Browsing Research Institutes and Centres by Author "Ní Léime, Áine"
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The Bealtaine Festival: A Celebration of Older People in the Arts
Ní Léime, Áine; O'Shea, Eamon (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2008) -
Community engagement in Ireland's developmental welfare state: a study of the life cycle approach
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2011)The idea that people matter in modern democracies, often referred to as 'civic engagement' is recognised at the highest international level (United Nations 2008: 9). Civic or community engagement is essential to how budgets ... -
Conference for Older People on Life Enhancement - Translating Research into Practice
DeLargy, Christine; Ní Léime, Áine; Walsh, Kieran (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2010-08) -
Dying well: factors that influence the provision of good end-of-life care for older people in acute and long-stay care settings in Ireland
Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Ní Léime, Áine; Larkin, Philip; Payne, Sheila; Froggatt, Katherine A.; O'Shea, Eamon (2011)Aim: The aim of this study was to explore key stakeholders and direct care managers' perspectives on the current provision of end-of-life care for older people in acute and long-stay care settings in Ireland and to construct ... -
End-of-life care for older people in acute and long-stay care settings in Ireland
O'Shea, Eamon; Murphy, Kathy; Larkin, Philip; Payne, Sheila; Froggatt, Katherine; Casey, Dympna; Ní Léime, Áine; Keys, Mary (National Council for Ageing and Older peeople, 2008) -
Evaluating the impact of membership of Active Retirement Ireland on the lives of older people
Ní Léime, Áine; Callan, Aoife (Active Retirement Ireland, 2012-11)The purpose of the current independent evaluation is to assess o what extent is Active Retirement Ireland achieving its central aim of encouraging healthier lifestyles and enhancing well-being? Specific objectives are to ... -
An evaluation of the Bealtaine festival: a celebration of older people in the arts.
Ní Léime, Áine; O'Shea, Eamon (Age and Opportunity, 2008-04)This evaluation assesses the contribution of the Bealtaine festival, celebrating creativity in older age, to promoting the participation of older people in the arts in Ireland, and to improving the health and well-being ... -
Gendered impacts of extended working life on the health and economic wellbeing of older workers
Ní Léime, Áine; Ogg, Jim (Cambridge University Press, 2019-01-31)This special issue focuses on the gendered impact of extending working life on the health and economic wellbeing of older workers. Since research on this increasingly important area of policy interest is well developed in ... -
The impact of the Bealtaine arts programme on the quality of life, wellbeing and social interaction of older people in Ireland
O'Shea, Eamon; Ní Léime, Áine (Cambridge University Press, 2012-07)There is increasing evidence in the international literature that engagement in the arts can enhance the physical and psychological wellbeing of older people. Such engagement can increase the self-confidence and morale of ... -
‘In a hospital bed or … out doing Indiana Jones’: older Irish men's negotiations of cultural representations of ageing
O'Neill, Margaret; Ní Léime, Áine (Cambridge University Press, 2022-03-09)There is a growing body of interdisciplinary literature on the representation and construction of ageing masculinities; however, there is a lack of specific analysis of older men's responses to cultural images of ageing. ... -
Older women workers'access to pensions: vulnerabilities, perspectives and strategies
Duvvury, Nata; Ní Léime, Áine; Callan, Aoife (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland Galway, 2012)Pension systems globally are in a period of transformative change as governments struggle to manage the twin constraints of an ageing population and fragile government budgets in the context of the economic recession. In ... -
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (SAGE Journals Online, 2012)The inclusion of community activists in policy planning is increasingly recognized at thehighest international level. This article shows how the use of Participatory ActionResearch (PAR) can present a deeper and more ... -
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnershiprganisations in Ireland,
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (SAGE Journals, 2012-07-18)This paper advances knowledge of roles played by Civil Society Organisations (CSO s) when negotiating the shift from boom time public expenditure to a programme of austerity. The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, ... -
'Protecting the most vulnerable' in an economic crisis: a participatory study of civil society organisations in Ireland
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (2012)This paper advances knowledge of how civil society organisations (CSOs) negotiate the shift from boom-time public expenditure to governmental austerity. The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, where CSOs occupied an ... -
Well into Older Age Age & Opportunity and the Evidence: what research says about the value of promoting participation of older people
Ní Léime, Áine; O'Shea, Eamon (Age & Opportunity., 2010-12)The overall objective of this report is to examine the work of Age & Opportunity within an international context, and to explore its various impacts on age and ageing in Ireland today. The work of Age & Opportunity is ... -
Working later in the USA and Ireland: implications for precariously and securely employed women
Ní Léime, Áine; Street, Debra (Cambridge University Press, 2018-07-17)Policies to extend working life (EWL) assume homogeneous workers face similar choices about working longer: this may be difficult for women, workers in physically onerous jobs or in low-paid precarious employment. Work-life ...