Leonard Tina

The Government needs to adopt new public health approaches to reduce prevalence of dementia in the Irish population in light of the findings of a majo(...)

The number of people living with dementia in Ireland is to more than double by 2050 in line with the country’s growing older population, according to (...)

A training programme which gives help to the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and refugees has been launched. Ag Obair Le Chéile is a n(...)

New figures have revealed significant gaps in dementia services in the State where patients face a “postcode lottery” and lengthy waits to access spec(...)

It is time to end the “fear and secrecy” surrounding dementia as Ireland prepares for the number of sufferers to more than double in the next 20 year(...)

“We were quite belligerent,” says Ray Cregan, talking about the the time his late father Paddy was in hospital after a catastrophic fall followed by s(...)

Stronger oversight over the prescription of powerful psychotropic drugs for vulnerable patients is needed, Minister of State Kathleen Lynch has said. (...)

April Fool’s Day is being used to admonish the Government for its continued failure to replace the almost 150-year-old Lunacy Act with promised capac(...)

One of the most striking findings from the National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals 2014 report was that only 6 per cent of hospitals includ(...)