Joint discussion paper funded by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and authored by the Institute of Public Health 03 Jul 2015 Approximately 47,849 people were living with dementia in Ireland in 2011. This number is expected to double by 2031 to about 90,000 as incident rates of dementia are set to rise with population ageing…
07 Mar 2013 Institute of Public Health and Health Research Board Does increasing life expectancy give us extra healthy years or just extra years? Life expectancy is increasing and an important question is whether or not our extra years are spent in good health. Healthy life year’s addresses this question by measuring the number of…
15 Jan 2013 The ‘Transforming Your Care (TYC)’ consultation relates to proposals for changes in the delivery of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland in the context of the TYC report published in December 2011. TYC is about making changes to ensure safe, high quality and sustainable services for patients, service users and staff.…
03 Sep 2012 The current prevalence of dementia and its associated economic and social burden presents a challenge for the configuration of dementia care services at present and it is clear that this challenge will become ever more urgent as a consequence of population ageing. IPH supports the development of a Dementia Strategy in Ireland…
