Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

The Arts for All: Discussion

1:30 pm

Professor Sarah Glennie:

The Mercer institute is a St. James's Hospital project with Trinity College.

I referred to longitudinal research. The key thing about the creative life programme is that it is informed by the Irish longitudinal study on ageing, TILDA. There was an in-depth assessment over a long period of what was needed to support successful ageing. As all other speakers noted, it identified absolutely that engagement with creativity was one of the things that could support successful ageing. Therefore, encouragement to engage with creativity is embedded in their treatment. On the NCAD's involvement, it means that our students learn through actively being involved in the programme in working with patients and organising events in hospitals. Does that answer the Senator's question?

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