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Marginalised Ageing and Inclusive Systems During COVID-19
Informing new directions in public policy through research with diverse and vulnerable older adult groups
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the marginalities of ageing experiences for many groups of older adults. It has also demonstrated the pervasiveness of inequalities for these groups and the absence of their voice across social and economic, civic and health spheres. These challenges to inclusivity, however, are longstanding – despite being more acute in form and impact since the onset of the pandemic. Arguably, they emerge from different degrees of: our collective complacency; ...
The CESRD is delighted to be partnering with the Irish Gerontological Society and the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology to run a Symposium Series on Marginalised Ageing and Inclusive Systems. This series is part of the IGS scientific programme for 2020/2021. The series will run from December 2020 to April 2021. It will examine the experiences of different groups of older people including older workers, family carers, people living with dementia, older members of the Traveller and homeless communities and older adults who have experienced age discrimination and isolation.
The series will be launched on the 7th December 2020, 15:00-16:30 with a ...
The CESRD is delighted that our research has contributed to the development of the National Dementia Café Network in Ireland. The first Dementia Café opened in Dublin in 2011. Since then approximately 26 Dementia Cafés have opened in Ireland. However, despite the increasing popularity of Dementia Cafés in Ireland, in 2018 only 19 cafés were in operation. In order to gain insight and understanding on current practices within Dementia Cafés in Ireland, a research team in the CESRD, comprising of Christine Fitzgerald, Áine Teahan and Eamon O’Shea, conducted an evaluation of Dementia Cafés in Ireland.
This project included in-depth multi-p...
Researchers from the CESRD, Dr Tom Pierse and Dr Fiona Keogh along with colleague Dr Stephen O'Neill, published new research on the numbers of people living with dementia in Ireland. The study provides estimates and projections of the number of cases that are consistent with available Irish data. They show that irrespective of whether the incidence rate of dementia is declining the number of cases of dementia in Ireland is rapidly increasing due to population ageing. They estimate that there will be 65,000 people over 65 years of age living with dementia in Ireland in 2021 and that this figure will increase to 100,000 by 2036. The paper outlines a ...
A new programme, “Hope in the Age of Dementia”, launched by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), the global voice on Dementia, and ITN Productions will feature The Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia (CESRD), NUI Galway. The programme showcases the latest international developments in care, research and technology for people with dementia, with a special focus on advancing and accelerating solutions for Alzheimer's disease globally.
The programme focuses on the research work of the CESRD and the importance and impact of the Understand Together dementia awareness campaign in Ireland. It also features Helen-Rochfor...
Eamon O'Shea and Kieran Walsh talk about their contribution to a new book on Remote and Rural Dementia Care.
The specific issue of rural ageing and dementia care has been neglected in many countries. As populations age, the need to provide services to an increasing number of older people with dementia living in rural areas will become more acute, even if the share of older people living in rural areas is likely to decline in the future, in Ireland and internationally. Concern for older people with dementia who continue to live in rural areas is based on a number of potential disadvantages arising from economic, social, geographical, environmental ...
A new study from the CESRD examines carer burden among family carers of people with and without dementia in Ireland. Here the lead author Áine Teahan explains the study further:In 2014 the European Social Survey estimated that the number of family carers was double the size of the long-term care force, with family carers providing three-quarters of long-term care to older people in Europe. Despite their importance to European health systems, family carers experience significant personal and wider social challenges associated with family caring including reconciling professional, personal, and caring responsibilities; accessing community-based ...
Helen Rochford-Brennan worked with Fiona Keogh to write about her experience of living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss the additional difficulties faced by people with dementia including the effects of social isolation, increased anxiety and stress. They talk about how some people with dementia may have difficulty accessing services and supports, which is not helped by the invisibility of people with dementia in society. Check out their Open Letter here: https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/3-29/v1
Eamon O’Shea and Fiona Keogh have collaborated with Maria Pierce to write a report for the International Long-Term Care Network on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: https://ltccovid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ireland-COVID-LTC-report-updated-13-May-2020.pdf
Now might also be time to have look at the CESRD report on The Continuum of Care for People with Dementia in Ireland, published last year, especially if thinking about future reform of long-term care in Ireland post the pandemic https://www.understandtogether.ie/Training-resources/Helpful-Resources/Publications/The-Continuum-of-Care-for-People-with-Deme...
Professor Eamon O’Shea has written an article for HRB-Open Research on: remembering people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
This letter argues that we need to pay particular attention to people with dementia during this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing rules and cocooning for people aged 70 years and over are now in place in Ireland to slow down the rate of infection and protect vulnerable older people. This letter argues that we need, more than ever, to assert the personhood of people with dementia at this difficult time. To read the article click here
