Tina English
Tina English is the founder and director of the Christian charity Embracing Age, which befriends care home residents, supports informal caregivers and equips churches. She is the author of 'A Great Place to Grow Old: Reimagining Ministry amongst Older People' and volunteers in a local care home.
Could your church adopt a care home?
30 September 2022Overlooked and ignored: such an apt description of many care home residents. Did you know, research shows that older people in care homes are twice as likely to feel severely lonely as older people living in the community? There are about 12,500 care homes for older people across the UK, and about 50,000 churches. The Christian charity Embracing Age has a vision to see every care home adopted by a local church. Even if only one in four churches did this, together they could make a huge…
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