Privacy and data security top concerns for older people using the internet – research
Study finds three-quarters worry about making payments in error
Vodafone to invest €2m in digital training programme for older people
Fears about privacy and online security primary concerns among older age cohort
Older people may prematurely enter nursing homes due to housing plan aims – advocates
Housing for All seeks to ‘release’ vacant homes of nursing home residents
‘To one lonely and isolated person I can change their world’
Volunteers make a ‘huge difference’ in combating loneliness and supporting older people
Some 700 elderly people receive dinner from Alone on Christmas Day
Avid Shamrock Rovers fan Michael McCarthy among those to be helped by charity
Keep up momentum to support older people in their homes, urges Alone
‘We don’t want to go back to business as normal,’ says head of charity
Demand for older peoples’ charity services triples due to Covid-19
Alone has received 37,000 calls from older people to support line since pandemic hit
Benefacts facing closure due to funding doubts
Charity analytics company concerned about withdrawal of Government backing
Over 70s are still not being consulted on Covid-19, groups say
Advocacy organisations respond to new restrictions announced by Taoiseach
‘Digital divide’: Subsidise internet access for older people, say experts
UK study finds links between frequent web use and heightened wellbeing in older adults
For older people, emerging from the cocoon is fraught with risk
Risk of muscle wasting, falls and anxiety for many older people cooped up in lockdown
‘Cocooning’ and mental health: Over 16,000 calls to Alone support line
Service concerned for mental wellbeing of callers, urges national strategy to combat loneliness
Coronavirus: Rise in calls by older people having suicidal thoughts
Charity Alone says mental health problems surfacing as loneliness takes hold
Cocooning is advisory, not mandatory, Government confirms
Elderly who go out will not be fined or imprisoned for their behaviour, Department of Health has advised
Coronavirus: Older people urged to be ‘vigilant’ of financial abuse while cocooning
Some over 70s forced to entrust relatives or close contact with finances due to restrictions
More than €150,000 donated to Alone in wake of Late Late appearance
Charity supporting elderly sees ‘unprecedented’ rise in donations amid coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus: Guinness announces fund to help bar staff and elderly
Brewery’s €1.5m will aid public house workers fearing layoff with widespread pub closure
Snowy and cold conditions forecast to continue on Tuesday
Status orange wind warning in force for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry
How three families teach their children Christmas isn’t all about material things
Giving to charity, fundraising, volunteering – all help children understand kindness
Number of elderly dying alone undiscovered set to rise – charity
George Harrington (79) seemed to have been dead for six months when gardaí found him
High rents putting older people at risk of homelessness, charity says
Alone has seen 145 people presenting as homeless or at risk of homelessness so far in 2019
More older people facing mortgage repayment difficulties
Housing problems facing elderly ignored amid wider crisis, conference hears
Robot caregiver with ‘cute’ accent gets rave reviews
Prototype developed at Trinity College Dublin ‘reminds me what meds to take’, says user
Government to unveil €3m mental health fund to combat loneliness
€3 million fund initiative to deal with ‘most unrecognised health crisis in a generation’
Dublin pubs putting the ‘social’ back into corporate responsibility
Caveat: Friends indeed as bicentenary worth of funding goes to help Alone
Man (71) secures council house after landlord decided to sell
Predicament for man identified only as Frank points to big demographic challenge
Feeling lonely? You’re far from alone
Loneliness can be a silent assassin that wreaks havoc on people’s lives – and experts want it to be a health-policy issue
Elderly should not panic during Garda strike, charities advise
Older people must stay in touch with friends and family, say Alone and Age Action
Tánaiste hopes legislative move ends cycle of charity scandals
Frances Fitzgerald says regulating sector an ‘absolute priority’ for Government
Elderly rights groups criticise ESRI housing report
Report is ‘punishing older people’ for lack of social housing options, according to Alone
Irish are most afraid of poor health as they age, survey says
Alone conducts questionnaire to raise awareness of the needs of older people
Rising rents main cause of distress for elderly, says charity
More than 50% of calls Alone received in 2014 related to homelessness or housing
Barbara (83): ‘I light candles because they make me feel somebody is here’
All the Lonely People: For Barbara, left behind by a faster and colder world, loneliness is a constant, unwelcome companion
Older people forced into care by lack of support, says charity
Insufficient invested in ageing at home, says Alone
Older people should not have to pay more for care, says Age Action
Government considers raising contribution under Fair Deal nursing home scheme
Skype has not eased loss for parents of emigrant children
Analysis: Tilda study shows mothers particularly suffer loneliness and depression after children emigrate
Concern at rates of injury in nursing homes
195 nursing homes report 373 cases of alleged, suspected or confirmed abuse to Hiqa
Labour to discuss grant eligibility criteria
Charity says changes would make it more difficult for frail older people to stay at home
HSE service plan an “austerity charter” - IMO
IMO president says €619 in savings ‘promises chaos’ in health services in 2014
Head of elderly support group Alone urges homecare regulation
Complaints of abuse and neglect received by seven local area health offices between 2011 and 2012
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