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ALONE call for significant increase to Budget funding for Housing Adaptation Grants to make additional €85.3m a year available for older people

ALONE’s review of Housing Adaptation Grants finds waiting lists,…

Loneliness Taskforce calls for €5m funding to address loneliness in Budget 2024, as action plan remains on the shelf

Urgent action required as Taskforce states: “We do not want…

ALONE’s Annual Cost of Living Survey reveals 75% of older people say their standard of living has been affected by high inflation.

Older people responding to the survey commented: “My house…

CSO housing data shows older people’s housing needs are heading for a crisis, says ALONE

Number of private renters aged 65+ has doubled since 2011, according to latest Census results

ALONE welcome increased rate of pay for home support workers but raise concern at cut to home support hours to be delivered this year.

ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has welcomed the increased rate of pay for home support workers but says older people should not see their care hours cut.

ALONE calls for pension increases and urgent investment in services in their Pre-Budget Submission

There are ‘One Million and Counting’ older people in Ireland. ALONE…

ALONE call for urgent Action Plan on Loneliness as data reveals Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe Action Plan on loneliness was committed to by Government but has not progressed

ALONE, the national organisation supporting older people to age…

ALONE calls on Government to live up to commitment to benchmark the State Pension

At current levels the Government would need to increase the pension…

A quarter of older renters expect to remain in the private rental sector for life

A new research report by the national housing charity Threshold…

“Mental health crisis among older people not being talked about”: ALONE call for mental health supports for older people at Joint Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health

Mental health conditions among older people “under-recognised,…