A Midwest nursing home conference taking place next week will call for a shift in the cost of care model whereby residents’ needs are brought to the fore. Thomond Park will host the Alliance “Shoulder To Shoulder Nursing Home Expo 2024 on Wednesday, where nursing home providers, health professionals and politicians will discuss the challenges […]
It’s claimed a dedicated commissioner for older people is needed to ensure adequate access to housing in Clare. It comes as Threshold recorded a 40% increase in the number of pensioners presenting with housing difficulties last year. There are now 439 people over the age of 65 living in private rental accommodation in this county, […]
A Clare member of Active Retirement Ireland insists a decision on the double payment of welfare rates in the budget will make or break Christmas for the county’s older population. With Budget Day just around the corner, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has expressed her intention to retain the so-called “Christmas bonus”, which has been […]
A Shannon-based representative for Active Retirement Ireland has labelled advice from the Chief Medical Officer to older people this week as ‘unrealistic’. Breda Smyth has written an open letter urging the elderly to get back to socialising, three years after the first Covid lockdown was implemented. Professor Smyth believes some older people are ‘apprehensive’ about […]
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