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WELCOME TO TILDA
8,500 PARTICIPANTS
THE FIFTY PLUS IN IRELAND: FIRST RESULTS
HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR HELP
TILDA FINDINGS
TILDA RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING
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SATISFACTION WITH LIFE AND 'HAPPINESS' ARE HIGHEST BETWEEN 65 AND 75 YEARS!
 
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CHANGING POLICY
We are now actively working with policy makers on ways to improve health and health care, pensions, disabilities and lessen carer burden.
GOOD NEWS
 
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The TILDA dataset is already creating new employment opportunities for young researchers throughout Ireland.
 
WELCOME TO TILDA

This is the first of a series of newsletters to keep you up to date with TILDA's progress. On behalf of the TILDA team we hope that countless citizens will benefit from the knowledge generated by the TILDA study now and for years to come. TILDA's purpose is to improve the quality and accuracy of information available to all policy makers and to create new research and development in ageing in Ireland, making Ireland a better place to grow old.

 

 
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8,500 PARTICIPANTS
TILDA has 8,500 participants and because of the careful selection of TILDA participants we can generalise observations on the nation as a whole.
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THE FIFTY PLUS IN IRELAND: FIRST RESULTS
Of the 50 plus age group in Ireland: A wide variety of interesting results have emerged from the first phase of interviews and health assessments. For more indepth details see www.tilda.ie
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HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR HELP
If people need help as they get older this is mostly provided by a spouse or child, only 20% is provided by the state. Worryingly, one in ten people who are unable to dress, wash or feed themselves don’t appear to have any help - either from family, friends or services and are somehow managing alone. TILDA research is highlighting the kind of people who require help in society as well as assisting policy makers to ensure that this help is available where most needed.
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TILDA FINDINGS

TILDA’s researchers have already made new discoveries:

  1. A new method to measure irregular heart beats and researchers are now developing new technologies using this method.
  2. Eye measurements are early indicators of people at risk of falls and fractures.

If you wish to have more indepth information please see details of the First Findings Report on our website www.tilda.ie
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TILDA RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING

TILDA was recently awarded grants  in excess of €1.4m to study depression and anxiety in Ireland, the impact of the recession in Ireland on physical and mental health and to develop early biomarkers of frailty and the ageing process. Funding included the Health Research Board’s (HRB) Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) Awards scheme, and awards from the National Institute of Health and National Bureau of Economic Research, USA.
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