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Home care co-operatives can play a large role for older people care in Ireland, new report finds.

Photo (L-R): Dr Carol Power and Dr Caroline Crowley, Centre for Co-operative Studies in the Cork University Business School. Photo credit: Ruben Martinez (UCC).

UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland.
The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home.
In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age.
Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.

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