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Dear Miriam: ‘my siblings have our father convinced not to trust his carers’
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An elderly man's reluctance to trust carers calling to his home due to his children convincing him people are out to get him is the concern raised with Miriam this week.
16 October 2024 l2
Ann Devine: a home away from home – just for now
Ann’s mother has had a fall, and for a while at least things are about to change.
25 September 2024 Ask Miriam
‘We’d like our dad to be more sociable’
This week, a reader seeks Miriam's advice as to how to encourage her father to be more sociable now that he lives alone following his wife moving in to a nursing home.
Elder mental health at risk from social disconnection
As more and more pubs close in rural Ireland, the loss of social connection is having a huge impact on mental health, particularly the elderly, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
25 September 2024 Features
Ask Miriam: ‘elderly dad refuses to give up driving to pub’
A concerned daughter seeks Miriam's advice on how to convince her father that driving home from the pub after a few pints is not an option.
28 August 2024 Ask Miriam