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Ageing with PrIDe - Learning from Ten Years of IDS-TILDA

4th December 2018

Over the past ten years, the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) has been researching the lives of people with an intellectual disability who are ageing in Ireland. Join Mei Lin Yap as she discusses the findings with Prof Mary McCarron, the Principal Investigator to IDS-TILDA in the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability. Mei Lin also explores what kinds of activities she can do to stay healthy as she ages.

Speakers:Prof Mary McCarron, Mei Lin Yap, Jasmine Russell, Claire Corcoran, Dr Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig, Dr Eric Lacey, Evelyn Reilly

Ageing with PrIDe

So, when you start talking about dementia, I want to be included in that conversation. I want to be included in the conversation about my future. I want to be empowered so that I can choose how to reduce the risk of dementia.

- Mei Lin Yap

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Download the IDS-TILDA Ageing with PrIDe - A Journey Towards A Happy and Healthy Future Booklet here