Domestic Violence Response - Elizabeth Power, Coordinator

The Galway Podcast

Episode 14. A conversation with Elizabeth Power who is the coordinator for Domestic Violence Response. Although DVR help a mix of all ages this discussion is from the angle of assisting older adults.

This series of talks all spawned from the episodes celebrating the life of the late Jarir al-Majar a.k.a. Gerard 'Gerry' Mulholland. (The second episode is coming very soon!) I thought it would be good to highlight some of the great work charities do for the benefit of older adults.

I reached out to my friend Shannon Corless who is on a sabbatical but is the head of older people's services in HSE. Shannon pointed me in the direction of some fantastic charities. So far this is the second recording to have taken place, the first one being with Jipe Kelly from Age Action. I am hopeful to record some more conversations with other charitable organisations in the future. (I must categorically state that there is no connection between Gerry Mulholland and domestic violence as far as I am aware. By all accounts there was not a bad bone in Gerard's body.)

Although this is only the second conversation with a charity aimed at providing services to older adults there seems to be already a pattern forming: they need help. When I was at the 50 Plus show for the last two days someone told me (from a different organisation) that "these charities are doing the work that the state should be doing." (Ouch!) I am sure that politicians may argue otherwise but in any case these people are doing life-changing work and need all the assistance we can offer. Please do what you can. Go to www.domesticviolenceresponse.com and do what you can to help.

Thank you,

Fender Jackson