'People will die in their own homes', says campaigner for elderly as over 6,000 on waiting list for home support

Paddy O’Brien, one of the country’s foremost crusaders on behalf of the elderly, said the difficulties people are experiencing accessing home help are “worse now” than he has ever seen.

“I’ve been doing work with the elderly for more than 50 years and people are saying to me ‘I’m afraid to get sick.’ The situation was never worse than it is now,” Mr O’Brien said.