Demographic Projections and Population Ageing in Ireland

Connell, Peter; Stewart, Jim

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-6789-6_11

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“…This trend is set to continue through to 2056, by which time it is estimated that those aged over 65 years will comprise 29% of the Irish population. 1 This projected pattern of Irish population ageing will have profound consequences for Irish dentistry. Older adults in Ireland have a high caries experience.…”

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Caries and the older patient

Hayes

McReynolds

2023

Journal of the Irish Dental Association

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Population ageing is global and pervasive and in Ireland, we can expect to see the proportion of the population aged over 65 grow to nearly 30% in the next thirty years. Along with this we have seen a reduction in tooth loss. Therefore we will be managing increasing numbers of partially and fully dentate older adults in dental practice. Older adults in Ireland have high levels of past caries experience and, in particular, root caries is almost exclusively a disease seen in this cohort. Preventing and managing caries in older adults with heavily restored dentitions will bring both treatment planning and operative challenges to the dental profession.

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Caries and the older patient

Hayes

McReynolds

2023

Journal of the Irish Dental Association

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“…Firstly, the number of older persons is growing, and the growth is particularly fast in the 80+ category. Secondly, the number of older people living alone in Ireland is projected to increase dramatically in the next two decades with a doubling of the numbers between 2002 and 2021 for both males and females (Connell and Pringle, 2004). Thirdly, the rapid increase in women's labour market participation is often argued to restrict the supply of informal (family) care, the cornerstone of the Irish care regime (Timonen and McMenamin, 2002).…”

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From the workhouse to the home: evolution of care policy for older people in Ireland

Timonen

Doyle²

2008

Int J of Soc & Social Policy

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PurposeCare of older persons in their own homes has in recent years received much attention in Ireland. The proponents of domiciliary care draw on both economic and quality of life arguments, many of which are identifiable in policy documents since the 1950s. However, little detailed analysis of the evolution of the formal care services for older persons, and the shift in emphasis from institutional to domiciliary care, has been presented. The paper aims to focus on the issues.Design/methodology/approachUsing archival, administrative and policy sources, the authors traced the changing nature of formal care policies in Ireland, and analysed changes in key organising principles and features, including subsidiarity, the role of the Church and the basis of entitlements (residual vs universal).FindingsThe first type of formal care to emerge was institutional, and did not adhere to the subsidiarity principle as it was mostly delivered by the State. Subsidiarity came to the fore more clearly with the establishment of the earliest home care services by religious and voluntary organisations. The current trend towards cash‐for‐care (home care packages) is arguably a modern‐day manifestation of the arm's length attitude that the subsidiarity principle recommends the State take.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that care services are increasingly delivered by private sector companies and informal carers operating in the grey market increases the complexity of the care regime and therefore makes the task of developing social care regime classifications more complicated; it also means that regulation of the care sector in Ireland is a particularly urgent task that is yet to be undertaken in a comprehensive manner.Practical implicationsThe policy challenges involved in attempts to regulate the complex care mix are considerable.Originality/valueThe paper utilises both historical methods and policy analysis to highlight the changing meaning of key concepts such as subsidiarity.

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“…In 2012, almost one-third (33.2%) of total hospital discharges were of elderly patients, a figure that had increased annually by 5% on average since 2008, and they consumed the highest percentage of total bed-days (47.3%), an increase of 1.9% on the 2011 figure (HRID & ESRI 2013). Projections made in 2002 by the Irish National Council on Ageing and Older People (NCAOP) show that elderly females and males will account for 16.4% and 14.1% of the Irish population, respectively, by 2021 (Connell & Pringle 2004). Figure 1 reveals the increasing trend of older Irish people.…”

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