Why does Ireland’s Shifting Demographics Matter?
The profile of Ireland’s relatively young demographic will shift substantially over the coming decades. Our ageing population is growing at a rapid rate. Current capacity and investment in many of our systems, but particularly healthcare, fall short of the levels required to meet the need and demand. This requires us to carefully consider how we plan and deliver our health and social care services into the future.
What Needs to Happen?
Given these demographic projections, we know that demand for the services that support people at end of life and through bereavement will grow. Government must make dying and death a priority through proactive policies and investment to ensure that there is an urgent response to this growing level of need for people at end of life and their families . A national conversation across Government is required to, not only ensure a commitment to ageing well, but also to die and grieve well. IHF will focus its 40th year on creating opportunities to meet the call to action from its people’s charter 10 “ To live and die in an Ireland where I can prepare for what lies ahead” .
How Irish Hospice Foundation is Making a Difference
Irish Hospice Foundation believes that every death matters and we only have one chance to get it right . We are a charity that has spent 40 years working towards an Ireland where people facing dying, death and bereavement are provided with the information care and support they need. IHF will engage with a broad community of interest, create conversations about death and dying, and advocate for measures that will meet the challenges and opportunities brought about by Ireland’s rapidly ageing population.
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