Welcome to Tilda Participants
The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is the most comprehensive study on ageing ever undertaken in Ireland. This ground-breaking study will explore the health, lifestyles and financial situation of 8,000 to 10,000 people as they grow older, and observe how their circumstances change over a 10 year period. The study is being carried out by Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with an inter-disciplinary panel of scientific researchers, with expertise in various fields of ageing, from Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University College Cork (UCC), University College Dublin (UCD) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT).
The information gathered in TILDA will improve our understanding of the factors that contribute to successful ageing in Ireland. In addition, it will assist in the development of a range of economic, health and social policies that will benefit all people living in Ireland. Some of the questions we are interested in answering are:
- How do people’s health and level of disability change over time?
- What happens to people’s memory as they age?
- What are the factors that determine when people retire and how do people plan for their retirement?
- Do people have enough savings to provide for their older age?
- How do people’s activities, relationships and quality of life change over time?
- What is the relationship between people’s health status, economic situation and social circumstances?
- How does this relationship change over time?
- What are the factors that determine successful ageing?
TILDA is funded by:
- The Atlantic Philantrophies
- The Department of Health and Children
- Irish Life
