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Journal of Aging & Social Policy Volume 31, 2019 - Issue 3
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Measuring What Matters: Achieving Consensus on a Positive Aging Indicator Set For Ireland

Sarah GibneyDepartment of Health, The Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative, Dublin, Ireland;Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eithne SextonDepartment of Health, The Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative, Dublin, Ireland;The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sinead ShannonDepartment of Health, The Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative, Dublin, Ireland
Pages 234-249 | Received 21 Jul 2017, Accepted 20 Feb 2018, Published online: 10 Jul 2018
 
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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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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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