With loneliness among older adults living on their own Elder Home Share is offering an ideal solution for company and security at home. Irish start-up Elder Home Share has been successfully connecting and matching families with an elderly parent living alone, with reference checked accommodation seekers since January 2016. Elder Home Share was launched by Saoirse Sheridan who came up with the idea when she was given the notice to move out of her rented accommodation. This se

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Mabel Thewis tells us about her day as a intern with Elder Home Share and her Transition Year student. "I was lucky enough to have a day of work experience working with Saoirse Sheridan, the founder of Elder Home Share. This was a great experience for me as I had heard about the organisation before and I was excited to learn more and get involved. Elder Home Share is a home shared service. It matches elderly people who live on their own, with another person who could be looki

If you are worried about the continuance of your elderly parent’s independence at home – maybe due to a recent fall, failing health or just being alone in the house - Elderhomeshare may have a suitable solution that can fit in well with another aspect of care and support in your parent’s life. In the last few months, I have been receiving an increasing number of calls from the children of elderly parents who are feeling a little overwhelmed and uncertain about what to do rega

Inbar Gavra is doing an Internship with Elderhomeshare she is a second year student at the University of California Berkeley, studying Business and Economics. Her passion for helping this part of the community began in high school when she did a 100 hour of community service for local retirement homes and this passion continues to grow as she see's more opportunities to help, delighted to have her as part of the team this summer! No. You don’t fall because you are getting ol

Our Friend the fox has been sunning himself happily in the back garden for the past few weeks. He moves around to get the best spot and then settles down for a nap, one ear propped in the air to listen out for any unexpected things. My 97-year-old housemate and I love seeing him in the garden. Last week the two of us along with his carer were all lined up in the kitchen window taking pictures with our phones we were an odd gathering of paparazzi... My housemate can now take p

Last week I called over to sign off on a home-share agreement, Maria a warm-hearted professional lady from Mexico was moving in with Catherine a playful and mischievous looking 92-year-old. They really do look like a new home share match, and natural warmth and cheer radiates from them both. They mirror each other quite nicely too, both are petite and pretty - two peas in a pod. I felt a little tear well up in my eye as went through and signed off on the paperwork over cups o

As the Founder of Elderhomeshare, I am on the front line of meeting with lots of people in their 90's. This is giving me a clearer picture of how to age well and keep body and mind intact. At 90 something there is only so much you can do to keep the physical going but the mind is another matter. 'What's your secret' I asked a bright-eyed bushy-tailed 95-year-old lady I met earlier last week. 'Hard work and raising children she told me without a seconds hesitation. Hard work d

Have you ever think about next year? And what if you are at 96 plaining your new year's resolutions? Yesterday a pal joined me and my elderly housemate for dinner, she bought a whole new dynamic to the evening ritual – it was great! The conversation at the dinner table was different and she made observations about things in the kitchen that I would never notice. As a county girl I notice she had a bond with my housemate that I don’t have, they used words and expressions I’m

This week Joseph started working as an intern at Elder Home Share with the wonderful Saoirse Sheridan, IADT alumni and founder of Elderhomeshare. Elderhomeshare aims to match up home share companions with elderly homeowners, providing the home share companion with a place to stay in exchange for their time and companionship with the elderly homeowner. It's a win-win for both and proving to be very successful What started out as IADT liaison, advertising the innovative start-u