Reduced spending by Local Authorities on vital community, services and infrastructure could have a devastating impact on the lives of older people, according to a new report by the Older
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IRISS are hosting a workshop at the Social Services Expo on 18 March 2014, and are looking for older people and carers to help shape their sessions as a voice
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Older people are being let down by the Scottish Government’s healthcare priorities, according to the Liberal Democrats. The party pointed to official figures showing the number of geriatric beds is
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A major Scottish Government programme aimed at improving care for Scotland’s elderly population has made slow progress so far, a report has found. Audit Scotland has reviewed progress three years
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Queen’s University Belfast has launched Northern Ireland’s largest ever public health research project into ageing. The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA ) is hoping to
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Care company, UnLtd, has announced a pilot programme targeting social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to some of the UK’s tough social care challenges. Under the new ‘UnLtd Care’ initiative, UnLtd
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Industrialised countries face the common challenge of caring for a growing number of older people. In 2010, 15 per cent of the population of countries belonging to theOrganisation for Economic
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The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, was in attendance at the Pensions Centre in Derry~Londonderry to commend the Make the Call team on the success of
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Plan P: New approaches to prevention with older people, is an IRISS project which addresses the issue of social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Each quarter the advisory group
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The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) have published details of a new project focused on preventative care of older people. ‘Plan P: new approaches to prevention
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