Results List
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Key Issues in Understanding the Economic and Health Security of Current and Future Generations of Seniors
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
As policymakers seek to reduce the nation’s budget deficit by making changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security these discussions fail to consider how choices in each area interact and affect the economic security of seniors, according to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family…
Resource type: Research Report
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Creating Excellence in Dementia Care: A Research Review for Ireland’s National Dementia Strategy
Source: The School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin and The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUIG
More people in Ireland have dementia than cancer or heart disease yet it has been a largely invisible and underfunded health issue, according to a new report by Suzanne Cahill and Maria Pierce from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin;…
Resource type: Research Report
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Grow Young
Source: Shine and The Source Group
Raising awareness of support services, providing educational and self-help courses, and training health professionals to recognise symptoms of psychological distress in older people are among the recommendations from this report for Shine that Atlantic funded. It is the first qualitative mental health research in the…
Resource type: Research Report
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From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity on the Rise
Source: Demos and The Institute on Assets & Social Policy
Many older people struggle just to make ends meet and are falling into poverty at a troubling rate, according to this report. Using the Senior Financial Stability Index, the report found that economic insecurity among senior households increased by one-third to 36 per cent between…
Resource type: Research Report
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Fifty Plus in Ireland 2011
Source: Trinity College Dublin
Older people in Ireland play a valuable role in supporting their families and communities, are generally happy with life and have significant unmet health needs, according to this report by Trinity College Dublin. This is the first in a series of four reports from The…
Resource type: Research Report
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Status of Seniors in Bermuda
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Seniors in Bermuda are generally doing well but they may need government assistance with health care and transportation, among other needs, according to this survey by Bermuda’s Department of Statistics. By Robyn Skinner Thirty five percent of seniors in Bermuda make less than $25,000 a…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Baseline Study on the Provision of Hospice/Specialist Palliative Care Services in Ireland
Source: The Irish Hospice Foundation
This baseline study found a wide regional divergence in the range of services and care options available to people in the Republic of Ireland and also revealed a significant shortfall in government funding as well as a consequent lack of progress in the development of…
Resource type: Research Report
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Mining the Research
Source: Queen’s University Belfast
Many of the assumptions and stereotypes about older adults in Ireland have been based on questionable data and needed to be revisited, according to a study commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Queen’s University is an Atlantic grantee. Summary In Northern Ireland, many of the organisations…
Resource type: Research Report
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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Partnership With Government: An Exit Strategy for Philanthropies?
Source: The Foundation Review
In “Partnership With Government: An Exit Strategy for Philanthropies?” co-authors Colin Knox and Padraic Quirk share a case study of Atlantic’s work in Northern Ireland, where it supported three thematic intervention areas: aging; children and young people; and reconciliation and human rights. Part of Atlantic’s exit strategy has…
Resource type: Case Study