Older People
Older People
To develop integrated responses to the needs of older people, promoting their inclusion and contribution in all areas of life and responding.
Objective |
Actions |
Contact (Lead & Partners) |
Action Ref. # |
Actively promote the Age Friendly Strategy |
Ensure all agencies support the Age Friendly Strategy and implement its goals and actions. |
Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC
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9.1 |
Promote and support a volunteering policy for older people. |
Provide access and opportunities to volunteer and identify any barriers and seek solutions |
Cork Volunteer Centre, Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance, LCDC and other city stakeholders.
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9.2 |
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Lobby Dept of Social Protection, National Government to increase opportunity to work past age of 65 in a way which will not negatively influence one’s social welfare payments.
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Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC |
9.3 |
To support the Cork Age Friendly Business Programme. |
To raise awareness in the public and private sector through training on the needs of elderly people in the development of policies, programmes and services.
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Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC |
9.4 |
Promote awareness of consultation approaches to include Older people |
Develop links with Cork Older Peoples forum and provide a platform for age related matters to be raised at city level. |
Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC
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9.5 |
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Support the Cork Older Peoples Forum to fully participate in the PPN structure |
Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance, PPN and LCDC
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9.6 |
Provide a responsive approach to Older Peoples housing needs |
Develop a needs analysis on variety of accommodation types that allow older persons the option to downsize within their local community |
Cork City Council, HSE, Cork City Age Friendly Alliance, Community Projects
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9.7 |
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Develop a directory of services for older people that will provide flexible, easily updateable information. |
Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC
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9.8 |
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Enable older people to live in their own homes and communities by providing the necessary supports and services as well as suitable housing in the right locations.
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Cork City Council, HSE, Cork City Age Friendly Alliance, Community Projects
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9.9 |
Support community participation, mentoring and volunteerism for older persons in the City |
Co-ordinate and promote increased levels of community participation, mentoring and volunteerism by older persons in the city.
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Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance, Cork ETB and Cork Volunteer Centre and LCDC |
9.10 |
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Actively support, work towards and promote Cork City as a
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Cork City Council, Healthy Cities, HSE, Cork City Age Friendly Alliance, Community Projects, and other city stakeholders.
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9.11 |
Support community based care facilities for older people with an ethos of integration and continued learning and independence |
Investigate the feasibility of providing a community based, collective living model for older persons in the City as a viable alternative to traditional care facilities.
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Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance, Cork City Council and LCDC |
9.12 |
Support the delivery of actives spaces, recreation and play areas in the city |
Review the existing Cork Recreational Needs Study (2003) and Cork City Parks Strategy (2000) to guide the future needs requirements of older people in the city |
Cork City Council, Healthy Cities, Age Friendly Alliance and LCDC |
9.13 |
Support the delivery of smart living technologies within housing for older persons in the City
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Explore the implementation of assisted living technologies and facilitate testbed for trialling of such innovations within housing for older persons in the city |
Cork Smart Gateway |
9.14 |