COFFEE shops located in hospitals are “ripping off” customers who have no choice but to pay over the odds, according to a leading charity.

A SIGNAL from the Health Service Executive (HSE) that it may hand over nursing and home care responsibilities to the private sector will serve to further destabilise and undermine the sector, a campaigning charity has warned.

THANK you for highlighting a social crisis among the elderly who live in rural Ireland.

An Irish charity is launching a campaign today to have the Health Information & Quality Authority standards of safety and care extended to cover the home care sector.

CONCERNS have been raised over “care of the elderly” courses which are being offered by several private colleges nationwide as online “distance learning” opportunities.

THE HSE has “no idea” how many private firms are providing a private home care service to the elderly because they are not registered or supervised, it has been claimed.

ALMOST a year after disputing a report of “large scale inefficiencies and a complete absence of regulation” in home care for the elderly, the HSE is finally to begin a review into the standard of care being provided to 65,000 people looked after in their own homes.

Ireland's Grandparent of the Year, 100-year-old Dubliner Andrew O'Brien, is meeting the capital's Lord Mayor this afternoon.

A 100-YEAR-OLD great-grandfather said his family is worth all the money in the world as he was crowned Grandparent of the Year.

A 100-year-old great-grandfather said today his family is worth all the money in the world as he was crowned Grandparent of the Year.

It has been claimed that thousands of older people are facing an increased risk of robbery due to Budget cut-backs.

A couple from North Dublin have been named the country's most romantic elderly couple.

People are being encouraged to spend time with their grandparents today.

Friends of the Elderly are reminding the public not to forget their older neighbours this summer.

A LIMERICK toddler with a rare, life-threatening disease, is heading to the US for treatment which could change his life.