How can we live our best and longest life? It is a question that we all ponder as we age.
This episode looks at what is happening in county Meath, and nationally, to help us to ‘age in place’ and as recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Catherine McGuigan, Chief Officer, Age Friendly Ireland which is a shared service across the 31 local authorities in Ireland and hosted nationally by Meath County Council, talks about her work and why the voices of older people are so important.
We also hear how Meath County Council is providing for older residents and what the council is doing to contribute to, and enable, a decent quality of life for our older people.
Also in studio are Valerie McHugh Age Friendly Meath Programme Manager and Brian Hora, Senior Executive Officer, in the Community Dept with Meath County Council.
And we hear from Darren Kelly, Branch Manager, Tirlán, Athboy about what it has done to be age friendly, and an older person visits the store and shares her thoughts on it.
The Meath County Council Community Department can be contacted by emailing
community@meathcoco.ie.
What is Local Lens?
Local Lens is brought to you by Meath County Council. Delivering over 1,000 services to more than 220,000 people, it is one of the busiest local authorities in the country.
On Local Lens we meet the people involved in delivering those services, find out what drives them and ask what plans there are for the future.
There are also contributions from residents of Meath who have accessed services.
Presented by Elaine Keogh, the executive producer/editor is Ailish Shaw.
Contact: locallens@meathcoco.ie