Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Director, Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin
Welcome to Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) – (Institiúid Mercer um Aosú Bisiúil) – at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. You are very welcome here.
Enabled by the tremendous generosity and support of Mr. Chuck Feeney, The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Department of Health and the HSE, MISA represents the culmination of more than thirty years of planning.
In 2016, MISA was commissioned by President Michael D. Higgins who spoke of the opportunities for elderly citizens to enjoy active and fulfilled lives. He noted, “In a world where we can expect to see more and more people leading significantly longer lives, innovative and creative thought around the ageing process will become increasingly important”.
Our goal is to advance the conditions for successful ageing.
About Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing – (MISA) – (Institiúid Mercer um Aosú Bisiúil)
One of the great success stories of modern times is the increasing number of people living into old age. This triumph is also one of our greatest challenges. The rapid ageing of the global population is driven by the reduction of fertility rates and increasing longevity.
The global share of people aged 60 years or over increased from 9.2% in 1990 to 11.7% in 2013, and will continue to grow as a proportion of the world population, reaching 21.1% by 2050. The number of people aged 60 years or over is expected to more than double, from 841 million people in 2013 to more than 2 billion in 2050 (United Nations, 2013).
In most regions and countries, the population aged 60 or more is growing faster than younger adults and children (United Nations, 2013) and this has important consequences for the family, the labour market, and health and social care systems.
At Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing, the work we do rests on four pillars:
Clinical Care – Ensures excellence in care and an integrated patient-centred pathway by locating clinical facilities in one area.
Research & Development – Fosters a vibrant environment that produces high-quality research that is rapidly translated into effective clinical care, pioneering technologies, and age-friendly policies.
Education & Training – Promotes professional training, care-giver support, and empowers older adults to advocate for their health and well-being.
Creative Life Centre – Advances creativity and wellbeing, enabling adults to express themselves through art, music, literature and drama, while also providing intergenerational programmes that advance skills.
MISA specialises in bone health, falls and syncope, memory disorders, mental health, stroke, gerontological nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, and provides general medical services to older adults. Our new building includes 116 beds: four 29-bedded wards each consisting of 20 single rooms and three 3-bedded rooms.
MISA Annual Public Lecture 2024
Prof Daisy Fancourt Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology University College London
The Impact of the Arts on Public Health: Insight from clinical trials, epidemiology and laboratory studies.
MISA Annual Public Lecture 2024
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The Mercer’s Institute has a very comprehensive teaching and research programme to ensure a high quality of care and service to patients. We are very dependent on the goodwill and support of our benefactors to maintain the high standard that we seek. If you would like to support our research, education, training and our work please contact our senior administrator Ms. Siobhan Willis at swillis@stjames.ie.
Latest News
International Older Person Day 2024
MISA Nursing Management Team from Medel Directorate has organized an awareness stand in Creative life MISA , Ground floor, between 9- 2pm on the 1st of October 2024, to mark the International Older Person Day.
Theme – ‘Our Place’ Recognizing the integral part older person play in strengthening our communities and neighborhoods.
MISA Annual Public Lecture 2024
MISA Annual Public Lecture in Collaboration with Creative Ireland Monday 23rd September at 5pm in Davis Coakley Lecture Theatre , MISA Building St James’s Hospital
Following on from its launch in April, our MedEL Final Journeys Workshop continued throughout the summer months and we have had over 87 members of the nursing and healthcare assistant team form our older persons inpatient wards attend. This quality improvement project (QIP) encompasses our Patient Centred Care ethos as it aims to introduce a strategic and focused approach to the improvement of end-of-life care St James’s Hospital. This QIP was identified as a result of reviewing patient/family feedback, reviewing the gaps in EOLC specific education and training within the MedEL directorate team whilst also reviewing staffs core competencies and to meet the needs of our service. It also is within keeping of the Magnet for Europe project also as it discuss self-care and self-help for staff who are caring for the dying patient.
The year 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons. This year has also seen an emergence of COVID-19, that has caused an upheaval across the world. MISA celebrated the day by all the staff promoting active lifestyle for successful ageing. We wish …
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Technology 2019 at St. James’s Hospital is designed to provide the non-AI expert with a basic understanding of AI concepts and a road map to the application of AI in healthcare. Intended for clinicians, healthcare professionals, engineers and scientists, the objective of the seminar is to demystify AI and to provide …
Congratulations to our long-time collaborator and conference faculty member Dr Joanna Lawson, RVI, Newcastle, who has received the “Excellence in Patient Care Award 2019” from the Royal College of Physicians in London.
