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The Living Alone Increase (LAI) is a weekly top-up paid by the Department of Social Protection to people who live alone and who are getting certain payments. So when a son or daughter hears that their mother or father is thinking about sharing the family home with a younger person, the worry arrives quickly: are they about to lose it?
We explain how professionally run Homesharing programmes can work with Irish Government to support people remain living at home
Caught between raising children and caring for a parent with dementia, I experienced firsthand the quiet overwhelm of the sandwich generation. That journey inspired THE HomeShare—built on a simple idea: life becomes more manageable when we don’t have to carry it alone.
A useful guide for families and relatives who are worried about an older loved one, but are unsure whether live-in care or homesharing would be the best fit.
