We recently received a call from a Lady in Dublin’s North side to book a transfer, accompanied by a Healthcare Assistant, for her elderly mother. We went through our pre- transfer enquiry and booking process to evaluate the client’s needs. It became clear that person being transferred was in her ninety’s, was living independently, had [...]
Eileen (name changed to protect anonymity) is a regular user of CareCabs services. She is a young lady in her early twenties with a mild cognitive disability. Eileen lives in sheltered accommodation, very happily, in a nice Suburb on Dublin’s North-side. Eileen loves to go to bowling and belongs to a special club where she [...]
We recently received a call from a Lady in Galway whose elderly Dad had a scheduled visit to the local fracture clinic in Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown following a fractured wrist. Her Dad was living in a very nice nursing home in Clonee and while he was relatively well, suffered with age-appropriate dementia. The call resulted [...]
Re-establishing a level of independence can be a key to maintaining good moral in people who suffer from disability or who are infirm. Based in Clontarf on Dublin’s North side of the city, we have a number of people who call us regularly to assist in bringing them to a lunch appointment, an optical appointment [...]
We recently had a call from a gentleman, who lived with his house bound wife, in an apartment complex in Stepaside. He was very anxious and reported that he needed to get his wife into respite accommodation to facilitate vacating his apartment to enable the fitting of a permanent hoist that would facilitate her routine [...]
Dementia continues to offer many challenges for sufferers and their carers alike. According to The Dementia Services Information and Development Centre at St James’s Hospital, there are 42,000 people living with Dementia in Ireland today. 5% of the Irish population aged 65 years of age have this condition. People in their 90s are 50 times [...]
We recently collected a wheelchair user from a Dublin Hotel bound for Dublin Airport. A tour guide who related the following story to us accompanied the Passenger; “Stephen, the wheelchair user, was an American student who was visiting Ireland for a 10 day tour with his college from Florida. On arrival at Dublin Airport a [...]
