http://hdl.handle.net/10147/234134 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:56:36 GMT 2013-05-21T00:56:36Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/266297 Title: National Council for the Elderly: proceedings of a conference: Mental Disorders in Olders Irish People: incidence prevalence and treatment: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, 11th October 1996. Authors: National Council for the Elderly Description: The National Council for the Elderly is an advisory body to the Minister for Health on all aspects of ageing and the welfare of the elderly. One of its terms of reference is to advise the Minister on measures to promote the health of the elderly. As one of its contributions towards the realisation of this objective the Council published a report in October 1996 entitled, Mental Disorders in Older Irish People: Incidence Prevalence and Treatment. The report provides a profile of mental disorders in the older Irish population by bringing together in one publication the information which exists on the prevalence, incidence and treatment of mental disorders in older people. It will be a valuable source of information for planning and developing mental health services for older people. A Conference at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on 11 th October 1996 provided a platform to discuss the findings of the report and to focus attention on the priorities for mental health services for older people in Ireland. We are very-grateful to Anne Roche, a co-author of the report, for preparing this summary of the proceedings of the Conference. On behalf of the Council, I would like to thank her for bringing together the papers presented at the Conference in such an expert fashion. Though not pretending to record in detail everything said by invited speakers or from the floor, we are confident that this report provides a useful account of the main issues discussed. Fri, 11 Oct 1996 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/266297 1996-10-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/249841 Title: National Council for the Aged report on its three year term of office June 1981 to May 1984 Authors: National Council for the Aged Description: The establishment of the National Council for the Aged in 1981 demonstrated a recognition by Government of the growing importance of the many issues relating to the elderly and to ageing, an awareness which is increasing world-wide as populations age and the number of elderly people increase at a very rapid pace. In 1950, according to United Nation's estimates, there were approximately 200 million persons 60 years of age and over throughout the world. By 1975, their number had increased to 350 million. United Nation's projections to the year 2000 indicate that the number will increase to 590 million, and by the year 2025 to over 1,100 million; that is an increase of 224 per cent since 1975.1 In Ireland too, the elderly population has been increasing steadily. Taking the number of persons aged 65 and over, for example, it increased from 329,800 to 369,000 in the decade between 1971 and 1981. This however, because of the age structure in the Irish population, represented a decrease in the percentage of the elderly relative to the population as a whole, from 11 .1 percent to 10.7 per cent. In 1981 there were 131,900 people in the country aged 75 and over. The numbers of such persons is projected to increase by 13.4 per cent in the decade to 1991 i.e. at a faster rate than the population as a whole (11.1 per cent). At present, women account for 55 per cent of all elderly persons and 63 per cent of those aged 80 and over. In 1979 there were 60,100 elderly people living alone in Ireland, an increase of almost 40 per cent on 1971; and in this category, women outnumber men by almost 2: I. In Ireland today, women of 65 have a life expectancy of 15.7 years compared to 12.8 years for men of the same age. By 1991, 18.8 per cent of the elderly population will be over 80 years of age. Clearly these very significant increases in the numbers of elderly Irish men and women present a challenge to our whole society Sun, 01 Jan 1984 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/249841 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/44467 Title: An age friendly society: a resource document Authors: National Council on Ageing and Older People (NCAOP) Description: NCAOP / 2005 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/44467 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z