Anne Harris came along to the Cafe last week to tell us more about the new dementia choir “Young at Heart” in Celbridge. The choir meets on Wednesday mornings from 11am to 1pm in Celbridge Mill. All are welcome, just drop by to find out more information or contact Anne directly at Anne.Harris1@HSE.ie Anne has previously [...]
Our second speaker at the March 2017 Cafe was Bibliana Savin from SAGE – a support and advocacy service for older people under the umbrella of the Third Age Organisation (for more details click here). SAGE sees advocacy as the empowerment of people to ensure that they can articulate their needs and have their voices heard, [...]
Our first speaker on the night was Jacqueline Millman from Family Carer’s Ireland Jacqueline explained that Family Carer’s Ireland is a key lobby for carer needs in Ireland. They also run support groups led by a support worker – someone like Jacqueline, who is the support worker for North Dublin. In-home respite (social support in [...]