Feelings of isolation and loneliness have been heightened due to covid, especially amongst elderly people living alone. Alone Ireland has concluded that 55% of their callers struggling with isolation during the lockdown was over 70 and cocooning alone. It's great to see how Elder Home Share matches have been able to navigate through level 5 time together. Our matches at Elder Home Share help beat the lockdown loneliness for our elderly. Some of our adorable homeshare matches

Have you heard about Home Share Combats Pandemic Isolation? Loneliness has increased in people over 70 during these isolating and unusual times in our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect on many, in particular our elderly. According to the Irish Longitudinal’s, study on ageing and the charity ALONE, there has been an escalation in older people’s mental health, developing stronger feelings of anxiety, loneliness and isolation. Elder Home Share, a service that connec

Recently we have received a request from a new homeowner joining us, Frank from Dublin. Frank’s daughter reached out to us seeking a home-sharer, with one very specific skill… They need to have a passion for playing the piano! Frank has a beautiful grand piano in his home catching dust and would be ecstatic if his new roommate could play him a few tunes throughout their stay. If you are someone seeking accommodation and would like to be Frank’s new “Piano Man”, please do get

Vera 90 went into hospital a few weeks ago with a shoulder injury. While in hospital she caught the Covid-19 virus. Having made a full recovery she was keen to get home but as she was living alone her daughter was concerned about her being in the house on her own at night. Now Vera is at home with the support of Elder Home Share companion for security at night. A number of patients, who are medically fit and are occupying hospital beds but cannot be discharged because of a la

The Elder Home Share scheme was a godsend to our family for the last few years of our Mam's life, particularly as only one of five siblings lives in Dublin. Sadly, we lost Evelyn (in her 96th year) in mid-March but we were blessed that in having her trusted Home Share companion, Christianah living with her she died in the comfort of her own home and on her own terms. There were 2 other Home Share Companions ( Lisa & Fiona) prior to Christianah for approx.6 months each who wer

I’ll get by with a little help from my home share companion With 49.5 % of Covid deaths happening in a nursing home setting Covid-19 presented a situation never encountered before in our health services. Along with a large number of nursing home staff becoming unavailable due to having to self-isolate, a huge strain has been placed upon our nursing homes. These challenging issues will not be solved overnight, and it may be a good few months before nursing homes are functionin

The last few weeks for all of us have been unlike any other with a whole new set of scary problems to navigate and manage with the Covid-19 virus. If you have an elderly loved one living alone it adds another set of concerns. Elder Home Share, a service which connects families with an elderly loved one living alone with people seeking accommodation who provide companionship and support in exchange for a place to live, has been in operations since 2016. ‘Right now, I am focu

When families reach out to Elder Home Share to find out more about our how it all works, more times than not the person calling will say ‘Mum is very independent’ ‘Dad is very independent’. Independence and wanting to maintain that is an important standpoint for the home owners we are catering too. What I’ve learned is that a live-in companion is adding a buffer of extra support and proving to be just the right fit for people choosing Elder Home Share as a support solution f

Grainne kennedy has been home sharing for a number of months now as a Elder Home Share companion to a home owner on South Side Dublin, here she shares her experience and we thank her for giving us the opportunity to find her dream Elder Home Share match. I recently returned home after many years of living abroad. I had heard so many horror stories about the cost of accommodation in Ireland and the lack of availability that when I started looking at coming home I decided to ta

Ivy Hwa who is currently interning with Elder Home Share as a marketing executive went along to a speech about social isolation and loneliness yesterday in Trinity. Below she shares her takeaways from the day. Loneliness might be the biggest health issue raising our concern in Ireland. People nowadays are living longer, and loneliness might be the next biggest public issue in Ireland. Based on the research conducted by TILDA, nearly 1/3 of people in Ireland feel lonely some