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BRIAN KERR HAS returned to the Republic of Ireland set-up, 19 years after the end of his tenure as manager.
Kerr has been added to John O’Shea’s interim coaching staff, signing up as a technical advisor. O’Shea is taking interim charge of the friendly double-header at the end of the month, with the FAI planning to unveil a permanent successor to Stephen Kenny in April.
Paddy McCarthy had already been confirmed as O’Shea’s assistant, and former Irish international Glenn Whelan has also joined the staff. O’Shea has also promoted a couple of staff members from the U21s, with goalkeeper coach Rene Gilmartin and analyst Martin Doyle coming on board.
Opposition analyst Stephen Rice and head of performance Damien Doyle remain on board, too, having been part of Stephen Kenny’s backroom staff.
“We’re delighted to confirm the coaching and support performance team for the March internationals,” said O’Shea.
“Brian brings with him a wealth of experience we’ll be able tap into during the camp and his passion for Irish football and the Ireland national team is well known and will be a welcome addition to the group.
“Glenn was an unbelievable servant for his country during his distinguished playing career and we’ll be delighted to welcome him back into the international fold as a coach, having recently spent time with the Ireland U16s during the Victory Shield.
“Rene Gilmartin steps up from the Ireland U21s set-up where he has worked since 2019 and so crucially, already has a great relationship with our current goalkeeper group.”
Ireland face Belgium at home on 23 March, followed by another home friendly with Switzerland three days later.
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It’s not all about cuts. We are less family orientated and have less time to look after older relatives. Simple fact is that the day of taking an elderly parent in and looking after them to the end of their days is getting rarer. There were absolutely no supports years ago and it was far more common. The article takes the lazy route of blaming Government for everything and ignoring any sense of individual responsibility or individual choice. My grandmother looked after her aunt and mother till they died and my mother her mother. Not a carers grant in sight. I think we got a commode and a special bed from the HSE and that was it!
So Gavin How many elderly relations are you looking after.
As I’m unmarried and in ireland I’ll probably be looking after my widowed mother as it happens. Have you any reply other than a facetious one?
Probably ?
I think you are somewhat right Gavin, but there are a lot of other reasons why a lot of elderly people end up in nursing homes, lack of family members being one, work commitments can impede ones ability to provide sufficient care, also the nature of the illness or ailment the elderly relative may be suffering from and the relatives ability to provide a sufficient level of care in that instance. I cared for my mam last year when she was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, as she needed round the clock care she came to live with us, I am fortunate enough to own my own business so could rearrange my work commitments, it was intensely tough going but I do not regret one minute of it. The carers allowance takes on average 6 months to process and even if I had applied by the time it would have been received mam had died.
@ molly coddled, 100% agree with you also sorry for the loss of your mum.
Gavin you have taken the bait like so many others, we have been led into the debt trap by our capital pupit masters. It now takes two working to maintain our modern debt dependent lifestyles which dosent allow for stay at home carers
Gavin. There are situations when it is just unsafe and irrisponsible to keep an elderly person in their own home. Particularly with mid/late stage dementia. Sometimes a family will think they’re doing the right thing but in fact are doing more damage as they are not qualified or skilled to deal with a person with this illness 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Dementia sufferers will often wander or get up in the middle of the night to put the kettle on. I have seen a person with dementia trying to drink tea directly from a tea pot as they were confused. Can you imagine what would have happened if that wasn’t caught in time. Also the time spent visiting a person can be better quality time. No matter who you are. If you have to look after somebody on your own 24/7 you will begin to resent it.
As a carer for my Great aunt and Grandmother who both have Alzheimers and need 24/7 care, I can see exactly why people would chose to residential care. It is a horrendously hard job. Besides that though it takes an insane amount of time to get supports in place. One has a catheter bag. it took a couple of years for that to happen. Her skin was in shreds from being constantly wet no matter how often her pad was changed.The other has only recently become incontinent and it took nearly 6 months of washing urine and faeces out of bed sheets and clothes and even furniture and the floor for the pads to arrive. Cash cow!! As IF. The cost and strain on the family is immense. Someone has to be here 24/7 in case one of them has an accident or tries to wonder off. I gave up my career and moved home to make life easier on my parents. We are saving the government thousands by keeping them at home and we cant even go on a family holiday for a week. Respite has be cut to shreds. You get it once every 4 months approx., for 4 days. not even 4 full days. On the Monday you bring them in before lunch so maybe 11/12 then on the Friday you have to collect them by 4pm or else an ambulance is called and they are sent up to Loughlinstown hospital. A contract has to be signed to that effect. My 3 younger siblings are still in education on top of everything. My mother is an only child so it falls down to us to make sure that my Granny and my Aunt live the remainder of their lives in what comfort we can provide them. Family friends dont visit like they used to because my aunt gets so agitated that she screams when anything is different. So tell me again why people would choose nursing home care instead?
Neither of them ever owned a house by the way. Cash cows. How god damned insulting.
Because we all want to sell granny’s tiny little bedsit that’s lucky to be located in the city centre that’s worth mega money so we can divide up the cash and party..!
Because they are cash cows and we steadily losing touch with values that were linked to the human spirit. No values no spirit. Well selfies and self gratification are on the rise that’s good though.
the old woman next door from me should be in a home she suffers from dementia and her family just leave her there she takes her car out regularly a d it always comes back with damage. it’s only a matter of time till she kills someone. she is 93 and will die in there alone surly a home is the best option
Sounds like her family should be In a him too. Government policy is to force old people into the lucrative homes a few owned by their buddies. As for my point about values it is about setting them and normalising the right to old age with dignity. It is self preservation because as far as I know the human physiology still suggests ae will all grow old eventually I dread to think how we will be treated if the mean spirited society continues. You made a valid point there but the bigger picture needs to be looked at.
Try getting a home care package for an elderly relative. It’s a nightmare. Our case was considered urgent yet I had to get reviews three times to finally get the help we needed for my father. It’s helps a great deal but I am still on call for everything and with my own disabled teenager to care for its still overwhelming sometimes. Sometimes elderly people just require too high a level of care for relatives. Having spent the weekend in hospital after my father had yet another fall and trying to juggle care for my son at home I feel I am at my limit to.be honest.
Kids just want their houses.
You obviously don’t know how much nursing homes cost.
Jason nursing home cost is over 4000 per month, under the HSE’s fair deal scheme when the money saved runs out the HSE picks up the tab for however long the person remains in the nursing home, however, in the event of the patient passing the house and assets have to be sold so as the HSE can recoup the costs. Usually nothing is left.
Cost of nursing home 80% of disposable income ie pension and 7.5% of assets per year over €36,000 charge on family home for 3 years only. Family still left with 78%.
One reason that the elderly sometimes need nursing home care is that there is the element of distance. An elderly person may want to stay where familiar friends can visit. The children may well be living in a different part of the country. This sometimes causes the last resort to become the first resort. Medical necessity should be the first criterion to be used when a decision in favour of nursing home care is taken. The home care element should be properly resourced particularly where an elderly person is living alone, although some elderly might find this intrusive.
More and more so different generations live in countries or cities other than their elderly parents and also working longer hours.
I’m sure you were all well able to take care of your parents, living around the corner and clocking off from your civil service job at 5pm everyday.
Unfortunately that’s no longer reflective of reality for a family who’s 4 kids live on different continents.
Taxing Family Homes (LPT) is forcing elderly out of their homes. This tax is a regressive 12th century serf law tax and should be abolished like inheritance taxes are beginning to be across Europe. 12th Century Serf Laws are not acceptable in any modern Democracy.
Political Parties are just private clubs, financial predators who max citizens taxes. Bring your brains to the polling booths if you want to stay in your Family homes when you retire.
Because the kids are scared of her moustache and I want to put a snooker table in her room.
Because we need to recycle to homes for a new generation
She never does
Because low life scmbags have to put them somewhere before they take their house, red thumb all you like, it won’t make it any less true.
Why are we ? How about some people instead .
ALSO ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHY DID THEY PAY TAX ALL THEIR LIFE FOR?
As well as what is the mass medication used in some of these homes to sedate these inmates???
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