| Field |
Content |
| Division: |
Office for Older People |
| Unit: |
Strategy Development Unit |
| Head: |
Eileen Kehoe |
| Functions: |
- Lead the development of the new National Positive Ageing Strategy (NPAS)
- Oversee the disestablishment of the National Council on Ageing and Older People, and ensure
the smooth transition of the staff of the Council into the Office for Older People
- Oversee the implementation of policy on elder abuse, in particular by taking forward
recommendations of the review of the 2002 elder abuse policy Protecting our Future.
- Represent the views of the Department of Health and Children on the Elder Abuse National
Implementation Group, and provide the secretariat for the Group
- Work in partnership with the TILDA Consortium to progress the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(TILDA), and ensure that satisfactory governance arrangements are in place.
- Participate in the work of the Sheltered Housing Options Group led by D/EHLG, and chair sub-group
to prepare protocol to govern arrangements between care and housing services
- Provide material for replies to Parliamentary Questions and representations
- Provide material for speeches, press releases, Ministerial briefings, etc.
|
| Primary Legislation: |
None |
| Bodies under aegis of DoHC: |
None |
| Key Publications: |
- Protecting our Future: Report of the Working Group on Elder Abuse, September 2002
|
| Working Groups: |
- Cross Departmental Group to prepare a National Positive Ageing Strategy
- TILDA Funders’ Group
- Elder Abuse National Implementation Group
|
| Record Classes: |
Administrative records associated with the disestablishment of the NCAOP; elder abuse; the National Positive Ageing Strategy; sheltered housing; the carers’ strategy; TILDA; speeches; briefings; PQs; Ministerial Representations, etc. |
| Information Routinely Published: |
None |
| Significant Systems: |
- Standard Department databases
|
| Personal Information Holdings: |
Representations sent in by, or on behalf of, individuals to the Minister may contain personal information. |
| Purpose: |
As Above |
| Disclosees: |
Department and HSE staff; staff of other Government Departments if representation deals with areas of overlapping responsibility |
| Notes: including info an admin access practice, Ebriefs etc.: |
None |
