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The Irish National Dementia Strategy
Source: Department of Health Ireland
Dementia affects about 50,000 people in Ireland today and that number is expected to triple by 2041. For the first time, the Republic of Ireland has published a centralised and coordinated national strategy aimed at improving the lives of people living with dementia. The strategy's…
Resource type: Research Report
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Establish Global Brain Health Institute to Tackle Dementia
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies is giving $177 million to Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to establish the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), a groundbreaking initiative that aims to tackle the looming dementia epidemic and improve health and dementia care worldwide. This…
Resource type: News
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Future Dementia Care in Ireland: Sharing the Evidence to Mobilise Action
Source: The School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin and The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUIG
This practical guide aims to answer questions and increase public awareness about dementia care in Ireland. Issues addressed include: What is dementia? How many people in Ireland have dementia? What are the costs of dementia? What is Ireland doing in its campaign on dementia? What…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Major Milestone for Dementia in Ireland: A National Strategy
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
In December 2014, the Irish government published a National Dementia Strategy, designed to tackle one of the key health challenges of the 21st Century. This was a watershed moment and one that Atlantic had been working towards for several years. In this video, Mary Sutton,…
Resource type: Video
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Kinsale Pilot Project Hoping to Reform Dementia Services
Source: Irish Times
By Barry Roche, Southern CorrespondentA €4.3 MILLION pilot project catering for more than 2,000 people with dementia has the potential to divert thousands of people with the condition away from institutional care and allow them to continuing living in their communities.According to the founding director…
Resource type: News
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Leading-edge approach will improve quality of life for people with dementia in Northern Ireland
Source: Fold Housing Association
A brand new service for people living with dementia, believed to be the first of its kind in Europe, has been launched in Belfast. The Brain Bus, which has been developed by Atlantic grantee Fold Housing Association, is a revolutionary mobile therapy unit for people…
Resource type: News
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The European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia (EFID) launches the European Awards
Source: Network of European Networks
by Werner KrüperA group of Foundations, composed of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, the King Baudouin Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung join their forces to launch the ‘Living well with Dementia in the Community - European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia-Awards‘ in order…
Resource type: News
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The Next Generation of Leaders Advocating for Brain Health
Source: The Lancet
By Dana Smith A monologist, a musician, an event producer, and an animal behaviourist are working to change how society thinks about aging and dementia. These individuals are part of the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute and are using…
Resource type: News
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Genio Dementia Programme – Year 1
Source: Irish Centre for Social Gerontology
Dementia in the Republic of Ireland is associated with poor diagnosis, stigma and lack of awareness among the general public. Not surprisingly, service provision has been, as a consequence, badly structured, poorly funded and weakly integrated. Genio, an Atlantic grantee, is working to develop and test…
Resource type: Evaluation
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National Dementia Strategy to Focus on Community Care and Stigma
Source: Irish Times
Mary Sutton from Atlantic Philanthropies and Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the launch of the Irish National Dementia Strategy at Government Buildings. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/CollinsBy Mark HillardTaoiseach Enda Kenny has unveiled a €27.5 million national dementia strategy that will focus on shattering the stigma of the diesase and…
Resource type: News
