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Kildare people with disabilities encouraged to apply for social housing
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Irish Wheelchair Association has launched a national campaign
Think Ahead, Think Housing to tackle the shortage of social housing for people with disabilities across Ireland.
The campaign is working directly with local authorities nationwide, among others, to ensure people with disabilities across Ireland are included and represented in social housing planning and delivery.
Over 5,000 people with disabilities are currently waiting for social housing in Ireland. Irish Wheelchair Association believes this figure is an under-representation of the actual need.
A recent report has also revealed that 1,300 young and middle-aged people with physical disabilities have been forced to live in elderly nursing homes because of the lack of accessible social housing.
Irish Wheelchair Association has launched a national campaign Think Ahead, Think Housing to tackle the shortage of social housing for people with disabilit.
A Clare TD has expressed concern at the lack of independent living for many disabled people in Ireland.
Today marks the European Independent Living Day which is an opportunity to express solidarity and celebrate all of the efforts of those who have championed the right to Independent Living and who have fought, and continue to fight, for the overall equality of Disabled People in society.
Sinn Féin TD Violet-Anne Wynne, who sits on the Disability Matters Oireachtas Committee, has reiterated her concerns in relation to the number of people aged under 65 who are residing in nursing homes and residential care across the country due to lack of proper community supports.
Under 65s in nursing homes are living ‘wasted lives’
Ombudsman calls on Department of Health and HSE to end practice
“I’m not going to say it is paradise and I’m not going to say it’s hell. But it is very difficult,” Charles replied when asked to describe life in the nursing home he entered when he was only 51.
He is one of 1,300 people under 65 living in residential care Ireland at present, and a group of them who recently spoke to the Ombudsman Peter Tyndall all said they wanted to live at home.
Their experiences are contained in his report, ‘Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for younger people in nursing homes’, published today (May 5).