Background
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WHO Study—Dundalk 2007
Age Well Network
Rodd Bond
The Role of DkIT & the Netwell Centre
The Louth Age Friendly County Initiative
Objectives of Louth Age
Friendly County Initiative
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Find the voice of Older People
Develop a model of delivery within
existing structures that will work in other
Local Authorities— Dublin Declaration—National
Roll Out
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Challenge the Public Services to adapt
and respond to the challenge
Principles
• Partnership
• Participation
• Innovation
“The participation of older people in a partnership
approach enriches innovation”
Age Friendly Strategy
Aims
Outcomes
Older people will be:
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To increase participation
To improve the health and
well-being of older people
To achieve a responsive
service provision through
cost effective partnerships
To lead the way in
demonstrating the processes
Leaders in their communities
Feel involved and influential
Be Healthier
Feel Safe and Secure
Access to necessary
information
Implementation
Leading the Trail in Ireland
• Affiliated to WHO
• WHO Global Age
Friendly Cities Network
Conference 2011
• Dublin Declaration
• North East Roll Out
• National Roll Out
Louth Older People’s Forum
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The voice of older people is captured in the Louth
Older People’s Forum which was formed as a
result of workshops held throughout the county
asking older people how the forum should be
constituted.
The forum is constituted from 4 areas as follows:
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Older People’s Groups
Advocacy Groups for Older People
Nursing Homes and Day Care/Hospital
Individuals
There are 230 people registered with the forum
Priority Actions Identified by LOPF
LOPF developed an action
plan at a policy day and
identified the following
priorities:
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Safety & Security
Housing Adaptations
Home Care
Transport
Volunteering
Journey to Date
Outdoor Spaces and
Buildings
Land Use and Spatial Planning
– Louth County Development
Plan 2009-15
– Dundalk and Environs
Development Plan 2009-15
– Drogheda Borough Council
Development Plan 2011-17
– Ardee Age Friendly Town—
LOPF submission—Enabled
Area
Parks Programme
– Walkability Programme—Slí
na Slainte
Transport
Transport Audit—2010 Recommendations
• Improve Connect and Collect services
• Increase efficiencies and effectiveness of existing expenditure
• Improve Co-ordination among stakeholders
Louth Age Friendly Transport Group—chaired by Mr Andy
Cullen, former Assist Sec Gen at Dept of Transport
Achievements to Date:
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‘quick win’ on the Louth Age Friendly County website a ‘transport tab’ which has
the timetables of all transport services within the county and links to the website
of the transport providers.
This will be extended to a journey planner
Hub and spoke developments in Drogheda, liaising with Bus Eireann eg
improving links between the BE depot and the Hospital
Pilot projects are being designed for Clogherhead, Ardee and Cooley looking at
the idea of a ‘community car’ where people will support each other; Trip Sharing
and Volunteer Personalised Transport Service
Housing
Housing Working Group—chaired
by Joe McGuinness, DOS
Housing, LCC
– Lessons from Great Northern
Haven
– Trusted Tradesmen
– Care & Repair, Dundalk—Cuidigh
Linn, Drogheda Senior Citizens &
Drogheda & District Support 4
Older People
– Places to Flourish—Moorehall
Nursing Home and St Joseph’s
Ardee
Respect & Social Inclusion
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Listening to the voice of Older People
• Older People’s Forum Executive meet on a 6 week basis
• Annual Conferences July 2010& 2011 (approx 250 older people
attending)
• LOPF act as ambassadors to other Age Friendly Counties—Ann
Egan, Ann Ward and Mary Dunne
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LOPF Actions
• Fáilte Isteach—older people teaching new migrants conversational
English—DDS4OP
• Positive Ageing Week—Dundalk & Drogheda
• Senior Help Line—Dundalk & Drogheda
• Bealtaine—LLA, Arts and Library Service & Older People
• GAA Social Initiative—Cooley Kickams and Knockbridge
Social Participation
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Safety & Security—Louth Garda Division Older People’s Strategy—adapted from
national Garda Strategy for older people
• Bogus Caller Cards
• Register of Older People
• Community Liaison Gardaí
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Intergenerational
• “Generations” DVD Louth Comhairle na nÓg and LOPF
• SPIRAL—DkIT story telling project around benefits of Peace
• St Vincent’s Post Primary School—Young Scientist of the Year Winners—”What is the value
of Dundalk’s Age Friendly Community Initiatives
• Growing through the Ages, Louth Tidy Towns programme—Dromiskin, Blackrock & Ardee
primary schools—intergenerational garden/park—older people passing on the skills
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Louth Sports Partnership— activity festivals, Go For Life Fitline, and Physical Activity
Leader (PALS) training for older people
IT training programmes—Age Action Ireland in DkIT and LLA libraries and LLP
programmes
Access Louth Awards
Communications &
Information
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Louth Age Friendly County
Website
www.louthagefriendlycounty.ie
Designed by older people
Tested on 70 older people
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PARLOURS
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Cuidigh Linn
Drogheda and District Support 4 Older
People
Drogheda Senior Citizens
Great Northern Haven
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Civic Participation &
Employment
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Louth Age Friendly Business Forum—chaired by Mr Gavin Duffy
Louth Age Friendly Business Plan launched in Sept 2011.
– Awareness
– Products & Services
– Wisdom in the Work Place
– Senior Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
– 50+ Enterprise Workshop
– Recognition—Ardee pilot area. 32 businesses signed up
Community Support &
Health Services
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Health Working Group—chaired by HSE
Tele-health Trials—Bosch, Home Sweet Home and Great
Northern Haven— cross agency supported projects
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HSE services in North East
• New A&E Department
• Medical Assessment Unit
• Coronary & Intensive Care
Louth Age Friendly County
The Future
“Do
not go where
the path may lead,
go instead where
there is no
path
and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thank You
65+ = 30%
EU by 2050
Every 2nd
child
born today
will live to
be 100
1st time in
world’s history,
more people
65+ than
under 5
80+ fastest
growing age
cohort
– 7% for
centenarians
LONGEVITY
Currently increasing by
5 hours per day
2.5 years per decade
1ST person
born
who will
live to 150
Support
Ratio from
22:1, 6:1 to
under 2:1
People
drawing
pensions for
60 years