1. DEVELOPING A NATIONAL AGE-
FRIENDLY COUNTIES PROGRAMME
THE IRISH EXPERIENCE
Presented by: ANNE CONNOLLY
29th May 2012

2. 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
DUBLIN
LAUNCHED
•Galway – City & County NORTH-EAST
•Clare
•Cavan
•Monaghan WEST
•Louth
•Meath
•Dubln – Fingal & South Dublin
•Kildare DUBLIN MID
•Kilkenny
LEINSTER
TARGETED
•Donegal •Tipperary North
•Mayo •Tipperary South
•Roscommon •Waterford City & County SOUTH
•Leitrim •Wicklow
•Longford
•Westmeath
•Offaly
•Laois

3. 12 STEP APPROACH
3rd PHASE
Going Live
2nd PHASE  Finalise and launch
Strategy
Getting Started  Affiliate to the WHO
Global Network
 Establish Service
1st PHASE  Hold public launch Providers and
Preparation  Establish Older Business of Ageing
People’s Forum Forums
 Begin Base-line Study  JUST DO IT
 Agree with LA Manager  Complete county wide
and others consultation
 Secure political support  Complete & consult on
 Convene Alliance 1st Draft Strategy

4. INFRASTRUCTURE
INDIVIDUAL AGE-FRIENDLY COUNTY

5. Ageing Well Network
National Implementation Group
4 x Government Dept’s + Others
Older People’s
National Prog. Mgr National
Forum
NGO Forum
Co-ordinators
Regional Managers
Dublin Dublin South West
North East Mid-Leinster
LOUTH FINGAL MEATH CAVAN MONAGHAN
ALLIANCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCE

6. The Dublin Declaration

7. AGE FRIENDLY COUNTY INITIATIVES
Kilkenny Face book
Kilkenny Base Line Study

8. WISDOM TIME BANK
Developing New Social roles
TIME BANK
SOCIAL CREDITS

9. 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

10. LESSONS LEARNT
• Design and build’ • Ensure
- keep adapting accountability
and engagement
• Build credibility with the political
with early and structure
visible wins
• Engage the local
heroes and those • Honour and engage
with passion early with those
who have achieved
• Reflect local a lot
‘distinctiveness’