Look into winter payments and more benefits
Better pensions for people who have worked all their lives
Valued for life generally here in Northern Ireland
Improve financial support, increase social care, nursing homes better monitored
Ensure they are financially secure and are not left alone in old age, more carers
Financial equality with regard to pensions
Moving footpaths like in the airport, moving walk ways
Spot the sign of age earlier and give them the support they need earlier
Improve health, finances and keep safe from crime
I think they can help them get transport to go wherever they want to go like a special bus
Advice on what is available for them with regards to the dentist and doctors etc. This is very important for older poeple
Isolation  and what to do with your time
Provide info as to what's available for them... Benefits etc
Possibility of work at any age. Good health care
Hear their voice not the voices of their social workers
Make sure that they are looked after properly
Make sure that they are financially supported on what they are living on
Their living conditions and making sure they have heat
Get them out and about more. Some are very lonely.
Helping with finances, particularly healthcare.
To do away with loneliness  so people would have social outlets
Let them retire on a good pension. And provide support in free transport etc  Not able to use internet provide free phone tel no etc
Educate them so they can prepare for later life
Preparation financially for older people to ensure plenty of money and not needing pensions
Carers in the community need much much more time to spend with their patients. And more training for the carers themselves ;  Training in respect of spotting early signs of ulcers and bedsores
Lady thinks old people are well cared for
Let people know the commissioner exists!
Given sufficient income to enjoy their last few years
Arrange visits, social events, generally get older people out and about
Provide information on services and benefits available.
More benefits lower rates tv licence etc at an earlier age
Improve the quality of life for older people by providing more fold/ residential home care
Help with the isolation more care and contact
Ensure they have sufficient heating allowance, good food and support groups to visit
The same benefits as the pensioners in Germany
Welfare and rights support eg fuel and support groups where they dont have family support
More active outreach within communities toward older people
Better provision for older people in health care
Improve care for the elderly both in homes and in their own homes
Do something for loneliness in old people
Make sure older people have enough money to see to their basic needs met. There needs to be an increase in the state pension
Support in terms of money and people visiting
Better benefits and increased state pension
Try and keep the cost of living down for older people
Help with car insurance and other costs etc
To let them avail of more heat in the winter time or provide them of means of provinding heat
Someone to chat to at least once a month
Try and get people involved within their communities, get them out and socialising with others
Encouraging older people to have plenty of hobbies
Make them more aware of their benefits and rights
More financial support and more social activites
Support in terms of regular visitors and things to do rather than get old in isolation
Get pensioners a better deal financially from the state.
Reverse all the cutbacks in community services
Security in their own homes and a warden living here at the week end in the fold
Medical appointments to ensure they dont have to wait for 4 weeks for a doctors appointment
More care and company for them. Free leisure centre facilities
Company and support in terms of money when necessary
Something to help make a difference to society
Proper representation of rights and services
Creating activities within a social environment to enable their skills to be passed to younger people.
To represent their interests as regards food, housing etc
Ensure health and safety is paramount, heat payments over the winter
It's hard to say but probably an adequate pension
More financial help in state pension, and means tested fuel payments
Making sure they have enough food and heating and better healthcare
More social activities to stop older people being lonely
To consider the cost of living and make sure it is adequate in reflection to the cost of living
Ensure no pensioners are in danger of suffering from hypothermia and that they are given the means to pay their heating bills
To provide more social interaction for people who are lonely, provide a community service for such people
Crime prevention is a big problem in this area
Support for eldery alone in their house company
More relatable activities for older people
More clubs and events.  Groups for them to attend
Greater pension for some pensioners who are reliant on state benefits so they can afford better food and pay for heating.
Provide more social activities for older people
Help with the isolation older people suffer in their homes
Isolation is the biggest problem to resolve.
Carers who visit staying for longer with each person
Better social care when needed ie residential care
Provide accessible information to their entitlements
Ensure pension and welfare rights are protected
Make sure all elderly people are warm during the winter months
Support to ensure their human rights are upheld
Looking into why pensioners are paying tax on our pensions
Cheaper housing available for older people
To preserve pension rights of pensioners
Protect their rights with regards welfare, housing and benefits
A better pension so as older people can eat well and heat their homes
Support  in terms of clubs and day centre for oaps
Better health care sort out this waiting in a and e for hours
Safety in homes community watch older people at the weekend
Give them more money and allow them to see their gp quickly without having to wait three weeks
Good social suppport where there is no family
Older peoples health should be checked more often
Older who have state pension only should be given extra help financially.  There should be more protection for older people with regard to abuse
More care for really elderly in their own homes
More home care for people who can't manage on their own
Improve their benefits especially their pension
Providing lower heating and enough food in the winter.  Make sure that  older people are not lonely.
More calls to people living alone to check they are OK. More keypads for entry if people can't answer the door
Security in their homes and neighbourhoods
Promote community centres to alleviate loneliness.
Increase the state pension and give them a better standard of living.
Better benefits so they can afford heat and food
Make sure they are cared for well in old age
Ensure they have adequate benefits to be warm and well fed
Give them better pensions on retirement.
Their main role should be in my opinion to make sure older people get a fair deal and to make sure they are not discriminated against in any way
If any issues arise whereby an older person requires to be represented maybe the Commissioner could represent that person to make sure their interests and welfare are safeguarded.
To promote independence and get them out of the house
Make sure they are treated properly in nursing homes
Pay more attention to the old who have never worked
Free travel and winter fuel payments / access to home helps
Better access to health care for those with mobility issues
Keep them warm help with winter fuel costs
Improve their benefits so that they can look after themselves
More health care , shorter waiting lists to reduce worry
Prevention of loneliness.  Something social
As I have never heard of a commissioner, older people should be more aware there is one so that they can bring up important issues
Those government people all think they already know better
Care in their own homes instead of going into old peoples homes as they would be more happy and it would cost less
Gp sugery should be 7days a week its too  hard to get seen by my own doctor
Everyday concerns a community hall for residents
More recreational trips for elderly people in rural areas
Older people should not be made to work if not well enough or on benefits or made to go to a job centre
More social outlets and for isolated people more interaction
Better transport in rural areas and better information
Making sure they are getting the benefits they are entitled
Ensure that their pension rights are preserved and that their interests are safeguarded as regards welfare
Ensure pensioners are warm in their own houses
Go into nursing homes and rid them of uncaring and inadequate staff.  Work closer with the rqia to ensure that standards are maintained at all times.
To improve social care to allow people who are older to be cared for at home
To help them stay in employment if they are able
To ensure older people have medical tests and results as quickly as younger people
More local information closer  not having  to go as far as Newry
Make more things available for them such as social activities and finance  help
To make sure their human rights are protected in terms of welfare, benefits etc
Support to keep elderly people in their own home
Improved pensions - keeping up with the cost of living.
More facilities in the area like a bowling group or men's groups
The health service looks after older people
Ensure politicians make sure pensioners are looked after in terms of welfare, benefits and pensions
Make sure their pension rises uniformly in line with inflation
To make sure that the views of the elderly are taken into account in line with the general population
Represent their interests to Goverment so that their welfare and pension rights are upheld
Provide more information on what benefits are available.
To make more practical support available for them
Make it possible for older people to stay in work
To make sure their rights are protected and that they are properly represented in terms of welfare, benefits etc
To act as the go-between between Pensioners and Government to make sure the rights of elderly people are upheld
Equal treatment with regards to healthcare and not left without help because of their age
To make sure people get the medical treatment they require irrespective of cost
Elderly people need supported and represented. The Commissioner should ensure that the elderly are taken into account when the Government are planning welfare reform.
Better care in nursing homes and a better pension
Allow people to work on if they want to work on after 65/66
More community centres and social facilities
Give pensioners more help at their home with regards to heating and health care.
More money for older people and provide more company in their homes.
To make sure all elderly people have enough heat during the winter months to make sure they don't get hypothermia
To look at their healthcare options, especially if they are terminally ill or have illness
Positive ageing week in Newry very good and all over Northern Ireland. Provide more information about what's on I missed the tea dance in city hall
Access to better provisions and more support
Give them an adequate pension to feed and heat themselves
Lower the bands for means testing for benefits such as pension credit
Increase pensions to above the rate of inflation
Provide opportunities for use of internet training
I think sometimes pensioners get a raw deal and are forgotten about, the Commissioner should act as the go-between between the pensioners and Government to preserve their pension rights, welfare benefits etc
More Fold places with better trained staff
More time when visited by the home help who are currently too rushed
More security in their homes. Eg if people could have direct access to the emergency services.  rather than the usual line they should have a direct line so as emergency services would know they are older
If they are on their own then they should have more time with the home help.
Put their pension on a par with other European countries eg France or Germany
For those living alone more regular visits and general help to go shopping
Get better health care and more generous benefits
Should campaign for rises in pension and give families more support for looking after elderly relatives
Married older people should get same pension as single people
Reduce waiting times for hip and knee replacements
Improving standards in nursing and residential homes
Improving their quality of life generally
Look into their way of life with a view to making improvements
Increase their pensions and other benefits
Much more home help and money to allow older people to live
To put the case forward to Government to get Pensions increased to a more appropriate level
Give them a decent pension to live out their lives
More help in their homes and out to lunch club and activities
To make sure that ALL Pensioners have heat during winter months
More community events for older people or breakfast clubs
More in the commuity both home and in the community
More home help hours and more police around on the streets
Ensuring financial benefits are sufficient
Improve the health and better home carer service in the future.
Make sure they get a good deal as fair as welfare benefits are concerned
Revamp the entire system to make the whole system more assessable for the aging population
Help for elderly new windows for bungalow required
Make people aware of who it is of their existence what they do
More police to give confidence to older people at home
To ensure the elderly get the medical help they require irrespective of their means
I think it probably will be in my case here in the country. more community activity perhaps more day centres and that sort of thing
Improve their access to health and social care facilities
Make sure older people have enough money for food heating etc
Provide better community standards. Make Folds etc more accessible.
Letting people know what their entitlements are and helping them complete forms.
Better care for older people more activities to do
Keep close eye on standards in nursing homes
More support in terms of money and more help visits
Publicise exactly what old peoples entitlements are and how they should go about getting them - marketed in such a way that old people are guaranteed to find out
Make sure the right benefits and health care are provided
Financial help for ordinary 9 to 5 workers. Greater pension
Educate younger people to have more respect for their elders
More nursing support, home help and info regarding what benefits they are entitled to
All around care and support in terms of nursing care and suitable medical attention
More money and less waiting times in the hospital
Give them the quality of life and not put them into homes that haven't the proper facilities or qualified staff to care for them
Get better fuel allowance for older people
Better protection for their homes if they have to go into nursing home
See that they're treated much better in nursing homes
Promote their rights, like an MP but for older people specifically
Something could be done for lonely or isolated people
Look after older people better, especially if they have no family
Make sure they retain their dignity and good pension
Finding better ways to distribute winter fuel payments -
To reduce the time that older people have to wait for operations like hip replacement
Promote mental health to enable older people to live as they wish
All access to healthcare of any type. Irrespective of their age
Good care package in the home, banking and food shopping
Increased  the pension and make it fair. Based on what the people pay in
Free hairdressing and beauty pampers provided for free
Shorten waiting times for doctor and hospital appts
More awareness of what is available to older people
They be be given preference in hospital waiting lists
Make more people aware of what they are entitled to
Ability to change their skills and find  structured employment late in life
Suitable accommodation and good heating system like not economy 7,  gas is so much cheaper
Made feel secure in their old age and not to be concerned with security and finance
Provide older people with good pensions by encouraging provision early in their respective working life
Ensure adequate nutrition and standard of living eg:heating etc..
Increase fuel payment to people who need it by keeping the money given to people with lots
Better support for families looking after elderly relatives
A better health service and easy assess to all services
Old people should pay less for their groceries and fuel for their car
Maintain the fuel allowance and bus pass, free prescriptions, parking charges at the hospital,
Improvement in residential care standards
Free car tax for older people low mileage use
Better winter fuel payment with none to those who can afford it
Central location to meet for lunch a few times per week
Ensure they are aware of what they can claim and how to do that
Social club outings essential for older people
More attention and help to provide night care for older people with dementia
Provide a guardian/ support worker to insure that older people can access the full range of support services available to them
Isolation must be addressed for the elderly in terms of lunch club and activities.  Redefine clubs or reinvent not labeled clubs for the elderly i.e the mature generation
More things happening in the local clubs
Make pensions fairer for people who dont have much
Introduce something to go towards reducing the isolation faced by many
Make them more aware as to what is available to them.Their family's should also be aware.
Make sure people looking after the elderly are fit and qualified to look after them with care and dignity
Make sure they are well look after and getting all their entitlements
Make it easier for them to heat their homes
Try and set up more activities for them especially in rural areas
Insuring that their houses are properly heated and that they have enough food
Better care home facilities which would not take someone's life savings to keep them there
Look after them when they are ill and provide better care services
Maybe make transport available for people who don't drive or who used to drive
Allow people to work as long as they want to
No bad conditions in any home or hospital
Pension increase reduced electric and gas prices
More help, when needed, in their own homes
More help in homes of all older men to do washing and cooking etc
Improve transport in this area is most essential
I never heard much about what she does or has done
More financial support for older people who are more vulnerable and living on their own
Bus in rural areas to take them to community for company etc
To concentrate on widows and widowers because when their partner dies they lose half the household income and still pay the same bills
More social visits by home visitors or carers
Help make sure they can heat their homes
People should be assessed about their finances so it is fair
Engage directly with older people and listen/respond to what they identify
More activites to get out of the house during the day
Improve access and quality of healthcare
Make people aware that the commissioner exists
Try to make sure all older people get what they are entitled to
Help older people to lead fulfilling lives
More money in their pensions for the ones who need it
Try to identify those pensioners in greatest need and help point them towards how to get everything they are entitled to
More money to have a decent standard of living
More social clubs to ensure older people have regular company
Make sure they get  what they're entitled to
Improve pension benefits, increase pension
I'd say better transport resources to get them out
Make sure they don't struggle to pay bills
Ensure they have enough money for the basic essentials, at least
Teach young people manners simple manners basic simple manners seat on a bus ... Holding open doors basic human rights
Providing activities for them - training in IT etc
Maintain good healthcare for the elderly
Make sure that someone keeps in touch with them all the time
Set up more community activities and social aspects
Ensure older people are cared for better
Maintain widely available health care for elderly
More healthcare/visiting for older people especially the lonely
Check they are properly cared for in hospital and at home
Help older people to work if they want, help them to heat their homes
Ensure older people are catered for with regards to heating
Give them what they want and their lifestyle  upheld
Make sure they are financial stable so they don't go cold or hungry
Give them a decent standard of living the state pension is ridiculous
Opportunity to socialise at lunch clubs and get quick access to doctors and health care
Just to make sure pensioners have a voice and that they are represented when the Government are making decisions affecting them
Improve transport, access to shops, etc...
To make sure all pensioners are warm during winter
Better pension to heat the house and eat adequately
To give pensioners better pension rights
Keep older people better informed about what she is doing for them. She needs a higher profile, nobody knows what she does
Arrange more visits to older people to fund out how they are coping
Try to get them belonging to them, more money to look after their elderly relatives at home
Protection of pension payments into funds by private individual
Ensure they have sufficient funds and support for the elderly who live at their homes
Access to free transport must be maintained
Increase the flat pension so they can live
Do something about loneliness. Getting people out and about
Make sure they don't get a raw deal when it comes to welfare and benefits
Cannot think of any one particular thing
Increase the pension and better run hospitals
Good access to free health care quickly not having to wait for 3 /4 weeks
Increase the state pension to insure security and comfort in their own home
To make sure Pensioners have welfare rights, including adequate heating during winter months.
More company during the day with carer visits
To ensure that the elderly have primary access to health and welfare provisions
To make sure that elderly people are looked after in terms of basic needs irrespective of their basic income.
Ensure that all pensioners have basic welfare provision in their homes, that is food, heating, water, care etc.
Improve the weekly pension to enable pensioners to have a better standard of life
Better access to social care and benefits
To campaign for Pensioner Rights with regard to health, welfare and benefits
To make sure the elderly get priority health treatment
Make sure the interests of the elderly are fully represented
You hear about elderly people dying of hypothermia. The Commissioner should ensure that steps are put in place to ensure that the Elderly have adequate heating regardless of income
I know little or nothing about what the person does. Maybe they need to keep older people better informed about the work he or she does
Doctors should have to visit them at home when needed instead of expecting them to go to the surgery
You hear stories about old people freezing to death in their own homes in poverty unable to pay for heating costs. The Commissioner should campaign to ensure ALL pensioners have adequate welfare provision including food, heating and basic needs.
To make sure all elderly people are adequately housed with appropriate welfare provision
Give them more money the people who worked for it
Pension increased so people can keep warm and well
To help the elderly engage with society by arranging community initiatives, pastimes etc to relieve the boredom and monotony of everyday life
Good support at home with home helps etc
To be treated fairly when it comes to medical treatments
More activities during the day and home visits
Ensure that all elderly people have an acceptable base level of care and welfare in the twilight years of their lives
More opportunities for computer training
Improve confidence of older people particularly the vulnerable
Make sure that all elderly people are warm, have food and someone who can check up on them each day to make sure they are ok
Should be more high prolife and be seen to be getting a better deal for older people
A good pension provided by the government
Make sure they pay minimal tax, are looked after from a welfare standpoint and that they have a standard of living that is reasonable and commensurate with their age
Means testing for living standards because some older people have loads and some are skintight but all get given the same
Some sort of centres people could go to during the day for a meal and companionship
Probably give them more pension. If you take away financial stress it means a lot
More choice in the medical support they receive. More input into their medical decisions
Better provision for fuel allowance in winter
Better pension so they can stay warm in winter and afford better food
More pension money when people retire especially for those who have worked their whole life
Help with fuel prices and cost of electricity
Treat them with equality the same as everyone else
To get pensioners a better deal with regards to their pension. 113 quid a week is pitiful, it should be double that and even then it would be woefully inadequate.
Provide better transport services to health centres etc. access to Internet and training
All jobs should provide pensions after 10 years of employment
Improved healthcare, for self and family.
Care and assistance with travelling and transport even only once a month.
To provide benefits for putting them into a home use benefits rather than using up life savings...
Ensure they all have enough heat and food
It seems the fuel for people less well off, heating, is their big problem. They could go further that way, listening to the news
Just ensure that the rights of elderly people are protected and that they are not forgotten about
More help in the community eg my husband has dementia and I get no help
More benefits for them so they can eat well and stay warm
Better care in their own homes when needed
More pension money for those who need it
To do all that is possible to relieve the monotony and boredom associated with old age
To safeguard the welfare interests of pensioners to ensure they have an acceptable standard of living
Make it simpler for older people to claim benefits. Present system too hard to understand
Promote health, well-being and exercise amongst the elderly to keep them active and alert, which would prevent the elderly feeling isolated and alone the way they do
The elderly are in general bored, fed up and isolated. It would be helpful if the commissioner could concentrate efforts on getting pensioners involved in social activity which could help their state of mind and physical health.
Make sure they have a voice and are looked after in terms of welfare, benefits etc
Making sure that the punishment fits the crime when dealing with people who have commited crime
More home help support for older people at home who need this service
Campaign for pensioners to have warm homes.
Better attention for older people left on their own particularly through loss of spouse
Pensioners largely are forgotten about so would like the Commissioner to fight for the welfare rights of the elderly.
To ensure pensioners get a pension that is more in line with the cost of living, what pensioners get now by way of a pension is very poor and how anybody can live on 113 quid a week is beyond me especially if that is their only source of income
Rise in pension and reduction in retirement age
Financial end to let them have a better lifestyle
Lot of older people getting broken into and things like that
I think a wee bit more money and company for them someone to go in and pay a visit
Something to bring them together where they'd be warm and could have company
Something to keep them from being completely  on their own
When Harry's dad was in the hospital they didn't treat  him like a human being they spoke down to him... The cleaners and tea ladies were the nicest to him..
Make the benefits system less intimidating.
Make sure poorer pensioners get what they are entitled to
Make it easier to get benefits they are entitled to
Older people should not be taxed on their pension
Give them opportunities to socialise more
Protection and support for older people who live alone
More security when they retire in financial terms and that they don't have to work until they 68
Reduce the waiting time for getting into hospital
Make sure everybody is treated the same and no differences because of age
Better healthcare and quicker access to healthcare
Heating increase financial support where necessary
Whatever they can to see they don't get forgotten - isolated, away from family, and unable to care for themselves. Also that nursing homes are run well enough that all residents get proper care
Free services for the elderly and not to be made to feel they are a charity items, when they use these free services which they have paid for all their lives in tax  Bully tactics often used on elderly but no follow up service for them to report this bullying
Name labels for all health professionals so when they bully older people they can be identified
Pensions improved. Police patrols doubled. Heating improved in their homes.
They need occupied in activities and purpose for their lives. Use their talent to help others
A better environment in nursing homes where they can have pets
Look into every estate and see what is available for them
Guarantee that people are looked in their old age
Campaign to spread the wealth from elderly who have plenty to those who have very little
Try for something they could attend for company and transport provided were possible
More support for people who are providing care services in the home not a 15 minute visit twice a day it's not adequate
Choice for residential care in later years.  Freedom to choose where they wish to spend their last years
Inform older people about all the benefits automatically
More activities for older people who are lonely in their homes all alone.  From yoga to cooking classes anything to have the mind stretched and provide companionship
Make every effort to keep the elderly in their own homes carried by support in the community
Free hairdresser appointment for older ladies
Better provision of nursing homes. People should not have to pay or sell their homes to cover the costs
More social clubs keep them mentally active good health and social care
See to it that they all know what they are entitled to and how they can get it
Do something to help older people going to hospital, not having to wait for hours
Encourage families to take better care of their own
Access to good healthcare. The doctor surgery has a 3 week waiting list
More help in their homes and for longer periods of time not just 20 mins a day
Better financial help.  Help them to borrow money
That they don't have to use all their own personal money when they go into a nursing home
Plenty of support in their homes to keep them out of old peoples homes
Better facilities in the community, like more home help
More places in sheltered living homes like Folds
More rural community transport for essential trips eg to hospital or for shopping etc
More access to home visits from health professionals and helpers
Cheaper fuel costs and better community care
Set up a call centre which could ring all elderly twice a year to see if they are having any problems
To provide a service where someone could call with elderly people every day, from 80 yrs old onward or if in poor health from 75yrs
Some way to make sure older people are regularly checked on by someone who would actually help instead of just sending other people round to find out more things
Do something to see that they don't freeze
Lobby for harder penalties for those who attack an elderly person or steal from them, including con men
More help and to attend more social activities
Just get them a fair deal regards their standard of living
Better provision of carers in their own homes if needed
Better care at home or in a care home residential
Better social facilities so as people are not lonely
Simply to protect the intrinsic rights of the elderly to make sure they don't get a raw deal
Make it simpler to claim benefits and find out what is due to them
To push for higher pension payments for pensioners as the current amount is woefully inadequate
Better care in their own homes, more facilities and home visits.
More financial help to keep warm in winter and eat well
Better facilities in the community to encourage older people to communicate.
Much more home help for longer periods of time into their homes.  Not just to make a sandwich but actually a real meal or dinner
Easier access to shops, doctors surgeries etc
To make sure ALL Pensioners have housing and warmth. It should be a fundamental right at that age.
Better financial help to live comfortable
To make sure the elderly have social activities to keep their minds active as many elderly people are left to live alone and die of boredom
No idea, all those government people do what they want anyway
Stiffer penalties to deter criminals from targeting them
To make sure older people are treated equally with the rest of the population and if they are not The Commissioner should fight their corner.
They should go out and talk to a few, they'd learn best by doing that
Get people punished more for attacking them
To campaign for pensioners to have increased pension payments
Provide financial advice to help older people make ends meet.
Elderly people are largely forgotten about, left to fester. The Commissioner needs to represent them at all levels to ensure they get a fair deal as regards housing, warmth, welfare, benefits etc
Ensure they are kept mentally alert with constant stimulus
More community activities for people to go to so as they won't be lonley
Ensure no pensioner is living in poverty and if they are make sure they receive the help they need
More social activities and home support. Gran who is blind she cannot hear but wants to stay at home. Essential she is given support to stay on her own and in her own home.  Really government needs to help support as she cannot sustain these expenses long term.
Maintaining their rights as my parents age
The benefits system needs to be simplified to make it easier for older people to understand and be able to know what they are entitled to
More social activities and company at home
Better protection for older people against crime, eg alarms fitted so they could press an alarm should they be broken into
More support in terms of social activities
Allow people to stay on at work if they so choose
Give them better winter fuel payments an have enough food to eat
Isolation is a problem and support in their homes with cleaning.
I would like better facilities for social events etc.
Much more support in their homes to allow them to continue living at home