Funding to get the elderly tech-savvy

Grandfather Bernard O’Connor says the internet will be a lifeline for him this Christmas.

His wife Patricia is in a nursing home after she suffered a stroke in September and their son and daughter have emigrated.

”I have five grandchildren living in Australia and Germany and I now use Skype to see how they are getting on,” says Bernard, who completed a computer course some time ago, which was run by Age Action.