Lorraine Dempsey
@LorDempsey
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Family Carer, Ex CEO @Inclusionire, Facilitator, RGN. 50/50 Irish Moroccan. Widowed too soon #UNCRPD #Advocacy
Cork girl in Wicklow Mountains
Joined November 2012
It was around this time 2 years ago that I got the call to say @carl_dempsey had died during Gaelforce West. There are no new memories to make with Carl, but he has left so many behind to remind us of his incredible lust for life. https://t.co/CJMptiJreR
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You can be sure that enough red flags were waived to management before brave whistle-blowers considered using external forces. Resident left sitting on toilet when worker went on break as ‘RTÉ Investigates’ uncovers ‘distressing’ nursing home conditions https://t.co/HhvfHcLA0R
independent.ie
The findings of an RTÉ investigation into two nursing homes run by Ireland’s largest provider have been likened to “institutional abuse”.
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Neither of these have been ever quoted before as a driver for parents to seek out an Assessment of Need, but more likely applying because there is a developmental delay and additional needs becoming apparent and they don't have thousands of € to pay for private assessments.
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🟥🟥Happening today 🟥🟥 Public Accounts Committee: Engagement with @CHI_Ireland & the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. Families are still paying the price for delays, dysfunction & ZERO accountability. Our children deserve better — not more spin. #ScoliosisCare
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You do not nor never needed an Assessment of Need to apply for social housing nor Domicillary Care Allowance. However, you do need evidence of disability for both confirmed by professional reports, as medical assesment form signed by GP is rarely enough. https://t.co/CKmdgJ36ZF
independent.ie
The opposition has rejected suggestions that families are seeking disability assessments just to access social housing, and that this is contributing to a ...
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@LorDempsey “A copy and paste response” absolutely brilliant and factual. Children with disabilities are being failed every day but when they turn 18 they literally fall off a cliff. And we need to stop the cafe and bowling culture of day services, our adults deserve better!
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🗣️ "The government and successive governments sat on their hands." — @LorDempsey says she is not hopeful there will be a resolution to the disability assessment backlog. #TonightVMTV
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🗣️ "I've heard it all before." — @LorDempsey describes the plans to tackle the backlog as "political schizophrenia," with little real progress made. #TonightVMTV
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Coming up on #TonightVMTV with @kierancuddihy live from 10pm: 🚨Assessment of Needs backlog hits 15,000. Is the State breaking its own law? 🚨 Is cash still king? WhatsApp 089-607-3767 to have your say🤳 @KeiraKeoghFG @1PaulLawless @LorDempsey @smsboland
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My lovely friend Michelle & her husband Declan had to fight for Leah’s right to an education, Leah passed away yesterday. It’s not okay for parents of children with life limiting conditions to have to fight for anything let alone EVERYTHING. 💔 @GarNob
https://t.co/TXhokaSHZD
irishexaminer.com
The Cork child had been excluded from school for more than 100 days until funding for a nurse was secured
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Wheelchair user Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird speaking about beach accessibility https://t.co/anq6j2yZIj
independent.ie
Wheelchair user Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird speaking about the lack of accessibility to beaches for people with disabilities.
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So things have gone from bad to worse recently for Harvey unfortunately. While we have been campaigning, while we have all been sharing his story, while we have been watching footage of Harvey struggling to breathe, while we have been watching him screaming in pain, @CHI_Ireland
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Cathartic and challenging but I made it to the top and beyond and if this was the last thing you ever saw in life, what a life you lived. RIP @carl_dempsey
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Cathartic and challenging but I made it to the top and beyond and if this was the last thing you ever saw in life, what a life you lived. RIP @carl_dempsey
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Today is the 3rd anniversary of life without @carl_dempsey and a significant one for me. I am finally ready to climb the mountain where he died in the Maamturks to see what he saw before he took his last breath on earth. Life is for living not just being.
It was around this time 2 years ago that I got the call to say @carl_dempsey had died during Gaelforce West. There are no new memories to make with Carl, but he has left so many behind to remind us of his incredible lust for life. https://t.co/CJMptiJreR
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Volunteers Needed! We have a variety of volunteer roles available to support children and their families while in hospital. For more information or to apply, please visit - https://t.co/rfjmcGdbJm
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Just got this scam email pertaining to be from VHI. I'm not a customer, but many are and may be tricked by it. Be vigilant! #VHIhealthcare
The HIA is aware of new scam where members of the public are receiving an email that looks like it’s coming from Vhi Healthcare. The email says that you are eligible for a refund and asks you to reply to the email and then follow a link to get the refund.
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. @ThreeIreland multiple people getting fake missed calls from my number over the last few days and ringing me back. Is there really nothing can be done?
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1) Most #CAMHS clinicians in the midst of a barrage of CAMHs related criticism will do the sensible thing & keep the head down, out of self preservation when they're barely hanging in there in the face of unending referrals, under resourcing & unrelenting stress, that is not me
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