November 2015 Applewood Homecare are delighted to learn of the new joint initiative involving Trinity College Dublin and University of California San Francisco aimed at tackling the growing dementia epidemic. This ‘Brain Health Institute’ initiative which is sponsored by Atlantic Philanthropies involves the training of hundreds...
September 2015 Applewood Homecare notes the media reports that experts have underestimated ‘the current and future scale of the dementia epidemic’ by 12%-13%. The World Alzheimer Report 2015 finds that western Europe has the second largest population of people living with dementia after Asia, with 7.4m...
August 2015 Applewood homecare want to take opportunity this month to raise the important topic of Caring for the Carer. Tending to your loved ones needs at times of illness or accident is a huge responsibility and can become all-consuming – you might not even realise...
July 2015 Applewood Homecare are delighted to see Alone’s Home First Campaign 2015 focused on lobbying to support the concept of older people ageing at home. It is quite stark to read their evidence that more than one third of older people in long-term nursing homes...
The You Matters talks attended by Applewood addressed the very significant issues facing the community of obesity and mental health. The opening talk featuring Dr Donal O’Shea and local psychologist Niall O’Dowda was both engaging and informative as regards emerging trends in society and the...
Menshed Terenure – There was fantastic support for the launch of the Menshed last week in Terenure. This is a great initiative – a member based organisation which operates at grassroots level in the community improving participants health and well-being. If you are interested to...
Happy Easter to All from staff at Applewood Homecare! We can at last welcome in the Spring with the fine weather we have been having over the holiday. Make the most of the break in the rain by taking the opportunity to get out and...
Early Onset Alzheimers has been very prevalent in the news this month with the deserved Oscar win for actress Julianne Moore in the Still Helen a movie that does much for Alzheimers advocacy, and the death of the much loved Discworld author Terry Pratchett (RIP). Alzheimers...
Applewood Homecare is delighted to welcome the addition to Terenure of a Menshed Project aimed at enhancing and maintaining the well-being of participants. This initiative is being supported by Dublin City Council and sited at the Evergreen Club and is due to open next month....
Happy New Year! The team at Applewood Homecare are all busy with their visits and investigating useful community activities for our clients for 2015. As always the Evergreen Club in Terenure is coming up trumps with activities for 2015 such as a new Arts and...