# elderly - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Pensioner
# Pensioner
Don is in his 80s and lives alone. He and his befriender Dana discuss a tough year.
# elderly - Friday 4 December, 2020
# Alarming
# Alarming
Older people are facing a mental health “perfect storm” due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
# elderly - Tuesday 19 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The issue of elderly patients being discharged from acute hospital settings was raised by Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly today.
# elderly - Thursday 2 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly raised the matter in the Dáil today.
# elderly - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
There are currently over 460,000 people aged over 70 in the country.
# elderly - Sunday 29 March, 2020
# Vulnerable
# Vulnerable
On Friday the Chief Medical Officer said there have been nine clusters of infection at nursing homes.
# elderly - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# ALTRUISM
From The42
# ALTRUISM
The Portuguese manager volunteered for charity Age UK and community group Love Your Doorstep.
# elderly - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Older People
# Older People
Paul Reid says there must be compliance every day, regardless of what celebrations are on.
# elderly - Friday 3 January, 2020
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# elderly - Monday 2 December, 2019
# ALONE
# ALONE
The advice comes as part of the Dublin City Council and Alone’s cold weather initiative.
# elderly - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Allegations
# Allegations
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# elderly - Thursday 23 May, 2019
# Pensions
# Pensions
Another 21,294 will remain on their existing rate of payment.
# elderly - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
# Food Poisoning
# Food Poisoning
The five individuals are aged between 76 and 95 years old.
# elderly - Thursday 21 March, 2019
# Cork
# Cork
The incident took place at a car park in Sleaveen East, Macroom, early this morning.
# elderly - Saturday 5 January, 2019
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# elderly - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# So Old
From The Daily Edge
# elderly - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
Gardaí said the operation “relates to offences of deception involving the purchase and sale of vintage and classic cars”.
# elderly - Saturday 8 September, 2018
# ALONE
# ALONE
Alone, the charity that supports older people at home, is aiming to raise €10,000 during the event.
# elderly - Friday 17 August, 2018
# Martha Al-bishara
# Martha Al-bishara
The police stunned her with a taser and handcuffed her after she failed to follow instructions to drop a knife.
# elderly - Sunday 29 July, 2018
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# elderly - Monday 16 April, 2018
# Campaign
# Campaign
There were 119 people over the age of 65 homeless in Ireland in February.
# elderly - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
# Stay Warm
# Stay Warm
The decision means that fuel allowance recipients will now automatically receive €45 for this week instead of the usual €22.50.
# elderly - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Lunch Crunch
# Lunch Crunch
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
# elderly - Monday 12 February, 2018
# Delayed Discharges
# Delayed Discharges
The Housing Department has also confirmed that the waiting list for home ramps is up to 10 months.
# elderly - Friday 9 February, 2018
# Ballintemple Village
# Ballintemple Village
The collision occurred in Ballintemple village in Cork city on Tuesday.
# elderly - Sunday 28 January, 2018
# Research
# Research
A third of these people will be diagnosed with dementia, depression or a cognitive impairment.
# elderly - Sunday 14 January, 2018
# Research
# Research
Instead, frailty, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment and smoking were associated with postoperative complications.
# elderly - Wednesday 10 January, 2018
# Missing
# Missing
William Busher is known to drive a brown 141 Nissan Qashqai.
# elderly - Saturday 30 December, 2017
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# elderly - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Croydon
# Croydon
“I’ve heard of wonderful things happening to people, but I never thought this would happen to us.”
# elderly - Friday 22 December, 2017
# Rosie Hanrahan
# Rosie Hanrahan
The body of Rosie Hanrahan, aged 78, was found in her home at New Road Thomondgate in Limerick last Friday.
# elderly - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
# Limerick
# Limerick
The body of Rosie Hanrahan, aged 78, was found in her home at New Road Thomondgate in Limerick last Friday.
# elderly - Monday 18 December, 2017
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
There are currently more than 8,500 people on the cataract waiting list in Ireland.
# elderly - Saturday 9 December, 2017
# A Time For Giving
# A Time For Giving
Christmas can be a lonely time for elderly people living alone.
# elderly - Thursday 7 December, 2017
# Leopardstown Park
# Leopardstown Park
The centre provides care for the sick and aged population in Dublin.
# elderly - Friday 1 December, 2017
# ALONE
# ALONE
The advice comes as part of the Dublin City Council and older person’s charity Alone’s cold weather initiative, which was launched today.
# elderly - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# ALONE
# ALONE
Alone, a charity for older people, has launched its Christmas campaign – No one should be alone this Christmas.
# elderly - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
# Alone At Christmas
# Alone At Christmas
Browne was speaking at the launch of Alone’s Christmas campaign for older people.
# elderly - Monday 13 November, 2017
# Science Week
# Science Week
A team of researchers at Trinity have been given funding by Enterprise Ireland to develop a robot to assist with the elderly.
# elderly - Friday 20 October, 2017
# Column
# Column
We need to face up to the reality of this situation. Financial abuse can happen anyone, writes Eileen O’Callaghan.