With over €1 billion being spent on the Fair Deal in Ireland and 33%[1] of people not needing to be in an nursing home, the Government is spending €330 million on people that could be looked after at home at a fraction of the cost. At present 4.5% of the older population in Ireland live … Continued
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day takes place on Wednesday June 15th. Every year this international initiative raises public awareness about elder abuse in its many forms; physical, sexual, psychological, financial, discriminatory and neglect. Awareness of elder abuse has risen in the last year with more than 2,000 cases of elder abuse reported to the Health … Continued
Danette Connolly, Director of Care at Home Instead Senior Care picked up the Female Excellence in Professional Services Award at the Network Waterford Women In Business Awards 2011, which were held in the Tower Hotel on Thursday, May 26th. In 1998 New Zealander Danette arrived in Waterford armed with a nursing qualification and began work … Continued
Waterford company NAS Training Centre, is behind the drive to compile and publish a comprehensive database of AED’s (Automated External Defibrillator) available in Waterford City, in preparation for the country’s largest quayside party – the Tall Ships Festival. The premise of the database is to contain the locations of AED’s, in and around Waterford City. … Continued
HCS Business Solutions, an IT services provider with an extensive South Eastern client base, in association with the South Eastern Regional Chambers, recently conducted a survey about Cloud Computing and the perceptions surrounding it amongst businesses in the South East. The survey was distributed to Chamber members across Waterford, Wexford, Clonmel, Carlow and Kilkenny. The … Continued
HCS Business Solutions, an IT services provider with an extensive South Eastern client base, in association with the South Eastern Regional Chambers, recently conducted a survey about Cloud Computing and the perceptions surrounding it amongst businesses in the South East. The survey was distributed to Chamber members across Waterford, Wexford, Clonmel, Carlow and Kilkenny. The … Continued
Following the closure of Waterford Crystal Ltd and the layoff of most of the workforce, the European Parliament approved Ireland’s application for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for those redundant workers. The EGF fund encompasses over 650 workers made redundant at the Waterford Crystal Kilbarry plant and in ancillary enterprises in 2009. … Continued
The Waterford Rotary Club sponsored family cycle recently took place with all funds raised going to Ronald Mc Donald house for parents of sick children in Crumlin hospital. This is the third year of this event and once again the event attracted more than 70 cyclists who started out from McDonalds on the Cork road … Continued
Queen Elizabeth II has viewed the earliest known contemporary portraits of a medieval king of England, King Edward III, (1327-1377) on her State Visit to Ireland. On Wednesday 18th May during the Queen’s courtesy call to the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Mr Enda Kenny at Government Buildings in Dublin, the Queen viewed the Great Charter Roll … Continued
Solas Centre, the South East’s cancer support service, opened its doors to those whose generosity helped to make the dream a reality. The Solas Centre invited all those who contributed to the fundraising that enabled the South Eastern Cancer Foundation to move from their premises in Earlscourt to the new state of the art facility … Continued
