DEVELOPING A NATIONAL AGE-

FRIENDLY COUNTIES PROGRAMME

THE IRISH EXPERIENCE Presented by: ANNE CONNOLLY

29th May 2012

Age Friendly County Programme

Launched

Brigid Butler - to be launched by end of 2012

Debra O’Neill - to be launched by end of 2012

Catherine McGuigan - to be launched by end of 2012

WEST

SOUTH

DUBLIN

NORTH-EAST

DUBLIN MID

LEINSTER

LAUNCHED

•Galway – City & County

•Clare

•Cavan

•Monaghan

•Louth

•Meath

•Dubln – Fingal & South Dublin

•Kildare

•Kilkenny

TARGETED

•Donegal

•Mayo

•Roscommon

•Leitrim

•Longford

•Westmeath

•Offaly

•Laois

•Tipperary North

•Tipperary South

•Waterford City & County

•Wicklow

12 STEP APPROACH

Agree with LA Manager

and others

Secure political support

Convene Alliance

1st PHASE

Preparation

2nd PHASE

Getting Started

Hold public launch

Establish Older

People’s Forum

Begin Base-line Study

Complete county wide

consultation

Complete & consult on

1st Draft Strategy

Finalise and launch

Strategy

Affiliate to the WHO

Global Network

Establish Service

Providers and

Business of Ageing

Forums

JUST DO IT

3rd PHASE

Going Live

INFRASTRUCTURE INDIVIDUAL AGE-FRIENDLY COUNTY

National Implementation Group

4 x Government Dept’s + Others

National

NGO Forum

Older People’s

Forum

Co-ordinators

LOUTH

ALLIANCE

FINGAL

ALLIANCE

MEATH

ALLIANCE

CAVAN

ALLIANCE

MONAGHAN

ALLIANCE

Dublin

North East Dublin

Mid-Leinster

South

West

National Prog. Mgr

Ageing Well Network

Regional Managers

The Dublin Declaration

AGE FRIENDLY COUNTY INITIATIVES

Kilkenny Base Line Study

Kilkenny Face book

TIME BANK

WISDOM TIME BANK

Developing New Social roles

SOCIAL CREDITS

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS

Outcomes focused approach – so more older people

Can stay living in their own homes and communities

Lead healthy and active lives

Get to where they want to go and when

Are valued contributors to the lives of their communities

Live in places where the social and physical environments are safe

and conducive to being out-and about

Place Based Integrated Service Planning - ‘Deep Dives’

Older People Forum led process

Area audits – walkability, accessibility, transport and asset mapping

Extensive consultations

Area based plan – input into Local Authority area planning

Local Implementation Group

LESSONS LEARNT

• Design and build’ - keep adapting

• Build credibility with early and visible wins

• Ensure accountability and engagement with the political structure

• Engage the local heroes and those with passion

• Reflect local ‘distinctiveness’

• Honour and engage early with those who have achieved a lot