Measuring What Matters: Achieving Consensus on a Positive Aging Indicator Set For Ireland |
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| Authors: | Sarah Gibney Eithne Sexton Sinead Shannon |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Health, The Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative, Dublin, Ireland;2. Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;3. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to measure consensus among expert stakeholders on a set of positive aging outcome indicators in Ireland. Stakeholders from academic, public, and voluntary sectors and older people participated in a 3-round, online Delphi study to evaluate indicators for participation, security, healthy aging, attitudes to aging, and information access. Evaluation criteria included: acceptability, utility, accessibility, ranking, and balance and coherence. Consensus was achieved on 56 key indicators that are aligned with action areas in the National Positive Ageing Strategy. These indicators will be reported on a biannual basis to monitor progress in positive aging in Ireland. |
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| Keywords: | Positive aging health policy indicators Delphi Ireland |
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