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expected to double again to 1.6 million by 2051. In 2020, it was also estimated that there were approximately 64,000 people living with dementia in Ireland. This number is expected to rise to 150,000 by 2045. The improved health outcomes and extended life expectancy that have … Dementia. The model of care sets out care pathways to advance timely diagnosis and post-diagnostic support and care for people living with dementia in Ireland and sets targets to achieve this goal. To support the implementation of this model of care, the Government has funded new specialist

know the Minister of State and the Government are committed to increasing the provision of public nursing home places, especially for people living with dementia and Alzheimer's. However, we must look beyond institutional models. We need to build a continuum of care that enables older people

nothing short of abuse. Too many elderly people in our country are living in facilities that are underfunded, understaffed and under-regulated. When I saw the footage of a frail female resident with dementia, considered a serious fall risk, being left alone on the edge … this, in the words of Professor David Robinson, a consultant geriatrician in St. James's Hospital, "This is going to shorten people’s lives and the lives that they have will be more miserable because of the situation that they’re in". This is not a matter