Home Instead
Senior Care recently launched its free annual handbook and guide “Senior
Citizen: The Essential Guidebook 2014”, which is now available throughout Waterford city and county. This latest edition calls on older people in Ireland to ‘Age Loudly’ in 2014 and is supported by Age Action,
HSE and Nursing Homes Ireland.
So what exactly
is ‘ageing loudly’? According to Danette
Connolly, Director of Care at Home Instead Senior Care Waterford, ageing loudly
is arming our senior population with resources and information to make life
easier.
“Knowledge is
power and we believe that this knowledge is crucial in making informed
decisions. The free Essential Guidebook
contains quality, relevant and topical information on a vast range of everyday
issues. There is information on issues
such as allowances and entitlements, medical advice, discovering new
technology, health and nutrition tips and dementia and Alzheimer’s care.”
“The latest edition
encourages older people to take personal responsibility for their future by
supporting readers through ‘The Care Journey’ – a journey that seeks to
maximise opportunities that enhance quality of life and prevents loss of
independence for as long as possible”, she added.
Information in
the guide has been gathered and verified from experts in the various fields and
is reliable, informative and engaging with the aim of supporting senior
citizens and their families live life and age in an informed way so that they
can be happy, healthy and independent for as long as possible.
Ed Murphy, CEO
of Home Instead Senior Care said, “The Central Statistics Office predicts that,
over the next 30 years, the number of people over the age of 65 will double and
the number over 80 will quadruple. Our
ageing population is certainly one of humanity’s greatest triumphs. But it is also one of our greatest challenges
with increased economic and social demands on our country, in terms of our
funding for quality health and social services, increased cost of living,
changes to family and community settings with increased emigration, social
isolation and so on.”
The Senior
Citizen Guidebook highlights key areas such as diet, exercise, socialisation,
understanding your benefits and entitlements - your medical condition if you
have one, appointing a power of attorney and considering your preferred care
options for later life. “Arming yourself
with this knowledge will help Ireland
create a very much needed culture of care planning, and we believe this is the
key foundation to successful ageing. We
want Ireland’s
culture to evolve to see care planning as the necessary and smart option for
seniors”, he added.
“Senior
Citizen: The Essential Guidebook” features information on:
·
Allowances
and Entitlements for older people and carers
·
Minding
your Health
·
Elder
Abuse
·
New
Technology
·
Keeping
Safe at Home
·
Home
Care
·
Nursing
Homes
·
Alzheimer’s
and other Dementia Care
·
Tips
on Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Holidays & Travel
·
Financial
and Legal Information
·
How
to deal with Bereavement
·
Directory
of older people’s organisations
·
Successful
Ageing Checklist
You can pick up
your free copy of Senior Citizen: The Essential Guidebook 2014 now from the
Home Instead Senior Care Waterford office in the Cleaboy Business
Park, local libraries
(Ferrybank, Ardkeen and the Central Library), local pharmacies and Ardkeen
Quality Foodstore, Dunmore Road
on Friday, March 7th from 10am to 5pm.
Log on to www.homeinstead.ie to download a pdf of
the guide.
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