Bealtaine Festival brings arts celebrations to nursing homes this Friday
Nursing homes will be celebrating the creative talents of residents this coming Friday, 21st May, through the inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day. The initiative is part of Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival and is taking place in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland. Nursing home residents have been busy creating artworks to display as […]
ALONE – Need For Increase In Home Care Budget ’
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, is calling on the government to increase funding for homecare following the report that 90,000 bed days have been lost in the hospital system so far this year because of delayed discharges. This is according to HSE figures provided to Fianna Fáil health spokesman Billy Kelleher. […]
ALONE – The Provision Of Quality Home Care Packages For Older People Is A Necessity
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, have expressed their disappointment in the HSE following the news that a 92-year-old woman has been in hospital for almost 300 days due to a lack of funding for home care packages. ALONE is calling on the government to increase home help hours in […]