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MSc in Ageing, Health & Environment

MSc in Ageing, Health & Environment. Content:. Programme development team Local, national and international context Programme Philosophy Programme Structure Graduate Profile. Head of School Dr. Edel Healy. HOD Applied Sciences Dr. Breda Brennan. Research Centre Directors. HOD

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MSc in Ageing, Health & Environment

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  1. MSc in Ageing, Health & Environment

  2. Content: • Programme development team • Local, national and international context • Programme Philosophy • Programme Structure • Graduate Profile

  3. Head of School Dr. Edel Healy HOD Applied Sciences Dr. Breda Brennan Research Centre Directors HOD Nursing, Midwifery & Health Studies Mr. Myles Hackett School Administrator Ms Dolores McGill • Netwell Centre • Mr. Rodd Bond • Centre for Freshwater Studies • Dr. Suzanne Linnane • 3. Smooth Muscle Research Centre • Professor Noel McHale HoSection Midwifery Ms. Jill Atkinson 1200 students School of Health & Science

  4. Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Studies • Certificate in Leadership & Advocacy • Certificate in Skills for Independent Living • Certificate in Understanding Behaviour Associated with Ageing • BSc in the Professional Management of Aggression & Violence • BSc(H) in General Nursing • BSc(H) in Psychiatric Nursing • BSc(H) in Intellectual Disability Nursing • BSc(H) in Midwifery • BSc(H) in Health & Physical Activity • BA(H) in Early Childhood Studies • Higher Diploma in Midwifery • MSc in Ageing, Health and Environment • MSc in Midwifery Praxis (subject to validation) • Masters by Research

  5. Research – Netwell Academic – Dept. of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies M.Sc. Ageing, Health & Environment Learner Support - CELT Services – HSE Programme Development Team School of Business & Humanities

  6. Local ContextAims ofLouth Age Friendly County: • To increase the participation of older people in the social, economic and cultural life of the community, for everyone’s benefit • To improve the health and well-being of older people in the county • To show how services and environments that support older people can be made more responsive, caring, professional and accessible, through imaginative and cost-effective partnerships • To lead the way in demonstrating the processes that are required, the benefits to be gained and the lessons to be learned from such an integrated and multi-disciplinary initiative

  7. National Context National Positive Ageing Strategy The purpose of the National Positive Ageing Strategy is to identify the provisions that must be made and the plans that must be implemented to ensure the best quality of life for older people in the Ireland of the future (Department of Health 2012)

  8. National Context:Action Plan for Health Research 2009-13 ‘Health research will provide us with better means to address the challenge to our society of constantly improving health well-being, in areas such as chronic disease management, the ageing of the population, reliance on drugs, lifestyle risk factors and rising costs and the more effective use of resource’

  9. International Context ‘The world population is rapidly ageing. Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will double from about 11% to 22%. The absolute number of people aged 60 years and over is expected to increase from 605 million to 2 billion over the same period’. (World Health Organisation 2012)

  10. Programme Philosophy The programme philosophy stems from the beliefs that ageing is a positive life event and that older people benefit when communities and older people services are designed to be age-friendly. Older people are affected in many ways by how and where they live. Their ability to participate in the social, economic and cultural life of a community or residential care setting and their physical and psychological health and well being are determined by the environment in which they live.

  11. Programme Structure:

  12. Centre for Learning & Teaching ‘The vision for education in DkIT is that of the Institute as a community which responds holistically to all learners, builds on strong traditions of teaching by fostering the use of best practice in traditional and innovative approaches to learning, and encourages participation, insight and reflection. It aims to give all learners the knowledge, skills, and competences that are required for personal development and to contribute to the economic and social well-being of their communities’. DkIT Learning & Teaching Strategy, March 2010

  13. Award Options: • MSc in Ageing, Health and Environment: 7 modules (60 credits) & Dissertation (30 credits) • Postgraduate Diploma in Ageing, Health and Environment: 7 modules (60 credits) • Certificate in Ageing, Health and Environment: 3modules (30 credits)

  14. Inter- professional Change Agent Process of Ageing Ageing in Place Meeting the Challenges of 21st Century Ageing RESEARCH TELEHEALTH Graduate HEALTH & PSYCHOLOGY OLDER PERSON SERVICES Policy Framework ENVIRONMENT Positive Ageing WELLNESS

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