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10% of Diabetes Cases among Adults aged 50+ are undiagnosed
New research shows that 10% of adults aged 50 and over in Ireland, the equivalent to 120,000 older adults, have type 2 diabetes, rising to 16% in those aged 80 and over
One in three Irish adults aged 65-74 years walk slower than the speed required to cross the road
Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) shows that one in three Irish adults aged 65-74 years do not have enough time to cross the road at pedestrian light crossings
The 2015 TILDA Conference-Evidence for Policymakers, held at the Mansion House
The 2015 TILDA Conference - Evidence for Policymakers was held in partnership with Age Friendly Ireland and Dublin City’s Age Friendly Alliance
TILDA marks the 25TH Anniversary of UN International Day of Older Persons by Thanking Participants for Their Contributions
Researchers with The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin are marking the 25th Anniversary of the UN International Day of Older Persons by saying thank you to the 8,000+ participants who have participated in the study since it launched
Professor Finbarr Martin becomes President-elect of EUGMS
Congratulations to Professor Finbarr Martin, former President of the British Geriatrics Society, on his election as President-Elect of EUGMS (the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society)
Topic Report: Demographic and health profile of older adults utilising public health nursing services in Ireland: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
A new report by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing on older people's use of public health nursing services in Ireland was launched today by Dr. Catriona Murphy of TILDA at the annual general meeting of the Institute of Community Health Nursing
Statin use in adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease mortality: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from TILDA
Dr. Catriona Murphy examines the extent to which statins are used by adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to European clinical guidelines
Scientists Discover link Between Common Medications and Serious Falls in Older Men
Analysis of data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) revealed that falls causing injury were more than twice as likely in older men taking a particular group of commonly used medicines
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew O'Connell: Beeson-CARDI Fellow
A huge congratulations to TILDA's own Dr. Matthew O'Connell, on the announcement of his Beeson-CARDI Fellowship
€2 million boost for leadership in ageing research
The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) announced four new CARDI Fellows from its third leadership funding call
TILDA findings on formal home-care utilisation by older adults presented at major nursing conference in Dublin today
Research published in Health and Social Care in the Community reveals that 8.2% of those aged 65 years and older in Ireland are utilising publicly financed formal home-care in the form of domestic help and/or personal care
TILDA Study on High Blood Pressure Finds High Prevalence, Low Awareness and Treatment Disparities
Research newly published in the Journal of Public Health, estimates that 64% of the over 50s in Ireland have high blood pressure; equivalent to 797,000 people in this age group
Dr. Cathal McCrory, In the Psychologists
TILDA Research Fellow, Dr. Cathal McCrory, will be In the Psychologists' Chair presenting his paper Loneliness and the Heart: Social Disadvantage, Social Isolation and Cardiovascular Health,' using TILDA data, at the lunchtime series In the Psychologists
New TILDA Research Brief - Water Flouridation, Oral Status and Bone Health of Older People in Ireland
Research has found a positive relationship between higher levels of water fluoridation and oral health, among older people in Ireland
New CARDI funded research using TILDA Data: Vulnerable older people at greater risk from inequalities in health behaviours
New CARDI funded research, using TILDA data and data from Northern Ireland, has shown that older people on lower incomes and living in deprived areas across the island of Ireland have considerably worse health than better off people of the same age
TILDA Receives Major Funding for Innovative Global Healthy Ageing Project
The project which received funding from the Horizon 2020 Programme will examine the social disparities in health ageing and the effect of the economic recession on health and biology of ageing, using data from TILDA and the Growing up in Ireland longitudinal studies