Galway has
recently joined the World Health Organisation’s Healthy City Project. Healthy Ageing is one of the core themes
selected by the World Health Organisation, which each City has to work on. The healthy ageing subgroup of the Galway
Healthy
City project management team organised a one-day
conference to facilitate the development of an action plan for Healthy Ageing
in Galway City. Professor Eamon O’Shea
opened the conference. There were 90
participants from statutory, community and voluntary agencies present. A report outlining key actions and working
groups designated to pursue selected actions was published. The Galway Healthy City project management team continue working with conference participants
in an effort to implement actions.