The National Intellectual Disability Memory Service Partners
Tallaght University Hospital
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) is one of Ireland’s largest acute teaching hospitals, providing child-health, adult, mental health and age-related healthcare on one site. The Hospital has 495 adult beds and 67 paediatric bed. With over 3,000 people on staff it is a provider of local, regional and national specialities. It is also a national urology centre, the second largest provider of dialysis services in the country and a regional orthopaedic trauma centre.
TUH is one of the two main teaching hospitals of Trinity College Dublin - specialising in the training and professional development of staff in areas such as nursing, health and social care professionals, emergency medicine and surgery, amongst many others. Tallaght University Hospital is uniquely part of both the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group and Child Health Ireland which serves a population of over 1.2 million across seven counties. The Hospital’s operations are supported by 200 general practitioners in surrounding communities.
The CEO, Lucy Nugent, and the Board of Tallaght Hospital are key partners in the delivery of the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service. They are providing a clinic location, key staffing, clinical governance and administration support for the Service.
Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability, Trinity College, Dublin
The Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability is an international and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and the life course, informing policy and debate at the national and local level. Establishment of the Centre represents 20 years of important research contributions and is underpinned by cutting edge research emanating from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA). The Centre provides high quality and innovative research and education addressing the changing landscape of health care delivery and of daily life for people with intellectual disability and their families.
Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability are key partners in the delivery of the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service. They are providing key staff, executive governance and research, education and training support for the Service.
The Daughters of Charity Disability Supports Services, Dublin
The Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services provides supports to persons with an intellectual disability in the Dublin, Limerick and North Tipperary/Offaly areas. The objective of the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services is to develop to the fullest the potential of each person with intellectual disability within the Service so that they are enabled to lead as independent and satisfying a life as possible.
The CEO, Natalya Jackson, and the Board of the Daughters of Charity Service are key partners in the delivery of the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service. They are providing key staff to support the operation of the Service.
The National Dementia Office
The National Dementia Office (NDO) was established in 2015 under the remit of the National Social Care Division to oversee the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy.
The National Dementia Office (NDO) was established in 2015 in accordance with the launch of the National Dementia Strategy (2014). The NDO provides leadership at a system level for the implementation of the strategy. Its role and function is to oversee the implementation, monitoring, and ongoing evaluation of the National Dementia Strategy.
The NDO is established under the remit of the National Social Care Division HSE. Mary Manning, General Manager, National Dementia Office is the HSE lead responsible for leading out the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. Dr. Suzanne Timmons is the Clinical Lead for the National Dementia Office.
The National Dementia Office provides support and advice for the roll-out and ongoing development of the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service.
Dementia Pathways is a very useful on-line resource for all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia managed by the National Dementia Office and includes resources and guidance to support good practice in dementia care. Dementia Pathways complements www.understandtogether.ie which is an online resource for the general public offering information, service sign-posting and advice on dementia.
The Dormant Accounts Fund
The Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) was established by legislation in 2001 and enables unclaimed funds from accounts in credit institutions in Ireland to be used to support, the personal and social development of persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged and / or the educational development of persons who are educationally disadvantaged and / or persons with a disability (within the meaning of the Equal Status Act 2000). The Government agency, Pobal, oversees projects granted funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund.
The Dormant Accounts Fund disburses and Pobal oversees funding for the NIDMS at present.