St Luke’s Home – an ecumenical church-based charity which has cared for the elderly as well as dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers in Cork since 1872 – has started the new year by welcoming a new Director of Nursing to its management team.
Neil Mackay was welcomed to his new post by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, and also Mr David O’Brien, CEO of St Luke’s. The new Director of Nursing started his work at the Home on 6th January.
St Luke’s Home Annual Christmas Concert – December 2013
Catherine Clancy Lord Mayor of Cork shares a joke with St. Luke’s resident Ann Dorgan at the recent Annual Christmas Concert at St. Luke’s Home.
Business After Hours – Cork Chamber networking event hosted by Northridge House
Bruce Pierce, Director of Education Northridge House with Donnacha O Callaghan at Chamber networking event.
Board members,Management, Corporate Funding Committee members gather with the deputy Lord Mayor Lorraine Kingston on the roof of The Irish Examiner offices to launch the St Luke’s Annual Corporate Lunch, one of the Home’s biggest fundraisers.
St Luke’s Home, specialists in Dementia Care, along with Age Action and the Alzheimer’s society, all based in Mahon, delivered the first of their Dementia Care Workshops to staff of the retail outlets in Mahon Point on Wednesday 2nd October. The point of the workshop is to show retailers how they can become ‘Dementia Friendly’ to their customers. This is an exciting development from three charities with a common focus being, Care of the Older Person.
From left: John O Mahony, Age Action, Oonagh O Driscoll, St Luke’s Home and Shanti Mc Nulty, Mahon Point Shopping Centre
Kathleen Lynch TD (Minister of State, Department of Health and Department of Justice, Equality & Defence with responsibility for Disability,Older People, Equality & Mental Health) visited Northridge House to take part in the Age Action Ireland Celebrations. This important group is based in Northridge House and led by John O’Mahony, Regional Manager Age Action
From left : Bruce Pierce, Director of Education, Henry Cooper, nephew of Sydney Northridge, President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, Bishop Paul Colton, President of St Luke’s Home, Lord Mayor of Cork John Buttimer and David O Brien, CEO St Luke’s Home at the official opening of Northridge House on the grounds of St Luke’s Home in June 2012
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