Friends & neighbours

Tinker:
* The reality of how family and friends provide care and support is complicated p.221
* When families are not near enough (proximity) or the family ties are weak (intimacy), neighbours and friends step in - example of seaside resort when mainly friends help each other, but some studies show that friends and neighbours help mainly for short times, or occasionally
* Friends are usually people of the same age, same cohort, same lifestage
* In a survey 70% of older people living alone said that they see one of their neighbours at least once a week
* Family contact - a 65year old has in average once a week contact with a family member