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Debra O Neill 18 th September 2012 Building Ireland’s Age Friendly County Programme

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Debra O Neill 18th September 2012

Building Ireland’s Age Friendly County Programme

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OVERVIEW

Rationale for the Irish National programme

How it works at National level

How it works at Municipal level

Successful initiatives

Lessons learnt – Collaboration & Benefits of

NGO’s and Citizen involvement with

Government.

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IRELAND

Population 4.5m 11.5% = 65+ In 30 years 65+ will double

and 80+ will quadruple Important state pension

and other benefits Implications of Economic

crisis

IRELAND

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RATIONALE FOR THE AGE-FRIENDLY COUNTY

PROGRAMME

Quality of life is unnecessarily poor for too many older adults

1st

2nd

3rd

Population ageing needs new approaches and long-term planning to tackle opportunities & challenges

Need to articulate a new ‘paradigm’ for

approach to ageing

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AGEING WELL NETWORK

75 Members

Ass SecsGovernment Departments

Public Sector

Agencies

BusinessCommunity

Service Providers(private

& voluntary)

Older PeopleNational

Organisations

Key PublicFigures

Academics

NATIONAL INITIATIVES

• Age-Friendly Programme• Business of Ageing• Silver Technology

OBJECTIVE 1TO REFRAME THE AGENDA ON AGEING

OBJECTIVE 2TO BE A CATALYST FOR CHANGE

Age-Friendly Programme

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National Age Friendly Programme

Fingal

Sth DCC

DCC

Sarah Wetherald

Brigid Butler

Debra O’NeillCatherine McGuigan

Pending

DUBLIN NORTH-EAST

DUBLIN MID LEINSTER

SOUTH

WEST

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The Dublin Declaration

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12 STEP APPROACH

Agree with Local Government Manager and others

Secure political support Convene Alliance

1st PHASEPreparation

2nd PHASEGetting Started

Hold public launch Establish Older

People’s Forum Begin Base-line Study Complete county wide

consultation Complete & consult on

1st Draft Strategy

Finalise and launch Strategy

Affiliate to the WHOGlobal Network

Establish Service Providers and Business of Ageing Forums

3rd PHASEGoing Live

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OLDER PEOPLE’S

FORUM

SERVICES PROVIDERSFORUM

ECONOMICFORUM

AGE-FRIENDLY Municipality

ALLIANCE

Local Government Development Board

ECONOMIC CULTURAL SOCIAL

Where Age Friendly fits within our Structures In Local Government

Age-friendly business

Ageing-in-place

INNOVATIONSwealth health

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6 CORE OUTCOMES

Older People:

1. Feel they belong and have opportunities for personal development and for enhancing the communities in which they live;

2. Can stay living in their own homes and communities;

3. Lead healthy and active lives for longer;

4. Are able to get to where they want to go, when they want to go;

5. Live in places where the social and physical environments are conducive to being out and about;

6. Feel and are safe in their own homes and their communities

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WHAT AGE FRIENDLY STAKHOLDERS CAN DO

WISDOMTIME

BANKS

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Dementia Friendly Kilkenny CityService Providers Forum

AwarenessMemoryMatters

Physical Health

Dementia Specific Programme via Sports Partnership and Siel

Bleu

MentalHealth

Memory ClinicsEarly detectionCross Agency

Training

SocialBefriending Service plus Social Outings including Cafe and

Dancing

CreativityDementia Programme using MOMA Model

with Butler Gallery and Arts Programmes

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It is possible to generate public interest and participation

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Older People working with Local Government Arts Department, Street Maintenance Department, work with Voluntary organisation and City Authority

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• Get the support of government partners early in the process

• Building on existing strengths, programs, and facilities of the City is a strategy that resonates with government leaders, especially in times of fiscal constraint

• Promoting a vision that infuses age-friendliness into planning across multiple domains engages a wide array of sectors and partners

• The continued involvement of older adults is essential

• Adopt top down and bottom up strategies

Capacity to respond is limited by the process we currently engage

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LESSONS LEARNT IN IRELAND

Design and build’ - keep adapting

Focus alliance on jointly planning for agreed outcome

Ensure accountability and engagement with the political structure

Engage the local heroes and reflect local ‘distinctiveness’

Honour and engage early with those who have achieved a lot

Build credibility with early and visible wins

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Thank you - спасибоありがとう , Merci, diolch yn fawr,

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