Make Home Work
Home is a special place for most of us. We want to continue to live in our own homes as we grow older. For the last twenty-five years, Ireland’s consecutive governments have said that we should be able to age well in our own homes. However, policy implementation has been weak and our system of community care remains patchy and inefficient.
Older & Bolder’s campaign MAKE HOME WORK highlights the obstacles faced by people – older people, people with chronic illnesses, people with disabilities - who want to live well at home and who need support to do so. Our campaign highlights solutions and shows how we can MAKE HOME WORK by building on older people’s insights and improving our system of community care.
Currently, the HSE is considering cuts to vital supports such as home help hours, home care packages and grants to voluntary service providers. The HSE itself says that these cuts would:
- increase demand on hospitals and long-stay care or Fair Deal beds;
- increase the number of delayed discharges and lead to longer waiting lists;
- impact on A&E waiting times; and
- decrease older people’s ability to remain at home.
By supporting our 12 month campaign to MAKE HOME WORK you will be working with Older & Bolder to make the right to age well at home a reality.
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