June 26, 2024
Dublin, 26th June: ALONE, a national organisation supporting people to age at home, presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health today. The discussion focused on home care legislation and the general healthcare needs of older people in their communities, informed by ALONE’s experience in this area. Since the beginning […]
June 26, 2024
Dublin, 26th June: ALONE, a national organisation supporting people to age at home, presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health today. The discussion focused on home care legislation and the general healthcare needs of older people in their communities, informed by ALONE’s experience in this area. Since the beginning […]
June 24, 2024
Aware to offer free Life Skills Programme for Older Adults in response to findings Dublin, Monday, 24th June 2024: Aware, the national mental health organisation today announced the findings from its recent survey focused on the mental health experiences of older adults in Ireland. The online survey was conducted […]
May 30, 2024
Fewer Housing Adaptation Grants committed to today than in 2010, says the organisation. Dublin, 30 May 2024: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has expressed their disappointment with the funding announcement for Housing Adaptation Grants by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage […]
May 22, 2024
ALONE is calling on local election candidates across Ireland to take action for the 1,048,985 people aged 60+ across the county. Currently, there are over 0.8 million people aged 65 and above in Ireland, a number projected to double by 2050, constituting more than a quarter of the total […]
May 13, 2024
Register for the CONFERENCE here: Collaborating – Our Collective Responsibility. A great example of the age sector coming together to share knowledge and resources to meet the growing needs of our ageing population. Maynooth, May 23, 2024 – ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, […]
April 15, 2024
Loneliness is a growing worldwide problem, that is felt acutely in Ireland where levels of loneliness in Ireland are higher than the EU average. This presents a serious health risk as loneliness is proven to affect physical as well as mental health. This growing need is being met by NGO’s […]
April 10, 2024
In its submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands the organisation calls for the state pension and other social welfare payments benchmarked. Dublin, April 10th: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, addressed the Joint Oireachtas […]
March 6, 2024
Thank you to the Chair and the Committee members for inviting us here today. In 2023, ALONE provided support to over 36,000 older people. 12,000 of those people were new to our service. Support with housing issues was the highest area of need, and we provided 535 interventions to support […]
March 5, 2024
In its submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing the organisation calls for targeted housing delivery for older people to help increase housing stock for all Dublin, March 5th: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing today […]
February 14, 2024
Alliance of Age Sector NGOs call for an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People Dublin, 14 February 2024 The Alliance of Age Sector NGOs, representing seven leading older persons organisations, is calling on all political parties to include a commitment in their manifestos, ahead of the next general […]
February 9, 2024
ALONE the national organisation that enables people to age at home, loves to celebrate Valentines Day with the special people in our lives but we need to work to improve our society for those who are experiencing loneliness every day. They are asking Government to commit to a strategy to […]
January 24, 2024
Charities set out 12 recommendations to address deficits in the private rental sector for older renters in their published report Double Deficit. ALONE reports a 40% increase in older people experiencing housing difficulties in 2023 compared to the previous year. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH 2024: National charities ALONE and Threshold […]
December 25, 2023
ALONE encourages people to be aware of the pain and suffering caused by loneliness Christmas. Dublin, 25th December 2023: ALONE, the national charity that enables older people to age at home is asking members of public to share your warmth with older people this Christmas and New Year. ALONE volunteers […]
December 9, 2023
Dublin, 9th December : ALONE, the national charity that helps older people to age at home, is once again collaborating with Andy Kenny and Firtree to give older people living in ALONE’s Willie Bermingham Place some Christmas tree’s and Christmas dinner’s. This is a great part of ALONE’s Christmas campaign […]
November 23, 2023
Dublin, 23rd November: ALONE, the charity that helps older people to age at home, launched its Christmas campaign ‘Share Your Warmth’ this morning with Dr. Maureen Gaffney, Author and Psychologist, Joan Finglas, an older person with ALONE and volunteer Laura Browne. The aim of the campaign is to ask the […]
October 10, 2023
Charity warns that we need to spend money on older people now as well as save for future. ALONE, the charity which enables older people to age at home says that while increases to the State pension are welcome, they will not go far enough to reduce poverty rates among […]
October 9, 2023
Charity says that Budget needs to make changes for the one million older people in Ireland today In light of the Budget to be announced tomorrow, ALONE is reiterating their calls for an increase in the pension of at least €27.50. The charity which enables older people to age […]
October 3, 2023
Dublin, 3rd October : ALONE the charity that supports older people in Ireland launched its annual report today at their headquarters in Dublin with Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler. The report comes following another year of growth which saw ALONE interact with the largest number of […]
September 29, 2023
As the world comes together to celebrate International Older Persons Day on October 1st, 2023, ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, joins the global community in honouring the invaluable contributions of older people. This year’s theme, “Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human […]