Directory of Services for Older People - Galway Healthy Cities Project

Oughterard Meals on WheelsTel: 091 866770 / 087 2031010Oughterard, Co. Galway.Voluntary Community Group sourcing and delivering meals to older people living athome.Oughterard Senior Citizens GroupTel: 091 552457The group meet weekly in the Town Hall, with various activities organised, includingdressmaking and knitting classes.Patient FocusTel 01 8851611Patient Focus, Sky Business Centre, Plato Business Park, Damastown, Dublin 15.Email: support@patientfocus.ieWeb: www.patientfocus.iePatient Focus is one of Ireland's leading national patient advocacy organisations. Itprovides a point of contact and other supports to patients who have had a negativeexperience of the health care system. It assists people to try and resolve difficulties asearly as possible after they arise. It aims to ensure the preservation and enhancementof patient rights in all healthcare settings.People with Disabilities Ireland (PwDI)Tel: 01 87217444 th Floor Jervis House, Jervis St, Dublin 1.Email: info@pwdi.ieWeb: www.pwdi.iePeople with Disabilities Ireland is the umbrella organisation which brings peopletogether locally and nationally to work on common issues that affect all people withdisabilities.Portumna Social Services (Day Care)Tel: 090 9741740Castle Avenue, Portumna, Co. Galway.The centre operates daily providing meals, art/computer classes, music, dancing,exercises, flower arranging, physiotherapy, chiropody, outings and a meals on wheelsservice to people living alone at home.Post Polio Support GroupTel: 091 593664Group support for polio survivors and their carers by the provision of respite care,physiotherapy and counselling, aids and appliances, occupational therapy and peersupport and information.39