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The Irish Senior Citizens ParliamentVoice of the Elderly
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The Make Home Work campaign
•The ‘asks’•The story of the campaign•Potential for future
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The ‘Asks’
•Active managers of own health•Clarity around entitlements*•Developing primary care and community care•Health more than medicine alone
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Heartfelt Response
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Home Care Cuts• Home Help. Housework, shopping, dressing,
bathing• Home Care Packages. Higher support care;
nursing, home care, physiotherapy support; varies due to medical needs
• €8 million cuts to home help, €1.7 cut to Home Care Packages
• Equivalent to 1 million home help hours in 2012 alone.
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Our Response: Media
• Facts & Figures• Illogical cuts• Human Stories• Calling for complete
reversal
Media Response
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“I want to grow old at home” Postcard “I want to grow old at home”
postcard to TDs
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Online Action Online Action
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Dáil Éireann Protest: 18 October 2012
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Where does your TD stand on home care cuts?
Where does your TD stand on home care cuts?
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Get involved: Act before December 1st
• Budget 2013– Partial reversal of cuts. – Persistent democratic action prevented €5 million
home care cut– Same level of home helps and home care
packages to be delivered in 2013 as 2012
Campaign Outcome: Partial Reversal of Cuts
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• ‘Asks’ still very important– Huge progress still needed in terms of support for
people in their homes and communities
• Strategically positioned• Public engaged – diverse response• Media awareness• Political allies
On-going Potential
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Thank You