Seanad debates
Tuesday, 15 April 2003
Government Policy and the Provision of Services for the Elderly: Statements.
One of the greatest problems elderly people experience is isolation. While we might identify isolation as a rural problem, it affects urban areas, too. Many in our towns and cities are terrified and prisoners in their own homes. Likewise, in rural Ireland, gone are the days when relatives and neighbours provided transport for the elderly to town, the shops or the post office because society is geared up for the occupants of most houses to be working. Children are in care like the elderly.
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