Press Release

Age Action has warned that if the waiting list and waiting times for the Fair Deal nursing home scheme continue to grow due to insufficient funding, it will result in untold hardship for older people and further disruption to hospital services.

Charity radio station Christmas FM today announced that its listeners have raised over €100,000 for Age Action.

Age Action is urging communities to play their part to ensure that their older neighbours remain safe and well in their homes as Met Eireann forecasted snowy and icy conditions today for many parts of Ireland.

Age Action is urging communities to play their part to ensure that their older neighbours remain safe and well in their homes during the current cold spell of weather.

The Minister for Older People Kathleen Lynch today officially launched a free guide, offering key advice to help older people using oil home heating to stay safe and warm throughout the winter period.

Age Action is urging the general public to visit older neighbours this Christmas, especially those living alone.

Age Action has expressed concern that footage of serious mistreatment and abuse of adults with intellectual disability at a HSE residential home, filmed by an undercover RTE reporter, highlights major structural failures in the systems designed to protect vulnerable people.

Age Action is urging all older people to ensure they have a working carbon monoxide alarm fitted in their home, in the wake of a serious incident in Cork at the weekend.

Christmas FM, Ireland’s favourite charity radio station, returns to the airwaves at noon tomorrow (Saturday, November 29), playing round-the-clock festive hits!  This year Age Action is the station’s charity partner.

Age Action welcomes the announcement of increased funding for a number of key programmes for older people in the HSE Service Plan for 2015, but remains concerned that additional resources are needed to address  the growing health and social care needs of Ireland’s ageing population.