Age Friendly Ireland | Newsletter | Friday 5th July
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Dublin City Council Community Grants Scheme 2024
Dublin City Council’s Community Grant scheme provides support to a wide variety of groupsand organisations across the city annually that facilitate projects, events and activities to encourage social inclusion. It’s …
Talk on ‘Healthy Eating as We Age’
Come along to the Events Space in Cavan Library on Farnham Street, Cavan on Monday 22nd July at 10.30am when we will be joined by a Community Nutritionist who will …
National Rollout of Healthy Age Friendly Homes Programme to Empower up to 10,500 Older Adults Annually
Healthy Age Friendly Homes (HAFH), a first-of-its-kind programme to enable older adults to continue living independently, launches nationwide today (10 July). This joint Health and Local Government programme, recognised globally …
WHO: Global levels of physical inactivity in adults: off track for 2030
WHO launched its latest findings on physical activity in June https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240096905 . Healthy Ireland data has shown only 33% of older adults aged 65-74 and 18% of those aged 75+ …
Older Person’s Reference Group article in Health Matters Summer 2024 edition
Please see link below to the Health Matters magazine (summer edition) which features a piece on the Older Person’s Reference Group established under the National Clinical Programme for Older People. …
Novel physical training for patients diagnosed with Osteoporosis
University of Galway is currently working on a clinical trial for a “Novel physical training for patients diagnosed with Osteoporosis”. They are currently recruiting people aged 60 years and older, …