{"id":12138,"date":"2014-12-19T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T15:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=12138"},"modified":"2014-12-19T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T15:01:32","slug":"dermot-kirwan-spokesperson-for-friends-of-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=12138","title":{"rendered":"Dermot Kirwan &#8211; Spokesperson for Friends of the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dermot Kirwan &#8211; Spokesperson for Friends of the Elderly<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Mark Finnegan talks with Dermot Kirwan from Friends of the Elderly Ireland.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Friends of the Elderly Ireland\u201d aim through collective action to:<\/div>\n<ul style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<li>Alleviate loneliness amongst isolated elderly people through friendship<\/li>\n<li>Promote respect for each person\u2019s dignity<\/li>\n<li>Foster independence and help the elderly to live at home for as long as possible<\/li>\n<li>Liaise with statutory\u00a0agencies and voluntary groups in an effort to improve the quality of life of those referred to Friends of the Elderly Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Improve the services provided for the elderly by highlighting the difficulties they face<\/li>\n<li>Increase awareness of the important contribution elderly people have to offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">You can get more information about Friends of the Elderly and their services\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsoftheelderly.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_949\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('949','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12138-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"friendsoftheelderly.mp3\">Download<\/a> (67.1MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dermot Kirwan &#8211; Spokesperson for Friends of the Elderly\u00a0Mark Finnegan talks with Dermot Kirwan from Friends of the Elderly Ireland. Friends of the Elderly Ireland\u201d aim through collective action to: Alleviate loneliness amongst isolated elderly people through friendship Promote respect for each person\u2019s dignity Foster independence and help the elderly to live at home for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_950\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('950','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12138-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/friendsoftheelderly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"friendsoftheelderly.mp3\">Download<\/a> (67.1MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1316,1975,2239],"class_list":["post-12138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northside-today","tag-friends-of-the-elderly","tag-mark-finnegan","tag-northside-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}