MORE could be done to help elderly people to have their own accommodation by building communities with people appointed to observe and guard them every day.
They could live in gated communities instead of having to go into a nursing home to be looked after.
Bungalows would be ideal for them, with a shop and a centre to relax in.
That would make them more independent with life.
N Tate, Darlington.
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