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.
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“The unsettling truth cannot be ignored; 1 in 5 older people are likely to be experiencing financial abuse”
15 June, 2017The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, spoke at a Southern Health and Social Care Trust Adult Safeguarding eve…
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Commissioner for Older People calls for introduction of health visit for over 75s
10 May, 2017Academics from Queens University have presented COPNI findings on the need to modernise Adult Social Care to researchers within the Northern…