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The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and South) with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies to promote research cooperation across sectors and disciplines and influencing the direction of research on ageing and older people.

Ageing Research- Planning our futures

The island of Ireland is an ageing society with nearly 1 million people aged 60 years or older. By 2031, it is expected that Northern Ireland's percentage of people aged 60 or older will increase to 28 per cent, it will take until 2041 to reach a similar level in the Republic of Ireland. By 2041 the number of people aged 85 years or older will rise almost fivefold, from 74,000 to 356,000 with the number of centenarians predicted to top 8,500 by 2041.

However, although Ireland has made significant gains in increasing the length of people’s lives, it has not managed to extend their healthy life spans to the same extent. In the Republic of Ireland, the number of years a man can expect to live in poor health has risen from 9.5 in 1999 to 14.7 in 2007 and the average woman’s likely period in bad health has risen from 11.3 years to 16.8 years.

CARDI's aim is to advocate for and advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older people as a means to improve the lives of older people in Ireland especially those who are disadvantaged. CARDI's all-island approach focuses on:

- Identifying and establishing ageing research priorities relevant to policy and practice - Promoting collaboration and cooperation to build an ageing research community - Stimulating research in priority areas to inform policy and practice -Communicating strategic research to raise the profile of ageing research

CARDI's work includes: - CARDI Grant's Programme to stimulate inter-disciplinary research into ageing issues across the island of Ireland http://www.cardi.ie/funding/grant-projects - A Policy Support Programme to help develop greater links in policy areas between the research and policy community - Communicating the latest news, research and funding opportunities relating to ageing research http://www.cardi.ie CARDI's Funded Ageing Research Projects

The CARDI Research Grants Programme aims to promote north-south research partnerships that bring together different subject areas to look at issues affecting older people in new ways. It encourages ground-breaking studies that bring together different perspectives, sectors and disciplines across the island of Ireland in ways that can help improve the lives of our older people. It promotes the engagement of older people in the research and focuses on building the ageing research community in Ireland. CARDI has to date awarded funding to 14 research projects through Call 1 and Call 2 of its funding programme. The projects cover a diverse range of topics from elder abuse to rural transport. Awardees include universities in Ireland (North and South) and voluntary and community organisations such as Age Action.

CARDI website http://www.cardi.ie