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Abbeyfield Week
and Open Day 2009
Abbeyfield is probably the largest voluntary sector
provider of housing and care for older people in the United Kingdom with
some 450 supported sheltered houses and 80 care homes. The houses are
managed by professional staff and volunteer committees, providing support,
care, and friendship to over 8,000 residents. The charity's main purposes
are to avoid loneliness and to preserve independence. This is achieved
by providing small community houses where each resident has a self- contained
bed-sit or flat with its own bathroom and locked front door, which is
furnished by the resident. The houses have lounges where residents can
talk together and a dining room where the Housekeeper provides two cooked
meals daily.
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