First-ever study on ageing in intellectually disabled people

A STUDY launched yesterday will lift the lid on ageing in persons with an intellectual disability in Ireland for the first time.

The research, led by Trinity College, Dublin, will chart the health, social, economic and environmental status of around 800 persons aged 40 and older with an intellectual disability over a 10-year period.

It is part of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) being undertaken by a cross-institutional multidisciplinary team of experts to meet the challenge of Ireland’s increasingly greying population.