1. Loneliness and the elderly
Religious Education

3. IRISH ORGANISATIONS

4. ALONE
ALONE is a national charity that supports vulnerable older people to age at home.
ALONE works with 1 in 5 older people who are socially isolated, homeless, living in deprivation or in crisis.
ALONE provides Home First Support, Befriending, Supportive Housing and Campaigns for Change services to hundreds of older people every week.
100% of all donations go directly to ALONE’s services which are quality approved and are delivered 365 days a year.
ALONE has a rights based approach and believes that older people should not be dependent on charity and where possible, should be supported to live in the community. 

5. Friends of the Elderly
Friends of the Elderly Ireland is a voluntary, registered Irish charity established in Dublin in 1980.
It is affiliated to the International Federation of les petit frères des Pauvre (Little Brothers of the Poor), which was founded in Paris by Armand Marquiset in the aftermath of World War II.
Christmas Parties, Clubs, Daytime activities
Home Visits, Nursing Home Visits and Hospital Visits
Primary and Secondary School Programmes

6. Age Action
Age Action is an Irish charity which promotes positive ageing and better policies and services for older people. Their aim and vision is that ;
No older person lives in consistent poverty
No older person should be required to leave their own home because of the lack of community services
No older person should be excluded from community participation because of the lack of public/private transport
No older person lives in inadequate housing without basic amenities
No older person should live alone without social or personal support
They invite everyone to Celebrate Positive Ageing Week

7. Third Age
Third Age is a national voluntary organisation celebrating the third age in life when people may no longer be in paid employment, but can remain healthy, fulfilled and continue to contribute to society. The longer people are encouraged to remain in this life stage, the better for older people themselves, their families, communities and society as a whole.
Third Age recognises and celebrates the fact that older people are a diverse group with different needs, abilities, backgrounds and experiences.
Third Age has a deserved reputation for innovation, and through a variety of national programmes demonstrates the value of older people remaining engaged and contributing in their own community for as long as possible.

8. Third Age
Third Age as recently begun a process of redefining itself for an Ireland reaching towards recovery, focussing its deliberations around three key themes:
Connectedness, Creativity, Challenge
Third Age is part of the Active Ageing Partnership, and we believe that it is through working together as a sector that we can maximise the opportunities and meet the challenges of ageing in Ireland.
President Michael D. Higgins is a patron of Third Age.

9. There are so many more Irish organisations that help the elderly listed at…..

10. Log on and Learn’ Avondale Community College
Transition Year students in Avondale Community College, Wicklow, invited older members of the community to share in learning about computer and mobile phone usage on a one to one basis.
Log On, Learn is an initiative in which Transition Year students buddy up with an older person from the local community and they share their computer and life skills with each other.
This course was very successful and the participants have successfully completed this course and have received their certificate.
Could your school do this? 

11. RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS