society
- Age UK Norwich: Age UK Norwich’s trained advisors offer free information and advice to older people and their families. Their volunteer befrienders visit lonely older people in the community who have no one to talk to. Phone 01603 496333. Website www.ageuk.org.uk/norwich. Email enquiries@ageuknorwich.org.uk
- Cinnamon Trust: Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering. Phone 01736 757 900. Website www.cinnamon.org.uk
- Sprowston Day Centre Luncheon Club: With your personal alarm button you can call for help day or night, from anywhere in your home or garden (within 50m of the lifeline unit), 365 days of the year. Phone 01603 419682. Email sprowstondaycentre@hotmail.com
- Contact Care, Saffron Housing Trust, Personal Alarms, Lifeline for the Elderly: Sprowston Day Centre Luncheon Club is run from St Cuthbert’s Centre on Wroxham Road. They pride themselves in offering the elderly a place to meet and make new friends as well as giving them a two course home cooked meal. The centre is open on Wednesdays and Fridays. Phone 0800 917 4680. Website www.contactcarelifeline.co.uk. Email contactcare@saffronhousing.co.uk
Page published: 9 May 2023
Last updated: 18 February 2025