Home instead have launched their annual guidebook

 

Guidebook Success

Home Instead Senior Care have launched their annual Guidebook packed with tips for seniors and their caregivers on a range of topics from nutrition to legal information.

Catherine Lynch, Minister for State and older people said: “Home Instead Senior Care is to be congratulated for again putting together a very useful resource for older people, for their families and for others who support them. It brings together information on a range of issues that are relevant to older people and its focus is practical and relevant.

“We hear a great deal about demographic time bombs and the challenge of ageing population. Let us always remember, however, that the fact that more and more people are living into old age is one of the great achievements of our age, and should above all be celebrated.

“All sorts of challenges arise as societies develop and change, and having more older people is no different, but it also brings huge opportunity which we must grasp.

“As more people stay healthier for longer, we will have to change our attitude to ageing. Many older people may want to stay at work for longer than was the case in the past, and flexible arrangements to allow a more gradual and incremental winding down from full-time working could benefit older people, and also the employers, who would retain their integrity, experience and knowledge for longer.

“Those who have left full time work behind them also continue to contribute to their own families and to wider society in a great many ways. Many children are looked after by grandparents while their parents are at work, voluntary bodies have the benefit of often accomplished and capable retired people, vulnerable neighbours are befriended and helped.

“When older people find themselves in need of support, it is of course vital that it be available, and the challenge for us all is to develop support systems that are flexible enough to meet needs as they arise, but that also preserve independence, capacity and dignity.

“As minister with responsibilty for older people, I am working on a number of fronts to review what we do now, and devise ways to do it better in the future, so that older people are recognised and supported to live as well as possible according to their own preferences.

“At the end of the day, we should remember that older people are not separate or different from others. All older people were once young, and all younger people will hope to get old one day.

“I would like to congratulate everyone associated with this publication for their hard work. I know that it will prove a helpful resource for many.

For more information on the useful resource guidebook contact Home Instead Senior Care at 044 93 85260 or email us at j.action@homeinstead.ie

We are happy for you to visit with us at our offices at Marlinstown Office Park, Mullingar

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