tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31530633553382955962012-02-23T04:49:32.500-08:00Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-19953443566850822302012-02-23T04:49:00.000-08:002012-02-23T04:49:32.509-08:00<a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20403#.T0Y1zd0BDqI.blogger">'New laws must cater for those with dementia' - irishhealth.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-1995344356685082230?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-29618235957708565272012-02-10T03:32:00.000-08:002012-02-10T03:32:09.360-08:00<a href="http://www.seniorsdiscounts.co.uk/recent-news/swedish-older-people-to-be-encouraged-to-work-until-75.html">Swedish Older People to be Encouraged to Work until 75 | Recent News</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-2961823595770856527?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-28114144527226337192012-02-09T03:27:00.000-08:002012-02-09T03:27:42.143-08:00<a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20328#.TzOtoGzq0Uw.blogger">Alternative medicine - alternative views - irishhealth.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-2811414452722633719?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-81343989462440973922012-01-31T01:54:00.001-08:002012-01-31T01:54:25.740-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Dublin City FM interview with director of Care for the Elderly, Jody O'Neill, about Home Care, tune in at 11am this morning</span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-8134398946244097392?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-31816209427975644682012-01-31T01:52:00.000-08:002012-01-31T01:52:12.559-08:00<a href="http://www.cardi.ie/news/understandinghowpeoplestayhappylaterinlife">Understanding how people stay happy later in life | CARDI : Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-3181620942797564468?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-11023686849705833772012-01-30T06:35:00.000-08:002012-01-30T06:35:57.119-08:00<a href="http://www.cardi.ie/news/japanpopulationtofallby30">Japan population 'to fall by 30%' | CARDI : Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-1102368684970583377?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-54542131077221392432012-01-30T03:21:00.000-08:002012-01-30T03:21:56.106-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20281#.TyZ9OQDJuIc.blogger">COPD can be treated in community - irishhealth.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-5454213107722139243?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-44795269571234531882012-01-24T02:03:00.000-08:002012-01-24T02:04:03.502-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/patients-should-be-allowed-to-choose-cheaper-prescription-drugs-2997289.html">Patients should be allowed to choose cheaper prescription drugs - National News - Independent.ie</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-4479526957123453188?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-19354404569372226932012-01-23T02:31:00.000-08:002012-01-23T02:31:33.747-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/you-are-not-gossiping-you-are-lowering-stress-and-maintaining-social-order-scientists-2993794.html">You are not gossiping you are lowering stress and maintaining social order – scientists - Health News, Health - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-1935440456937222693?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-54818294869137631462012-01-12T02:33:00.000-08:002012-01-12T02:33:37.387-08:00<a href="http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/2011/11/lessons-for-living-from-age-101-new-video/#.Tw626XU4mdh.blogger">Lessons for Living From Age 101 – New Video!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-5481829486913763146?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-3851087266793860222012-01-06T05:23:00.000-08:002012-01-06T05:23:10.263-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/pensions/taxman-to-target-one-in-four-pensioners-following-blunder-2981768.html">Taxman to target one in four pensioners following blunder - Pensions, Personal Finance - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-385108726679386022?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-25820880455151155542011-12-28T02:08:00.000-08:002011-12-28T02:08:18.875-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Former RTE newsreaderAnne Doyle enjoying the LeopardstownChristmas Races yesterday" src="http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00998/anne-doyle-i_998398g.jpg" /> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/fashionable-anne-tipped-to-take-retirement-in-her-stride-as-she-cuts-a-dash-at-the-races-2973757.html">http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/fashionable-anne-tipped-to-take-retirement-in-her-stride-as-she-cuts-a-dash-at-the-races-2973757.html</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-2582088045515115554?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-34937849765939861082011-12-20T06:52:00.000-08:002011-12-20T06:52:41.243-08:00<a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20178#.TvChLAuiMlo.blogger">HSE elderly care fund welcomed - irishhealth.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-3493784976593986108?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-10022733498509790522011-12-19T02:01:00.000-08:002011-12-19T02:01:21.210-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/health/eye-health/sponsored-feature-breakthrough-irish-model-makes-a-career-of-wearing-specs-2959601.html">Sponsored feature: Breakthrough Irish model makes a career of wearing specs - Eye Health, Health - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-1002273349850979052?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-28988265105827426872011-12-12T03:39:00.000-08:002011-12-12T03:39:29.176-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/health/diet-fitness/short-walk-halves-chocolate-habit-2960809.html">Short walk 'halves' chocolate habit - Diet &amp; Fitness, Health - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-2898826510582742687?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-57597321247598496802011-12-05T03:45:00.002-08:002011-12-05T03:45:37.176-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/grandmother-77-gets-tasty-treat-with-euro26m-lotto-win-2953815.html">Grandmother (77) gets tasty treat with €2.6m Lotto win - National News - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-5759732124759849680?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-71868320984677174822011-12-02T03:25:00.000-08:002011-12-02T03:25:45.646-08:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;">Threshold is a charity who deals with housing and homeless and the prevention of homelessness<br />Threshold is looking for volunteers for Street collection on the&nbsp;<strong>10th December</strong>&nbsp;and Bag Packers on the&nbsp;<strong>11th of December</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><strong>December 10th:</strong><br />We will be collecting outside Clery’s and the GPO from 11.00 am to 5.00pm<br />Please come along and help us to help others</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><strong>December 11th</strong><br />Threshold is looking for volunteers to help with Bag packing in the Dundrum shopping Centre In the Mark’s &amp; Spencer supermarket<br />Please let me know if you can help for an hour or two on the 11th December from 11.00am to 7.00pm</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"><a href="mailto:monica@threshold.ie" style="color: #005689; text-decoration: none;">monica@threshold.ie</a></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-region" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><div class="field-label-inline-first" style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;">Region:&nbsp;</div>&nbsp;Dublin</div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.activelink.ie/node/7718">http://www.activelink.ie/node/7718</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-7186832098467717482?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-22147259423995484332011-11-29T02:15:00.001-08:002011-11-29T02:15:50.289-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Falls and fall-related fractures continue to be a common problem among elderly adults in Ireland, doctors have warned. Continued...</span><a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20078">http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=20078</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-2214725942399548433?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-90092232977693953832011-11-28T05:30:00.000-08:002011-11-28T05:30:30.975-08:00<a href="http://www.christmasfm.ie/"><b>All Volunteer station, everybody is doing this for free, for the enjoyment and to raise awareness (and funds) for Focus Ireland</b> &nbsp;http://www.christmasfm.ie/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-9009223297769395383?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-51036087361002581382011-11-25T03:18:00.000-08:002011-11-25T03:18:10.832-08:00<a href="http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/why-sleeping-on-a-problem-is-best-2945951.html">Why sleeping on a problem is best - Health News, Health - Independent.ie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-5103608736100258138?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-74741423215315075942011-11-18T06:13:00.000-08:002011-11-18T06:13:26.582-08:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A BLAZE that tore through a&nbsp;<a href="http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Sydney" style="color: #306294; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Sydney</a>&nbsp;nursing home at dawn today left three elderly people dead and 14 in a serious condition in hospital.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Firefighters were confronted with horrific and chaotic scenes when they responded to an emergency call at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home in North West&nbsp;<a href="http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Sydney" style="color: #306294; font-size: 1em;">Sydney</a>. Continue....</div><br /><a href="http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/three-elderly-people-die-and-14-are-seriously-hurt-in-sydney-nursing-home-fire-2939178.html">http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/three-elderly-people-die-and-14-are-seriously-hurt-in-sydney-nursing-home-fire-2939178.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-7474142321531507594?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-78667095623125382352011-11-15T02:26:00.000-08:002011-11-15T02:26:37.748-08:00<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">They have started to appear. I never really thought about it at first although I did notice them, slowly multiplying as the years passed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I would look in the mirror and see them, a few grey hairs starting to bloom at the side of my head. Nothing too drastic, but it made me aware that we all succumb to the ageing process.</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px;">Read more:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/health-fitness/shape-up-control-the-ageing-process-2933617.html#ixzz1dlhoYywh" style="background-color: white; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/health-fitness/shape-up-control-the-ageing-process-2933617.html#ixzz1dlhoYywh</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-7866709562312538235?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-67778701684740261252011-11-08T04:38:00.000-08:002011-11-08T04:38:50.378-08:00<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Jeanne Louise Calment</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;(</span><small style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">French pronunciation:&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gentium Plus', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'Charis SIL', 'Doulos SIL', 'DejaVu Sans', Code2000, 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Chrysanthi Unicode'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Pronunciation in IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_French" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Wikipedia:IPA for French">[ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃]</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997)</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NYTimesDeath_0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment#cite_note-NYTimesDeath-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;was a&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="France">French</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercentenarian" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Supercentenarian">supercentenarian</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;who had the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Oldest people">longest confirmed human life span</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;in history, living to the age of&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">122&nbsp;years,&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">164&nbsp;days ............</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-6777870168474026125?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-78110276876779987992011-11-07T03:33:00.000-08:002011-11-07T04:36:13.375-08:00The supermarket giant Tesco is set to undercut considerably the prices charged by high street pharmacists and pharmacy multiples for prescription drugs to private patients.<br /><br />Tesco has just opened pharmacies in its Naas, Co Kildare and Balbriggan Co. Dublin branches and is due to open further in-store pharmacies over the next year.<br /><br />The chain is charging a much lower retail mark-up on prescription drugs than most other pharmacies. It will charge a mark-up of 20% and a dispensing fee of €3.50 per item.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=19972">http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=19972</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3153063355338295596-7811027687677998799?l=carefortheelderlyblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Care for the Elderlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057037939499179056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153063355338295596.post-35763907087681668942011-11-03T05:03:00.000-07:002011-11-03T05:07:00.565-07:00Hundreds of older people die each winter from cold-related illness, so the cuts to the free gas and electricity units (20-25% cut since September) must be reversed. 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