Thanks Roz - that is appreciated, I will look into that. Any other suggestions are welcomed.

It has been really nice to 'adopt' him, my grandparents both passed away before I was born so it is nice to have him to talk to and spend time with. He is an ex service man and was born and bred in South east london so he has lots of interesting stories. He has met my family and they all love him! I think Age concern may well have some kind of 'adoption' scheme where they match up elderly folk with people in thier area who are willing to spend time with them.