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I was saddened to learn of the death of Nora Ephron, aged 71. Writer and producer of some great films and books, Nora was highly influential in Hollywood and her portraits of women and men are fresh, funny and multi-dimensional. I highly recommend her collection of essays –...

Esther Rantzen, who created ChildLine many years ago, has now launched Silver Line in the UK. It is a befriending service for older people, both by telephone and on line, which can be contacted for assistance with anything of troubling nature . It is expected to deal with diverse...

Ireland’s first Alzheimer’s cafe has just been launched. It is open on the second Thursday of every month in the Avila Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. It is aimed at sufferers, their families and health professionals and aims to provide a space for...

14 June 2012 was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2012. The National Centre for the Protection of Older People, based in University College Dublin, held a conference to highlight the increasing reported incidents of elder abuse and to showcase its recent study entitled...

If you missed the address by Mr. Christy Lynch, Vice Chairperson of the Equality Authority at the ninth Say No To Ageism week last Tuesday, you can read it at SNTA 2012 – Speech by Christy Lynch.doc (size 33.8 KB). The Equality Authority is now focussing on the insurance...

I have just finished reading Nora Ephron’s very funny book of short essays on being a woman and facing up to the signs of aging as they become ever more visible. It deals with the trials and tribulations of maintenance – of appearance, not financial – menopause,...

Check out the article from the LA Times at http://soc.li/SdO1r5U

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held in June each year, in support of the United Nations International Plan of Action which recognises the significance of elder abuse, a public health and human rights concern. The day serves as a call to action for individuals, organisations...

Is this not an absolutely basic requirement that we can expect for our older citizens? Nonetheless the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) found that this was a problem when it inspected Nazareth House in Buncrana, Co. Donegal in April. HIQA’s inspections were...