People need to “cop on” and help protect those most at risk of serious illness if they catch Covid-19, according to Age Action.

The HSE says research suggests immediate family members are most likely to be responsible for this type of abuse.

The report was made to gardaí after regular withdrawals from the man’s financial accounts were noticed by a relative.

Increased corporation tax revenues should be used to fund a new €100m Fair Deal scheme for home care, a report has recommended.

Carers who provide home help to elderly people should be required to have a minimum level of training.

The public has been warned to brace for an “exceptional” snow event from tomorrow afternoon that will ravage the country for a number of days and bring with it 110km gale force winds and thunderstorms.

The Government has been urged to ‘show us the money’ and resolve years of pension discrimination against women, punished for taking time out of work to raise their children.

Staying in touch with your grandchildren at Christmas has never been easier thanks to fast-evolving mobile technology, writes Margaret Jennings.

It will take “two to three years” before home care is regulated to protect vulnerable older people, an official from the Department of Health said yesterday.

The cost of fixing the pensions discrimination scandal next year would be some €363m, the Dáil heard, but leaving the gap in payments for older people is “cruel, callous and unconstitutional”.

A national campaign to help stamp out financial abuse of vulnerable adults gets under way today against a backdrop of a 44% rise in the number of alleged cases.

The Taoiseach has warned the banks to repay the thousands of people they wrongly took off tracker mortgages and apologise. However, Leo Varadkar said as far as he is concerned, the deadline for the repayment and apology was “yesterday”.

An 80-year-old widow who takes in a student lodger to help her feel more secure at home has accused the Government of putting pensioners on a waiting list.

The Government is being urged to tackle growing poverty levels among pensioners.

A weekly rise of €5 in State pensions; a reversal of cuts made in 2012; and an increase in home help hours are among the demands being made on behalf of older people by Age Action.

The push to increase the eligibility age for the state pension to 70 is gaining ground despite fears it will force older people into poverty if they can’t keep working the extra years.

A manhunt has been launched for two men who broke into a pensioner's home in Co Louth after claiming to be gardaí.

Civil rights campaigners say they are seeking clarity around the mandatory use of the public services card as the Government confirmed it will be required to secure passports in future.

The Government is seeking ways to get elderly people to give up their empty nests and downsize, thereby helping to alleviate the housing crisis.

The Citizens’ Assembly is to tell the Government to abolish mandatory retirement ages, eliminate the time gap between retirement and eligibility for the old age pension, and to link that pension to average earnings.

There is concern that elderly people are being frightened by threats of fines for mixing up their recycling bins.

A report on nursing home charges published today says older people and their families are being stopped from accessing nursing homes under the Fair Deal scheme because of additional charges.

Additional charges imposed on older people and their families under the Fair Deal scheme stop some from accessing nursing home care.

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The good thing about having an ageing population is that it could prompt us to reimagine the future, writes Clodagh Finn.

The Citizens’ Assembly is meeting this weekend to consider how best to respond to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population.

The landmark first examination of a revised junior cycle English course was deemed appropriate by teachers after it was taken by most of this year’s 62,000 Junior Certificate students.

A former wartime wireless operator has become Ireland’s top silver surfer.

Ireland’s so-called squeezed middle is getting older, with some people in their mid-50s and older providing financial assistance to their elderly parents, as well as their own children.

For every little hatted smoothie bottle bought, Innocent donates to Age Action’s care and repair programme, writes Margaret Jennings.