Safeguarding and promoting the interests of older people.
The Commissioner is an independent champion for older people, who safeguards and promotes their interests.
Eddie Lynch is the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland. His main role is to safeguard and promote the interests of older people. COPNI is a non-departmental public body with a responsibility to advise and influence Government, focusing on the rights and interests of older people.
The rights of older people in the UK to treatment during this pandemicWhat have we been saying?
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International Day for Older Persons 2020 - A time for contemplation instead of celebration
01 October, 2020What a difference a year makes… On this day last year I was spending the morning in the Jethro Centre in Lurgan, hearing from hundreds of…
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Words of Wisdom with….Valerie McManus
01 October, 2020We recently had a phone call with 81 year old, Fermanagh woman, Valerie McManus. Music has been a huge influence throughout Valerie’s life a…