Age Friendly Ireland | Newsletter | Friday 11th February 2022
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Dementia; Understand Together May Update
Communities: · Bantry: Members of the Bantry Dementia Alliance, Sarah Cairns & Teresa Bohane, spoke at the 17th International Engaging Dementia Conference on making Bantry a dementia inclusive community. – …
Raheny Age Friendly – 10-year Anniversary Celebrations
Raheny Age Friendly volunteers This month marked our 10th year as a group and had a special coffee morning yesterday to mark the occasion. It was the largest group we …
New Approach to Bring Community Supports to Women in Nursing Homes
A new initiative will bring volunteer befrienders and other community-based supports to women living in long-term residential care in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. This initiative will benefit 200 nursing home …
Roscommon Age Friendly Information Event – Kilbride Community Centre
Roscommon Older People’s Council hosted a wonderful Age Friendly Information Event in Kilbride Community Centre, Roscommon on Wednesday, 28th May 2025. Bernie Kearney, Older People’s Council Chair & MC / …
Boots Ireland in partnership with the HSE’s Dementia: Understand Together campaign host free Brain Health and Dementia Awareness Events
Boots has partnered with the Dementia: Understand Together campaign since 2016, working to make stores and communities more dementia inclusive through staff training and public events. The one-hour workshop will …
Clare Older People’s Volunteer of the Year Awards 2025 – 10th Anniversary
On Wednesday, May 21st, 2025, the prestigious 10th Anniversary of the Clare Older People’s Volunteer Awards took centre stage at the elegant Woodstock Hotel, marking a decade of celebrating remarkable …