People affected by adult social care cuts in Haringey - in pictures

Over the last six months, consultations have been taking place in Haringey about the closure of 16 council-run centres. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Photograph: Action images Kayte Brimacombe has photographed service users from Abyssinia Court drop-in centre for elderly people, Cranwood residential home for elderly people, and Whitehall Street residential home and respite centre for people with severe learning disabilities. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Drop-in/day centres provide a lifeline for 700 elderly people. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Day centres offer not just a hot meal but, importantly, the chance to get out and see other people. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe The centres earmarked for closure are lifelines to hundreds of elderly people and people with severe learning disabilities and mental health problems. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe The closures are part of Haringey council's efforts to make cuts of £41m over the next year, and £84m by 2015. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Day centre closures mean visitors risk isolation and inadequate care. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Six residential homes with more than 150 beds for physically and mentally frail elderly people and those with severe learning disabilities are due to close. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Physically and mentally frail elderly people and those with severe learning disabilities, in particular, need familiar surroundings and consistency of care to allow them to feel safe. Many have lived with the same staff for years. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe It has been said that you can judge a society by how it looks after its most vulnerable. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Carers are extremely anxious about what will happen to their loved ones. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe Closure of all the centres photographed has been approved by Haringey council. Lament will be at St James's Church, Muswell Hill, London, until 3 September. Photograph: Kayte Brimacombe