Results List
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TILDA (The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing)
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland carried out by Trinity College Dublin, an Atlantic grantee. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and aims…
Resource type: Video
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Ageing study highlights health concerns
Source: RTE News
A study on ageing in Ireland has found significant indications of undetected illnesses among people over 50 and highlights the large voluntary contribution made to society. A study on ageing in Ireland has found there are significant indications of undetected illnesses among people over 50.…
Resource type: News
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First-ever study on ageing in intellectually disabled people
Source: Irish Examiner
A STUDY launched yesterday will lift the lid on ageing in persons with an intellectual disability in Ireland for the first time. The research, led by Trinity College, Dublin, will chart the health, social, economic and environmental status of around 800 persons aged 40 and older…
Resource type: News
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Fifty Plus in Ireland 2011
Source: Trinity College Dublin
Older people in Ireland play a valuable role in supporting their families and communities, are generally happy with life and have significant unmet health needs, according to this report by Trinity College Dublin. This is the first in a series of four reports from The…
Resource type: Research Report
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Real Life: The key to long life
Source: Irish Independent - Supplement
Original Source The TILDA study is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Trinity College Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. The Irish population is getting older at an unprecedented rate, and now a new 10-year study is aiming to make Ireland the best place in the world…
Resource type: News
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Health and Wellbeing: Active Ageing for Older Adults in Ireland
Source: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing People aged 54 and older in Ireland continue to make substantial contributions to their families and the communities in which they live, according to the third report of results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Over 50s in a Changing Ireland
Source: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
More than one third of people over 50 in the Republic of Ireland are obese, with a further 45 per cent overweight, according to the second report of results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The report outlines additional health challenges faced by…
Resource type: Research Report
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TILDA study gets a home for its research in Trinity College
Source: Irish Medical Times
Trinity College Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. by Gary Culliton The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has launched The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) Health Assessment Centre at Trinity College Dublin and the public phase of the TILDA study that involves interviewing 8,000 older…
Resource type: News
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TILDA Celebrates Ten Years of Research Into the Challenges of Ageing in Ireland
Source: The University Times
The study, which has 8,500 participants from across the country, has been internationally recognised for its wide focus of the issues facing older people. By Simon Foy, Senior Editor [caption id="attachment_78329" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo: Sinéad Baker for The University Times[/caption] The Irish Longitudinal Study on…
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A Picture of Ageing Research in Ireland, North and South
Source: Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
Today 1.1 million people aged 60 and over live on the island of Ireland. By 2041 that number will reach 2.44 million, making up nearly one third of the island’s total population. Over the last decade, Atlantic has made significant investments to help build and…
Resource type: Research Report
