Keeping in touch with your parents or relatives becomes more important as they get older.It’s comforting for them to know that assistance is only a ‘phone call away. Great though this idea may sound, there are two immediate obstacles to overcome: persuading older people to get to grips with new fangled technology and convincing them that they won’t be hammered by cost!

Technology: How many of us have bought a mobile phone for our parents, only for it never to emerge from the original box?Lots of elderly people are up to speed with emails and the like, but in the main they tend to prefer the technology they know – the telephone.Perhaps they’ve been persuaded by the advantages of cordless telephony. They can keep the ‘phone with them at all times.They’ll probably choose to remain with the equipment they’ve got, because it is familiar.

Cost: It’s not just the older generation, but now everyone is wary of running up huge costs on ‘phone bills! If you’re on a fixed income or a pension, you’re going to be reluctant to use the ‘phone even for important calls.

Callagenix seem to have the perfect 0800 number solution.Simply establish a unique 0800 number that sits on top of your current UK landline number without affecting it in any way. So anyone else can still get you on your established number, but you just let your relative know that if they ever want to call you, they should use your “special” number beginning 0800 and it will cost them nothing at all!If a relative call you on your ‘new’ 0800 number, the costs of the call is borne by you, not them. They can use their own ‘phone as often and as long as they like.

Contact Callagenix on 0870 626 0626 to see how easy peace of mind for your relatives could be with 0800 numbers. Of course, then the final act of persuasion might be tyring to convince them that you can afford to support the cost of their unrestricted calls!