Sage Advocacy

19/08/2026

Everyone has the right to be free and to make their own choices. This means they can move around freely and cannot be kept somewhere or restricted without a good legal reason.

Our Service is Free, Confidential and Independent.

📝Free
You do not have to pay for our advocacy service.

📝Confidential
We keep what you tell us private.

There are some exceptions. For example, we may need to share information to keep someone safe, or if the law says we must.

We will explain these limits to you as clearly as we can.

📝Independent
We are separate from your family, your service and the organisations involved in decisions about you.

▪️ Phone: Calls can be made to 01 536 7330.
▪️ Email: Questions can be answered via [email protected].
▪️ Website: Referrals can be made at the link https://sageadvocacy.ie/make-a-referral/

Nothing about you / without you

18/08/2026

Bibiana Savin, CEO of Sage Advocacy, joined Kevin Greene over the phone to discuss our 2025 Annual Report which highlighted a 25% increase in demand for our services among others findings.

Sage Advocacy is the National Advocacy Service for Older People and Survivors of Institutional Abuse.

🎧 Listen back, https://www.mixcloud.com/AthloneCommunityRadio/athlone-today-kevin-greene-speaks-with-bibiana-savin-ceo-of-sage-advocacy/

Bibiana Savin, CEO of Sage Advocacy, joined Kevin Greene over the phone to discuss their 2025 Annual Report which highlighted a 25% increase in demand for their services among others findings. Sage Advocacy is the National Advocacy Service for Older People and Survivors of Institutional Abuse.

07/08/2026

📻 Vice Admiral (Rtd) Mark Mellett, Board Chair for Sage Advocacy, spoke with Marian Herriott from The Chat Show on Connemara Community Radio last week.

🎧 Listen back to the interview by clicking the video below.

nothing about you / without you

28/07/2026

27/07/2026

Information & Support is the primary point of contact for accessing any of Sage Advocacy’s services.

Get in touch to ask about:
◾Nursing Home Support Scheme
◾Housing-related queries
◾Legal and financial questions
◾Queries about nursing home care
◾Safeguarding issues
◾Applications for decision-making support arrangements under the Assisted Decision-Making Act

Get in Touch With Our Information & Support Service from 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, Monday to Friday at the following:

📞 01 536 7330
📨 [email protected]
💻 https://sageadvocacy.ie/

27/07/2026

Sage Advocacy sees highest annual increase in referrals

There were 3,923 referrals in 2025 to the national advocacy service for older people and survivors of institutional abuse - up by almost 800 from 2024 (3,145). The organisation helps adults who may be vulnerable to navigate healthcare, housing, safeguarding, financial abuse, legal processes, and assisted decision-making.

Bibiana Savin, CEO at Sage Advocacy said, "Cases are increasingly complex, often involving multiple, overlapping issues relating to health, housing, safeguarding, victims of crime, financial control and legal processes, requiring coordination across numerous agencies.

"Sage Advocates provide continuity across all areas including hospitals, nursing homes, social services, financial institutions and legal actors, ensuring the person's voice, wishes and rights are heard and respected," she said.

📝 Ailbhe Conneely, RTÉ

Get in Touch With Our Information & Support Service

📞 01 536 7330

📨 [email protected]

💻 https://sageadvocacy.ie/

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0724/1584976-sage-advocacy-report/

Sage Advocacy saw its highest annual increase in referrals last year, following implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making legislation.

24/07/2026

Sage Advocacy reported a 25% increase in demand for services launching its 2025 Annual Report Independent Advocacy: An Idea Whose Time has Come at its Annual National Team ‘Summer School’ meeting this week.

Sage Advocacy staff, whose dedication form the pulse of the organisation, provided information, support and advocacy services to more than 12,600 people through cases & queries in 2025, demonstrating the growing demand for its services.

The 2025 Annual Report can be viewed at the link in bio.

Photographed: Bibiana Savin, CEO Sage Advocacy and Vice Admiral (Rtd) Mark Mellett, Board Chair Sage Advocacy.

24/07/2026

"The highest region of demand growth was in the Midwestern region, with the bulk of the queries relating to issues around discharge from hospitals and step down facilities...
..Sage Advocacy works to achieve a variety of outcomes through its work. From supporting people to return home or avoid unnecessary institutional care, to safeguarding against financial abuse or coercion, to resolving disputes without escalation to formal legal processes."

Bibiana Savin, CEO Sage Advocacy told Midwest Radio News Editor Teresa O'Malley more about what services are on offer.

🎧 Listen at the link,

The bulk of the queries relate to issues around discharge from hospitals.

30/06/2026

Sage Advocacy is the National Advocacy Service for Older People and Survivors of Institutional Abuse. We also support Vulnerable Adults and Health Care Patients in certain situations where no other services are able to assist.

Our work, on behalf of the people we support, is independent of family, service providers and system interests. The service is free of charge and confidential.

If you would like to access our services, we’d love to hear from you.

Get in Touch With Our Information & Support Service
📞 01 536 7330
📨 [email protected]
💻 https://sageadvocacy.ie/

08/06/2026

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