Professional carers and home helps looking after elderly people and other vulnerable individuals at home must be regulated and subject to inspections, the Government’s independent legal advisers have warned. Sir, – I disagree every point Jacky Jones makes regarding ageism (HEALTHplus, November 15th) ENDA KENNY urged sick and elderly people not to demonstrate in the streets against health cuts which he claimed are unavoidable. Confusion. Memory loss. Poor judgment. An inability to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. Fleeting awareness of mistakes resulting in mood swings and erratic decision-making. A lobby group for older people wants RTÉ to reintroduce a daytime television programme for the elderly - and it wants Anne Doyle to present it.