February 22, 2022
This role will manage the Quality Management System (“QMS”) and Compliance within ALONE, making sure all quality and compliance standards are maintained throughout the organisation. To ensure continuous improvement processes are in place and implemented within all areas of ALONE. Background: ALONE is a national organisation that supports and empowers […]
February 17, 2022
Research from Vodafone Ireland Foundation as part of its Hi Digital programme finds that 74% of those aged between 65 and 75 are most nervous using technology when signing up or paying for services online Research finds that 79% of older people admitted that technology enhanced their ability to stay […]
February 11, 2022
Dublin, 11th February 2022: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has welcomed the relief measures announced by the government yesterday. The organisation is particularly pleased with the €9 per week increase of the Fuel Allowance until the end of the season. ALONE had previously called […]
February 8, 2022
Dublin, 7th February 2022: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has today issued an open letter to the Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan and Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler calling […]
February 3, 2022
ALONE welcomes the Committee on Social Protection’s report in response to the report of the Commission on Pensions Dublin, 3rd February 2022: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, as today welcomed the recommendations published by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection in response to […]
January 31, 2022
ALONE and Active Retirement Ireland have partnered with Vodafone Ireland Foundation to deliver a new nationwide 5-year digital skill training program for older people called Hi Digital.
January 24, 2022
The organisation says that we all have a role in supporting and empowering the older people throughout Ireland as we emerge from social restrictions. Dublin, 24th January 2022 As Ireland starts to experience life without lockdown, ALONE is asking everyone to continue to show care while respecting older and medically […]
December 21, 2021
Dublin, 20th December 2021 The Order of the Knights of St Columbanus hosting the 97th Christmas Day Dinner in Dublin, Irish Rural Link (IRL), the national network representing the interest of rural communities and ALONE, the national organisation that supports older people to age at home, have teamed up again […]
December 17, 2021
ALONE is supporting thousands of older people across the Country this Christmas Dublin, 16th December 2021 ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, reports on an intensification of issues and concerns felt by older people during the calendar year of 2021. Support issues ranged across the […]
December 16, 2021
Dublin, 15th December 2021: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, as today supported calls for reform of the home care sector. The organisation made the call in response to HIQA’s research paper on regulation of home care. ALONE has been campaigning for the last number […]
December 16, 2021
Vodafone Ireland Foundation highlights its Hi Digital online digital skills learning platform ahead of Christmas with help from Late Late Toy Show Favourites Nanny Pat Corcoran and Tom Cullen A quarter (25%) of those polled rated their older relatives’ digital skills as poor or very poor with 39% saying […]
December 10, 2021
Dublin, 10 December 2021 Seán Moynihan, CEO of ALONE, said “This is a welcome assistance for older people in the wake of increased energy prices throughout 2021. Fuel poverty has detrimental effects on the quality of life for an older person and our older people who are living on the […]
December 10, 2021
Inspired by ALONE’s Christmas Campaign, McDonnells Curry Sauce is pleased to announce a donation of €10,000 to ALONE to kickstart the 2021 Christmas campaign and partnership. In addition, they are providing McDonnells food hampers to all members of the ALONE housing network to enjoy over the festive period.
December 6, 2021
Dublin, 6th December 2021 ALONE is urging older people to take extra care following the status orange weather warning issued by Met Éireann for Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork as Storm Barra develops over the Atlantic. In place from 3am on Tuesday morning to 11pm Wednesday night, very strong […]
November 24, 2021
Help us leave no one ALONE at Christmas ALONE want your time this Christmas as they support older people across the county 23rd November 2021, Dublin ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has launched their Christmas campaign today, containing a revelation: the secret to combatting […]
November 2, 2021
Dublin, 2nd November 2021: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, is to hold a ceremony to remember the lives of people lost during the pandemic. The event will be held in the Unitarian Church in Dublin on today, Tuesday 2nd November, at 4pm. The ceremony […]
November 1, 2021
The organisation supports older people to age happily and securely at home
Dublin, 31st October 2021 ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home is celebrating everything #BefriendingIs for Befriending Week this November, 1st – 7th 2021. Central to the culture of their organisation, ALONE are working towards achieving an Ireland where older people can age happily and securely at home while being strongly connected to their local communities.
October 12, 2021
The organisation made the comment in response to Budget 2022 Dublin, 12th October 2021: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has today responded to Budget 2022. The organisation says that Budget 2022 highlights Ireland as a country where quality of life in old age is […]
October 8, 2021
Dublin 8th October 20221: ALONE, the organisation that supports older people at home, has today said that it rejects the recommendation from the Pensions Commission on increasing the State Pension age. The Commission recommended that the State Pension be increased, on a gradual basis, to 68. The organisation said that […]