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Patricia Doyle: Over half a million hours of care every year
I've been working with the charity for 23 years and I've seen first-hand how important it is for older people, and their families, to get the little bit of care they need to stay as independent.
Linda Robinson: The Full Story
It has always been important for charities to be open, honest and accountable about activities. People want to fully understand how their hard-earned donation is making a difference to a cause that is close to their heart, and rightly so.
Paschal McKeown: Celebrating the (older) women in your life
Let's take a moment to reflect on the women, including older women, who have shaped our lives, our culture and our communities, often doing so quietly, without fuss or acknowledgement. 08/03/2016
Paschal McKeown: New Year - Care to Reflect?
From concerns about the way that people are supported in residential homes, to hospital waiting lists and treatment times, a spotlight has been shone on how care is not always meeting our reasonable expectations. 29/01/2016
Emma Taylor: My Life My Way
My Life My Way is all about making small, positive changes that will support people to live well, to feel less isolated and to stay connected to family, friends and the wider community. 24/05/2015
Maria Mullan: Dementia Programme
In my role as Dementia Programme Manager, I have responsibility for coordinating a music programme for people living with dementia. It can bring harmony to their life as they live with an illness which can bring discord. 23/05/2015
Sharon Fitzpatrick: Dementia Care
Sharon Fitzpatrick is manager of Age NI's specialist dementia service located in Twin Spires, Belfast which provides care to older people who wish to remain in their own home. 22/05/2015
Shelley Logue: Meadowbank Residential Home
22/05/2015
Shelley Logue tells us why she loves her job as Care Manager at Meadowbank Residential Home in Omagh.
Mandy Wilson: My Life My Way
I am the Team Leader with Age NI's innovative programme, My Life My Way, which is supported by the Big Lottery Fund's Reaching Out: Connecting Older People programme, and delivered in the Belfast and Northern Health and Social Care Trust areas. 19/05/2015
Linda Robinson: Dementia
In Northern Ireland approximately 19,000 people are living with dementia, a number projected to rise to almost 60,000 by 2051, the fastest expected rate of increase in the UK (DHSSPS 2010). 18/05/2015
Irene Kingston: Age Discrimination
05/03/2015
For me, there has been a niggling sense of unfairness in realising that older people in GB and the rest of Ireland have already got this legal protection – restricted, qualified, largely untested protection maybe, but there.
Duane Farrell: The End of the Beginning?
19/02/2015
So, the news is in - OFMdFM have announced that they will bring forward legislation which will protect people from discrimination on the grounds of age.
Duane Farrell: No surprises
12/06/2014 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Duane Farrell: On the Scrapheap. A Hierarchy of Equality?
02/05/2014 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Judith Cross: 321 calls for a nurse!
01/05/2014 Judith Cross
Linda Robinson: EU Day of Solidarity between Generations
29/04/2014 Linda Robinson - Age NI Chief Executive
Duane Farrell: Unanswered Questions
17/04/2014 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Duane Farrell: Winners, losers and other ways to look at things
01/04/2014 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Duane Farrell: Stop Age Discrimination
01/04/2014 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Duane Farrell: Strategy’s Important!
19/06/2013 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Judith Cross: Prevention is Key
05/06/2013 Judith Cross
Duane Farrell: Social Care Reform
22/05/2013 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director
Roisín Kerr: Ageist Stereotypes
09/05/2013 Roisín Kerr - Age NI Communications Manager
Duane Farrell: Care Home Closures
03/05/2013 Duane Farrell - Age NI Charity Director