Living well independently
The Cambridgeshire Insight website, run by the council, shows that Cambridgeshire has been the fastest growing county authority for more than a decade. And that by 2031 the population of those 65+ years old is due to increase significantly. Many of these people will be able to live independently, with family and friends to support them without any intervention from the council at all. However many won’t. Not everybody has family, not everybody has friends. Earlier this year the county was hit by quite a large storm, it was called Storm Doris and I remember it very well because it highlighted to me a huge problem we have with isolation. My wife and I were putting the kids to bed and just as I was heading upstairs I heard a strange scraping sound from my front door. I assumed something had blown against it but when I opened to check I found an elderly lady lying on my doorstep. She was soaked through, very shaken and unable to stand. Having tripped on the dark path outside my hous...