Age Friendly Ireland | Newsletter | Friday, 19th March 2021

A number of taster drama workshops were rolled out across Co Louth this week, inviting adults and especially older adults to take part in workshops to celebrate positive ageing and to challenge ageism in Co Louth. A wide variety of people from lots of different backgrounds across Co Louth and …

New Ross Library Beachcombing Revelations and Biodiversity on the South East Coast https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4201083 My Life of Woolcraft with Annie Gambrill from Killala Woolcraft https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4207719 The Gus Handcock Digital Photo Archive with Monica Wallace https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4206929 Irish Ceílí Dancing in the Library Park with Sarah Cody https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/event/4208891 Bunclody Library Wexford Bat Group Talk …

The Kildare Age Friendly programme were delighted to welcome young people from youth Projects across the Kildare/Newbridge Municipal District to deliver an intergenerational social media training session to our OPC. The young people were paired 1-1 with our OPC members who wanted to learn about Facebook, Instagram and Tiktoc. The …

The Food for the Brain charity focuses on helping people make simple, positive changes that will give your brain and memory an upgrade and dementia-proof your diet and lifestyle in the future A free on-line Cognitive Function Test, available at foodforthebrain.org not only shows how your brain is working, but there’s also …

Age Friendly Laois and Edwards Lifesciences are supporting the community choir initiative, which is being run by Music Generation Laois. Sign up and we will see you at an as yet secret venue in July!! The benefits of intergenerational work Some of the benefits of intergenerational work include:

Researchers at Maynooth University’s Department of Geography are seeking to explore older adults’ experiences of aging alone in Ireland and seeks to understand the importance of health and wellness in older age. In particular, we are interested in talking to people who can be defined as ‘elder orphans’, living alone …

Day 2 saw Catherine McGuigan, introducing the morning session and the guest panelist. Mark Harrington, National Manager of the Healthy Age Friendly Homes Programme,spoke about how the Healthy Age Friendly Homes programme supports older people to live in their own home with dignity and independence, for as long as possible …

This year’s theme is ‘Ageing with Independence’ The National Older Peoples Council Convention brings the Older People’s Councils together from all across Ireland giving an opportunity to discuss topics, network and learn from each other. The benefit of the Convention is to contribute to the work of the Older People’s …