Whilst Message in a Bottle (MiaB) is not solely a Lions Club initiative, it is an initiative that very many Lions Clubs across Ireland have taken to and recognise as a means of fulfilling their motto “We Serve”. The Lions Message In a Bottle scheme is a simple idea designed to encourage people t...

If the rain continues tomorrow and you are looking for something indoors to do, Patrick Holford is in the Stillorgan Park Hotel to host his Healthy Ageing seminar. Patrick Holford is a British nutritionist, author, and the founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is Chief Execut...

The National Patient Conference for Parkinson's is to take place on June 17th in the Convention Centre in Dublin. A fantasitic list of special guest speakers has been announced and delegates will hear information and advice to help understand the condition. Further information and application forms...

A new report from Northern Ireland has found that women face a higher risk of care home admission due to their partners age and frailty. Mark McCann, author of the study, comments that "the higher admission risk for women in comparison to men appears to be due primarily to the differences in t...

Census results for 2011 published earlier this month show that Ireland is ageing and the number of older people living alone is on the increase. The greying of the population is a challenge facing Ireland and many European countries over the coming decades for health services, pensions and social ca...

The Alzheimer Café is a safe and relaxed place where people with dementia, their families and health and social care professionals come together for a unique blend of education and support. It is a forum where people can exchange experiences and talk about dementia. The Alzheimer Cafe is held on t...

The Irish Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Day is running today with the charity hoping to raise €3.5 million this year. More than 3,000 volunteers are out on the streets raising funds which will be used to provide cancer information and support services. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the ev...

The Irish Times report that Ruairí Quinn has told the Dáil that cutbacks in entitlements to the elderly were “not anywhere on the horizon, nor are they contemplated”. He said whatever future budgetary decisions were made would be communicated to the House in the normal way. “Having completed...

Here at Be Independent Home Care we heartily welcome the recent report published by the Law Reform Commission recommending that the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) should be given the power to set standards and regulate professional home care services. As one of the few independent, ...

It's National Brain Awareness Week and to mark the week Ann Kielthy who has undergone Deep Brain Stimulation to help treat her for Parkinson's Disease appeared on TV3 Ireland AM to provide a demostration of how the technology works! This is certainly worth watching. http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/18...

This years Parkinson’s Awareness Week will take place from the 9th to the 15th of April 2012. The Parkinson’s Association of Ireland hope to launch the week around the 2nd of April and the Association are asking all Branches to host at least one event during the awareness week. This is the...

Be Independent Home Care continue their series of complimentary Health & Wellness Presentations to The Carers Association on the 6th of March 2012 in The Grand Hotel. The Carers Association is Ireland's national voluntary organisation for and of family carers in the home. Family carers provide hig...

There is some really interesting news in the Centre for Aging Research and Development Ireland (CARDI) January/February 2012 Newsletter. Some of the highlights: · University of Ulster scientists involved in dementia research have discovered that drugs which mimic some of the actions of insulin...

A lady who became a great friend of ours at Be Independent Home Care, during a time when she allowed our team of carers help care for her friend during his last weeks at home, drew my attention to this letter tonight. The letter written by Jacqueline Cotter to The Irish Independent is a perfect refl...

Be Independent Home Care were delighted to present their Wellness Presentation to the ladies in the Phibsborough Active Retirement Group and the ladies in the Clontarf Active Retirement Group. Both presentations were very well recieved and we would like to thank the groups for their warm welcome. To...

Here at Be Independent Home Care we welcome the report published yesterday by the Law Reform Commission recommending that the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) should be given the power to set standards and regulate professional home care services. In the report the commission r...

Be Independent Home Care were delighted to present their Wellness Presentation to the ladies in the Blackrock Guild of the ICA ( Irish Countrywomes Association). http://www.ica.ie/. This latest presentation on the 19th of January 2012 was very well recieved and we would like to thank the ICA for th...

Here at Be Independent Home Care we are passionate believers in community based primary care, a system where health professionals work together in an integrated fashion to ensure those that require care in the community can remain at home by accessing top quality health services. To this end Be Ind...

Be Independent Home Care are delighted to continue their series of complimentary Winter Wellness Presentations this New Year. This latest presentation is to The Baldoyle Active Retirement Group at Baldoyle Community Centre on the 13th of January at 2pm.The presentation which will cover a variety of ...

Elderly people with higher levels of certain vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids in their blood score better on mental acuity tests than those who eat junk food, a new study has shown. The study published in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, also showed that eating better cou...

Here at Be Independent Home Care we are genuinely passionate about providing the highest standards of non-medical home care and home help through our carefully recruited and managed team of carers and so were appalled to read this article in The Irish Times regarding evidence of sub standa...

MORE than 2,000 elderly people were subjected to physical, financial and psychological abuse at the hands of their loved ones in Ireland last year — but at least 20,000 others could still be suffering in silence reports Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of The Irish Examiner. New figures revealed in the HSE...

GPs want more training in care of dying   (A report by irishhealth.com) The average GP practice cares for up to 20 dying patients every year and this figure is expected to double over the next two decades due to an ageing population, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has said. I...

Be Independent Home Care are delighted to continue their series of complimentary Winter Wellness Presentations at Malahide Library on the 28th of November at 11am. This latest presentation will be delivered to the The Malahide Active Retirement Group (MARA). The presentation will focus on practical ...

Women are “shockingly unaware” that they are most at risk of breast cancer in older age, a new study has revealed. According to the findings, those over 70 are most likely to contract the disease but are the least well informed about its dangers. The study, commissioned by charity Breast Cance...

7/11/2011: BRAIN CELLS that die off in Parkinson’s disease have been grown from stem cells and grafted into monkeys’ brains in a big step towards new treatment. US researchers say they have overcome previous difficulties in coaxing human embryonic stem cells to become the neurons killed by the d...

This year remember the 44,000 people with Alzheimer's disease by hanging special christmas tree memory ribbons in their honour. This new campaign offers wonderful ways to keep important memories alive. Firstly by remembering a loved one with Alzheimer's; and secondly by making a vital donation to...

Be Independent Home Care continue their series of Wellness presentations when they present to the Howth Bridging the Gap Group in St Columbanus Hall, Main Street Howth on the 14th of November 2011. Bridging the Gap are a group of fifteen voluntary workers, in the community of Howth and Sutton. ...

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and represents a step-change in terms of data, knowledge and understanding of ageing with w...

Be Independent Home Care continued their series of Wellness presentations when they presented to the Howth Active Retirement Association in St Columbanus Hall, Main Street Howth on the 24th of October at 11am. The presentation was really well received by the enthusiastic group and covered a v...

The Irish Times reports that according to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland waiting lists for dementia services have increased by 20 per cent in the last year. Demand for respite, day and home care services has risen as a result of changing demographics and more elderly people developing the illness...

Following a very well received presentation on Wellness to the Malahide Ladies Club members, Be Independent Home Care have now been invited to present to the Howth Active Retirement Assosciation. This presentation is due to take place in St Columbanus Hall, Main Street Howth on the 24th of October a...

With a severe winter predicted ahead Caitriona O’ Donovan co-founder of Be Independent Home Care is hosting seminars to help older people stay healthy, safe and fit, no matter what the weather's like. Cold weather can lead to�health problems such as pneumonia, strokes, heart attack and depression....

The Malahide Ladies Club�have invited Be Independent Home Care to present a Wellness seminar to their members on the 5th of October 2011. The presentation which will cover a variety of Health & Wellness topics will be presented by the co-founder of Be Independent Home Care, Caitriona O' Donovan. Cai...

Falls are by far the leading cause of unintentional home injury and death. The risk of falling increases with age. One in three older people fall every year and two-thirds of them fall again within six months. Older people are most likely to suffer serious injuries, disability, psychological conseq...

Be Independent Home Care were interviewed this week by the Malahide Gazette.  At Be Independent Home Care we are always delighted to get our message out to the communities that we work in. Being based in Malahide and having a large number of clients in Malahide, The Malahide Gazette is a per...

The Living Section of the Summer Edition of the Parkinson Association of Ireland Magazine features A Guide To Your Entitlements in Home Care. The article was compiled by Alice Lucey, Registered General Nurse, BA (Hons) in Social Care and Director of Care at Be Independent Home Care Ltd. While Priv...

Our objective at Be Independent Home Care is to provide support to our clients to ensure they stay as independent and healthy as possible. To this end we build relationships with our multidisciplinary colleagues in those communities in which we operate in order to ensure we can help our clients acce...

The Irish Times Health Supplement report on growing old in Florida. Caitriona O’ Donovan, of Be Independent Home Care says of the The Irish Times Health Supplement article “Our aim at Be Independent Home Care is to assist our clients to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible i...

A detailed report researched by Age Action Ireland which canvassed the views of older people on abuse found they would like to see inspectors carry out more "spot checks" on nursing homes and that they feel general enforcement of regulations is lax. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA...

Alice Lucey Director of Care with Be Independent Home Care was delighted to speak to The Malahide Active Retirement Association in Malahide Library regarding Home Care and Home Care entitlements. Be Independent have been invited to return later in the year to give a talk on Health and Wellbeing to t...

The Health Section of the Northside People have featured a piece about Be Independents new Trusted Approach to Home Care and Home Help. The edition is distributed to areas such as Coolock, Kilmore, Swords, Darndale, Priorswood, Santry, Donnycarney, Baldoyle, Sutton, Donaghmede, Artane, Whitehall, K...

Caitriona O’ Donovan, Director of Development with Be Independent Home Care says of the sponsorship “As Be Independent Home Care is a Malahide based provider of premium Home Care and Home Help services we were delighted to have this opportunity to support these local community newsletters. Clic...

Howth: Director of Care at Be Independent Home Care speaks to The Bridging the Gap Group in Howth about Home Care entitlements and Church of Assumption Newsletter, Howth feature piece about Be Independent Home Care. Alice Lucey, Director of Care at Be Independent Home Care is delighted to be involve...

In the absence of regulations in the Irish home care market with few home care companies owned or even operated by health professionals, a group of Irish Nurses have opened Be Independent Home Care in Church Road Malahide. They registered the company at the end of 2010 and have spent months develop...