[MargaretR]

It seems the norm that unless you you in an old folks block like Merlin Court or Kirk House, you only have the ground floor flats reserved for oldies and disabled.

The ground floor flats where I live have the system where they can summon help and have those key boxes outside their doors - being 1st floor I dont.

There is one young drunk in the next block down - but in my block we just have a mentally retarded chap who stomps up and down the staircase, and wanders out in the early hours calling for his cat.