WHO Participation

• WHO Study—Dundalk 2007

• Age Well Network

• Rodd Bond

• The Role of DkIT & the Netwell Centre

• The Louth Age Friendly County Initiative

Background

• 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

• Challenge the Public Services to adapt and respond to the challenge

Objectives of Louth Age Friendly County Initiative

• Partnership

• Participation

• Innovation

“The participation of older people in a partnership

approach enriches innovation”

Principles

Outcomes Older people will be:

• Leaders in their communities • Feel involved and influential• Be Healthier• Feel Safe and Secure • Access to necessary

information

Age Friendly Strategy

Aims

• 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

Implementation

• Affiliated to WHO • WHO Global Age

Friendly Cities Network Conference 2011

• Dublin Declaration• North East Roll Out• National Roll Out

Leading the Trail in Ireland

• 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:

• Older People’s Groups

• Advocacy Groups for Older People

• Nursing Homes and Day Care/Hospital

• Individuals

• There are 230 people registered with the forum

Louth Older People’s Forum

LOPF developed an action plan at a policy day and identified the following priorities:

• Safety & Security• Housing Adaptations• Home Care• Transport • Volunteering

Priority Actions Identified by LOPF

Journey to Date

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

Outdoor Spaces and Buildings

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: • ‘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

Transport

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

Housing

• 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

• 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

Respect & Social Inclusion

• 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

• 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

• 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

Social Participation

• Louth Age Friendly County Website www.louthagefriendlycounty.ie

Designed by older people

Tested on 70 older people

• PARLOURS• Cuidigh Linn• Drogheda and District Support 4 Older People• Drogheda Senior Citizens • Great Northern Haven

Communications & Information

• 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

Civic Participation & Employment

• Health Working Group—chaired by HSE• Tele-health Trials—Bosch, Home Sweet Home and Great

Northern Haven— cross agency supported projects

• HSE services in North East• New A&E Department

• Medical Assessment Unit

• Coronary & Intensive Care

Community Support & Health Services

“Do not go where

the path may lead,

go instead where

there is no path

and leave a trail”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Louth Age Friendly County The Future

Thank You

1st time in world’s history,

more people 65+ than under 5

Support Ratio from 22:1, 6:1 to under 2:1

Every 2nd

child born today will live to

be 100

65+ = 30%EU by 2050

80+ fastestgrowing age

cohort – 7% for

centenarians

People drawing

pensions for60 years

50+ market50+ marketaccount foraccount for80% wealth80% wealth55% spending55% spending

1ST personborn

who willlive to 150

LONGEVITY

Currently increasing by5 hours per day

2.5 years per decade