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The years ahead: a policy for the elderly: report of the Working Party on Services for the Elderly
- Author:
- IRELAND. Department of Health. Working Party on Services for the Elderly
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 222p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
The elderly represent 11.5% of the population of Ireland, but Ireland will experience the second highest increase in its over-65 population in the European Union, with an anticipated growth of 26% by 2011. Under ancient Celtic civilization, the so-called Brehon laws were very enlightened in their view of the elderly. In modern times, policy in Ireland has been shaped by the report of a working group in 1988, The Years Ahead, which has been adopted as official policy. With the main aim of maintaining older people in their own homes in maximum health, the report outlines a comprehensive scheme of community, health and institutional measures. Many of these have been incorporated in the 2 blue-prints for future development of the Irish Health Services, known as Shaping a Healthier Future (1994) and Quality and Fairness (2001).