10  quirky animated videos to talk about dementia and mental health. Developed by the Trinity College Dublin, the videos aim at tackling the stigma associated with mental illnesses, for which people commonly and mistakenly ...

FreeDem, NEIL programme, Trinity College Dublin - Press Release

The Irish National Audit of Dementia Care (INAD) has identified for the first time some gaps in the healthcare system for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. In a review of 35 hospitals, the report ...

Report of the Irish National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals 2014

In Ireland, a HSE strategy introduced five years ago to combat falls among older people has not been implemented. In 2008, the HSE introduced its falls strategy to combat a problem that is costing ...

Strategy to Prevent Falls and Fractures in Ireland’s Ageing Population - Report of the National Steering Group on the Prevention of Falls in Older People and the Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis throughout Life, 2008

Thanks to the joint collaboration between the program "Living with Dementia", the Trinity College of Dublin and the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, the Ministry of Health  has launched an online guide aimed at ...

Trinity College Dublin - Living with Dementia. Dementia care costs more than cancer, heart disease and stroke care combined and is one of the main causes of disability in later life.

For most of Irish over 65 retirement comes with depression. A phenomenon that is however underestimated by relatives who mistake the real disease for bad moods typically found among seniors. The alarm is sent ...

Trinity College Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing – Towards making Ireland the best place in the world to grow old, Annual Review 2008