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OLDER people are being urged to demand better healthcare from politicians knocking on their doors in the run-up to the general election. An alliance of organisations campaigning for elderly rights has drawn up five priorities for candidates to be pressed on ahead of the polls.…

Older & Bolder Premiers Online Campaign Film Made By Award-Winning Director to Help Defend The State Pension 21 October 2010 Alliance to undertake nationwide lobby and petition campaign over coming weeks Government should focus on reforming tax reliefs rather than further cutting the State Pension…

By Aoife Carr   Shauna Golden of Castleknock Community College, Older and Bolder director Patricia Conboy, and Bernard Bryanof of, Cabra Historical & Cultural Society hand in 43,000 signed petitions in defence of the State Pension at Leinster House last month. A group representing older people has said…

Concerted nationwide lobby of politicians will now get underway following Taoiseach’s refusal to rule out pension cuts. The Older & Bolder campaign today said that a cut to the State Pension would be an assault on vulnerable older people.  Older & Bolder’s statement was issued…

Report on Ageing and Work finds Government Plans to extend Retirement Age without focus on work policies creates a threat to older people. A new paper released today (May 10th) outlines the barriers to employment that older people face in Ireland.  The report Ageing, the…

Atlantic grantees were active this week in building momentum in Ireland for adoption of progressive positive ageing strategies so that older people can live full lives. Ageing Well Network Conference and Major Report The New Agenda on Ageing conference, held by grantee the Ageing Well…

By OLIVIA KELLYOLDER PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: OLDER PEOPLE’S access to palliative and end-of-life care, dementia care or carer supports should not depend on geographic location, the Older and Bolder alliance has said.The group of organisations representing or working with older people is calling for the next government…

Several Atlantic grantees are mentioned in this article. by ALISON HEALY AN ALLIANCE of groups has launched a campaign to encourage older people to highlight their needs when election candidates come calling in the coming weeks. The Older And Bolder alliance said its “On the…

NUI Galway’s Professor Thomas Scharf; TCD Professor Virpi Timonen; Author, Roisin Ingle; Dr Catherine Conlon, and Gemma Carney, NUI GalwayFamily networks and a strong bond between young and old are keeping many Irish people afloat during the recession, according to new research on the relationship…