Did you know that the Policing Plan 2015-2016 sets a series of targets to be achieved by 31 March 2016? One of these is to increase by 2 percentage points the outcome rate for domestic burglary in which older persons are victims compared to the outcome rate 2014-15. For more information, see the Policing Plan […]
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Did you know that there is a lack of data on older adults with an intellectual disability in Northern Ireland, and the most recent data are from 2006? In that year, there were 16,720 people in Northern Ireland known to services with an intellectual disability. Of these, 14% (2,340) were aged 50 or over. For more […]
Did you know that studies have shown that one third of people aged over 65 in the general population have one fall per year, with 40–60% of these falls causing injury? Falls are one of the issues raised in the Home Accident Prevention Strategy 2015 – 2025, which was published by the Department of Health, […]
Did you know that one quarter (25%) of people in Northern Ireland aged 50-54 have low physical activity rates, and this is similar (25%) among people aged 65-69 years? In the Republic of Ireland, these figures are 45% and 54% respectively. For more information, see the report ‘Inequalities in Health Behaviours‘ on the website of […]
Did you know that one in five people aged 60 years or over in Northern Ireland can be described as ‘frail’? There are differences according to age, sex and social class. For more information, see the report ‘Frailty and Disability‘ on the website of the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI).
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Did you know that research undertaken on behalf of AgeNI in 2014 showed that 77% of people aged 65 and over say that government in Northern Ireland does not make a sufficient effort to listen to the needs and experiences of older people? For more information, see Agenda for Later Life: Public policy for later […]
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