The Harris James Library

Ideas for a life still being lived.

Growing older brings questions.

Some practical.

Some personal.

Some you may not have thought about yet.

The Harris James Library brings together real stories, useful thinking, different perspectives and ideas designed to help you continue living life on your terms.

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Three people talking around a kitchen table over an open My Future. My Way. brochure and cups of tea

You don't always need an answer.

Sometimes you just need a better question.

What would you like to keep doing?

What would you love to do again?

Does your home still work for you?

What would you want if something changed?

And what might make life a little more interesting now?

Those are the kinds of questions you'll find here.

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Richard, who returned to walking outdoors with Harris James Active

Real Story · Active

Richard's world had become smaller. Now it's getting bigger again.

Leaving the home was a dream.

Today Richard is getting out for coffee, having his hair cut and rediscovering ordinary life.

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Brian, who returned to travelling independently with Harris James Active

Real Story · Active

At 93, Brian got back on the bus.

He'd stopped travelling independently, stopped attending the train enthusiasts' meetings he enjoyed and stopped making trips to Cornwall with his wife. The goal wasn't simply to become stronger. It was to get those parts of life back.

Three buses a week. A mile along the towpath. Cornwall back in the diary.

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Joan, who kept gardening with Harris James Active

Real Story · Active

Joan wasn't trying to regain her independence. She wanted to protect it.

Joan wasn't trying to get her old life back. At 91, she was already living it. The question was how to help her keep it that way.

Sometimes success means nothing having to disappear in the first place.

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Jean, who is taking steps again with Harris James Active

Real Story · Active

Jean is taking steps again.

She had tried different approaches before. Her long-term ambition remained simple to say and much harder to achieve: stand. And walk again.

From wondering whether anything would help to taking steps she once thought impossible.

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Jean and her daughter sharing tea together at home

Real Story · AnyTime

Sometimes independence matters to two people at once.

Jean's daughter is an important part of her life and the support around her. But being there for someone you love shouldn't mean never being able to step away. Harris James supports Jean at times when her daughter needs a break, and when she wants to go away on holiday, so both of them can continue living their lives.

Family should still have time to be family.

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