What a great idea! 💃🏻 🕺🏼 The Foundry Bar closes its doors to host the relaxed discos which are open to those who have dementia, their carers, retired people or those with additional needs. Anne Duncan, 63, came up with the idea because she loves to dance with her husband Bill, 69, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s seven years ago.

🎉🎉Congratulations to all our wonderful care staff who have been awarded ‘Carer of the Month’ for the month of December. Every local office winner receives €50 and is entered into a draw to for the national ‘Carer of the Month’ award. Our national winner receives a €250 credit card from Bluebird Care Head Office. Franchise Director, Kevin McMorrow was delighted to present a €250 credit card to Decembers winner Charmaine Conlon from the Sligo/Mayo office. Check out the honour roll to see who our fantastic winners are 🤗😁📜

If you have been confused by these terms in the past, or mistakenly thought that they were the same thing, you might want to watch this short film.

This is a fantastic campaign to raise awareness during the European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2018. Approximately 306 Irish women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Ireland every year and around 93 women die from the disease annually.

Faced with spiralling health and welfare costs and a shortage of professional caregivers, towns and cities across Japan are attempting to move away from a medicine-based, institutional approach towards care to one that involves the entire community. In return for attending a 90-minute lecture, residents can become “dementia supporters” who identify themselves with a bright orange bracelet. To date, 21,490 people have qualified as dementia-aware, while more than 3,000 regularly take part in neighbourhood patrols.

I have Alzheimer's Disease. What can I do to improve my day-to-day life? #HelloBrain #UnderstandTogether (Video provided by Sabina Brennan, Trinity Brain Health and Trinity College Dublin).

#Wednesdaywisdom 🙌🏼

Another lovely testimonial: for more information on how you can start a rewarding career with Bluebird Care head to our website www.bluebirdcare.ie

Did you know you can now check your eligibility & apply for a medical card online?

**We are recruiting for Healthcare Assistants to join our professional team across Co.Limerick!** Essential personal qualities include: a genuine concern for others, ability to demonstrate kindness, compassion and patience, confidentiality and punctuality. Good English language proficiency both written and verbal is necessary. For more information or to apply please click the link below ⬇️ we look forward to hearing from you! http://bluebirdcare.ie/jobs/now-recruiting-healthcare-assistants-co-limerick/

Eating a bowl of muesli every morning can make your bones stronger and could help prevent arthritis later in life, new research has found.

Take a moment to read this insightful and heartwarming article from across the pond 'Older people report higher levels of contentment or well-being than teenagers and young adults. The six elders put faces on this statistic. If they were not always gleeful, they were resilient and not paralyzed by the challenges that came their way.'