Age Friendly Ireland International Foundation for Integrated Care - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

28th August 2020

Age Friendly Ireland

International Foundation for Integrated Care Symposium | A Decade of Action on Healthy Ageing

National Age Friendly Ireland Programme A Shared Service Function of Local Government

The Journey | A Decade of progress in Ireland

2009 2019

Key Milestone | 2019

First Country in the world to achieve full Age Friendly Programme (31 LA led Age Friendly Programmes) membership of the World Health Organisation Global Network of Age Friendly Cities & Communities

World Health Organisation membership

National & International Recognition Ceremony | World Health Organisation

Our Core Values | A New Approach

Structure & Governance | A model that works

National Shared Service Structure | Our Team

Listening to the voice | Older People’s Councils

• Local OPC in each local authority

area

• National Network of Older People’s

Councils

• Role is to represent the voice of
• lder people
• National Older People’s Councils

Convention – May 2020 Meath

• Representation on various groups,

Housing Options for an Ageing Population steering group

• Policy development function

Local Resources | Outputs & Initiatives

• 31 Local Age Friendly Programmes
• 31 Local Age Friendly Programme Managers
• 6 Age Friendly Regional Programme Managers
• 31 Older People’s Councils
• 31 Age Friendly Alliances chaired by CE/IC
• Local Authority Shared Service hosting
• 4 fulltime staff | 3 Principal Advisors | MCC
• National Network of OPCs
• National Chairs of Age Friendly Alliances
• National Network of Programme Managers
• National Age Friendly NGO Forum
• National Advisory Group
• 1000s of Age Friendly Initiatives
• Health & Positive Ageing Initiative
• Age Friendly Hospital
• Age Friendly Airport
• 700 + Age Friendly Business
• 48 Age Friendly Libraries
• 2 Age Friendly Primary Care Centres (progressing)
• Multiple Age Friendly Housing
• Age Friendly Public Realm
• Age Friendly Information & Communication
• Age Friendly Train Station (progressing)
• Age Friendly Communications Strategy
• Age Friendly Towns
• Age Friendly Parking
• Age Friendly Seating
• Walkability Audits
• Recreation Areas/Information Hubs

Key Strategic Objectives

01 Strengthening & Embedding

Local Programmes

02 Scaling up & Replicating best

practice

03 Measurement, Monitoring & Sharing learning 04 National Policy

KEY OBJECTIVES

Alignment to National Policy

• Programme for Government

2020

• Housing Options for our

Ageing Population

• National Planning

Framework

• National Positive Ageing

Strategy

• Covid – 19

Age Friendly Housing

Colivet Court, Limerick Proudstown, Navan

Cluid Housing Sheltered Housing for Older People

High security locks, South Dublin

For older residents (55 years plus). Vulnerable or living alone. In private accommodation. 4 age friendly units Brownfield town centre site Addressed anti social behaviour Close to services, shops etc Age Friendly parking, level entry, wetrooms, integrated technology

Research on Housing

• Age Friendly Housing in Local Authorities
• Housing for Our Ageing Population Policy Framework
• 31 Local Authorities
• Current capital programmes, universal design, rightsizing, planning for future population
• Right sizing
• Led by South Dublin County Council
• Explore barriers / perceptions about right sizing
• Explore what supports are available/needed
• Record the experiences of older people who have gone through the process

Housing & Public Realm Training

• Training programme delivered to 1,200 practitioners across the

Local Government Sector

• Expanding this training to other sectors
• Advises on public spaces, accessibility, seating, lighting,

planning for ageing communities, universal design, social supports, key elements of age friendly housing

Age Friendly Walkability Audits

• Walkability Audits assess local

towns

National Age Friendly Parking

Age Friendly Hospital Guidelines

Age Friendly Libraries

Age Friendly Business

• National Roll Out
• Delivered locally
• Training for businesses
• Consultation with older customers
• Commitment to implement change
• Charter
• Mystery Shopper

Age Friendly Airport Guidelines

• A Step by Step Guide to an Age Friendly Airport
• 4 Stage Process including Walkability Audits
• Consultation with Older People
• Collaboration with Commission for Aviation Regulation
• Local Action Plan for both Airports
• First Age Friendly Airport Guidelines internationally
• Ministerial Launch in January 2020

Age Friendly Primary Care Centres

• Working Group established in Kildare, South Dublin and Wicklow

to engage with HSE

• Aim to make two PHC developments Age Friendly
• Collaborating with Developer | Two sites in Athy and Baltinglass

(2020)

• Dementia Friendly considerations (Understand Together)
• Produce publication / guidelines
• AFI will ask CEUD to review from technical perspective
• Collaboration with HSE Estates for future roll out and scale up

National Age Friendly Awards

• Annual awards night celebrating age

friendly initiatives across Ireland

• 8 Thematic Categories aligned to WHO

Domains

• Application Process | Evaluation| Site Visits

| National Ceremony

Digital ICT Pilot- ACORN Age Friendly Smart Tablet

• Digital literacy issues
• 3 pilot areas (Meath, Fingal, Limerick)
• Dormant Account Funding
• 90 Participants
• An Age Friendly product
• Evaluated by Maynooth University
• Findings and interim report
• Wexford Assistive Technology

Partners and Linkages

• National Integrated Care Programme

for Older Peoples

• Understand Together dementia

awareness campaign

• Academic Partners
• NGO Forum Groups
• Alliance members National & Local
• National Safeguarding Committee
• Affinity National Falls and Bone Health

Project

International Relationships

• WHO Global Affiliates | Centre for Ageing

Better UK –Site Visit

• Visit to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Oct

2019

• Site Visit to Ireland from Age Friendly

Norway November 2019

• Innovation in Politics | Berlin 2019
• IFA International Conference

Resources | agefriendlyireland.ie

Catherine McGuigan Chief Officer Age Friendly Ireland | Meath County Council cmcguigan@meathcoco.ie www.agefriendlyireland.ie

Thank You

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