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Advocacy and Older People
The Need to be Seen & HeardRespond! Housing Association Conference, October 23, 2013
21 Years On the Go• Established in 1992;• To improve policies
& services for older people;
• Make Ireland “the best place in the world in which to grow older”.
Our services• Care & Repair
• Getting Started
• Information Service
• Advocacy & Campaigning
• Positive Ageing Week
• Life-long learning groups
• Inter-Generational work
Advocacy“Advocacy is about stating a case, influencing
decisions, ending assumptions, getting better services, being treated equally, being included, protecting from abuse, redressing the balance of power, becoming more aware of, and exercising, rights”.
(Centre for Policy on Ageing, London)
Molesworth Street Yesterday
Budget 2014• Impact of
Prescription charge• Loss of phone
allowance• Over-70s Medical
Cards
2008 Medical Card Protest
Campaigns• Scrapping of age cap
on jury service
• Nursing home standards
• Fair Deal
….And More Campaigns
Live Issues• Regulation of home
help & home care;• Adequate provision of
community based services;
• Elder abuse;• National Positive
Ageing Strategy;• Employment
Yes We Can!
Join Us• 30/31 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2• Telephone 01-4756989• E-mail: [email protected]• Website: www.ageaction.ie• Facebook:www.facebook.com/AgeActionIreland • Twitter: http://twitter.com/ageaction