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File image: Siobhán O'Connor Head of Operations, at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland via Alzheimer Society's press office

Planning permission sought by Alzheimer's Society of Ireland

A new Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) daycare centre is being planned for Co. Kildare.

Planning permission is currently being sought for the centre, on a site in Kildangan.

The ASI have been operating daycare centres in the county for over 20 years.

Head of Operations with the society, Siobhán O'Connor, noted the organisation never had "our own home" in Co. Kildare.

Previously the centre operated out of Monasterevin's Drogheda Street (2003), GAA Centre (2015), Moore Abbey (2015-2016), Kildare town's Dunmurray Springs (2017) & Mill Lane (2019), in Naas.

O'Connor noted the importance of a permanent premises, as the "disruption & stress it causes people when they have to move is just huge."

Approximately 1,500 are currently living with dementia in Co. Kildare.

If planning permission is granted the premises in Kildangan will be located:

  • 6 minutes from Monasterevin
  • 10 minutess from Kildare town
  • 14 minutes from Athy
  • 18 minutes from Newbridge
  • 30 minutes from Naas

The Society has a bus "ready to go" as soon as it is opened.

Ms. Connor noted when the centre is open, all of the society's resources will be available, including a dementia advisor & home-care co-ordinator.

Other services include support groups, social clubs, Alzheimer cafe, and information evenings.

Listen back to Siobhán O'Connor on Wednesday's 'Kildare Focus':

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