My mother, Jena, died on March 3, 2006. She was 85 and had lived for many years in O’Grady Court, a block of sheltered accommodation in Ealing, West London, run by a housing association.
Jena said those were the happiest years of her life, because she was able to live well, independently and with dignity, on a small supplementary pension.
The warden, Birgit, a woman in her forties (I think), was caring and fun.
