The IDS-TILDA Team collaborates with:

• All Ireland Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care
• Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland
• Care Alliance
• Down Syndrome Ireland
• Irish Cancer Society
• Irish Hospice Foundation
• National Disability Authority
• National Federation of Voluntary Bodies
• The Atlantic Philanthropies
• 125+ Service Providers

The IDS-TILDA Values Framework advances sustained public involvement through inclusion, promotion of best practices, and a person-centred approach which empowers people with ID to be visible partners in co-created research. This includes:

• Action-Oriented Research: IDS-TILDA works with Government agencies, health and social care providers, advocacy organisations and people with ID to generate and translate knowledge to inform policies and evaluate services. This includes commissioned reports for Government departments, as well as public and private service providers.
• Community-University Partnerships: IDS-TILDA collaborates with resident organisations and service providers to conceive, design and implement projects that address the health and social care disparities experienced by people with ID and their families.
• Delphi Method: IDS-TILDA facilitates national and international research teams and topical experts in systematically refining professional opinions to arrive at consensual agreements that inform policies and refine guidelines. This method is currently being utilised by the National Indicators for People with an Intellectual Disability project which, using IDS-TILDA as the primary data source, is developing a set of national indicators of positive ageing for people with ID to mirror those collected Page 3 of 5 for the non-ID population. These indicators will inform government departments’ policy developments and implementation directly.
• Knowledge Democracy & Exchange: IDS-TILDA encourages participants and beneficiaries to implement research findings by democratising knowledge through accessible information in a broad spectrum of formats.
• Participatory Research: IDS-TILDA involves people with ID, their carers, service providers and families who inform research priorities, co-create easy-read and accessible research materials (computer aided personal interview questionnaire, protocols, research reports and the programme website) and serve as research ambassadors.
• Science Cafe: IDS-TILDA was selected as the national exemplar of public, patient involvement in research and included in the Horizon 2020-funded SPARKS Exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin, which includes a science café series that encourages citizens to inform research and innovation.

At its 10th Anniversary Celebration, IDS-TILDA was recognised as the leader in engaged research by the Health Research Board.

Phase I outputs (2007-2017) are as follows:

• 44 peer reviewed journal articles and 6 topic reports
• 8 book chapters and 1 book
• Accessible and easy-read surveys, protocols, research reports and website
• Data protection protocols, operational protocols, committee terms of reference, and ethical approvals (Waves 1–3)
• 10 IDS-TILDA newsletters
• 13 IDS-TILDA infographics
• A Guide for Carers
• Accessible End of Life Tool and How To Guide
• IDS-TILDA SPARKS exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin
• 100+ interviews, press releases and media engagements
• 400+ conference presentations, seminars, posters and consultations
• 12 videos (HRB-funded Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Scheme)
• 10 PhDs, 1 MD and 10 MScs (complete) and 5 PhDs, 1 MD and 3 MScs (in progress)
• 2016 EIT Health International Summer School
• MSc: Ageing, Health and Wellbeing in Adults with Intellectual Disability
• Massive Open Online Course: Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability which has attracted 1,600+ learners from 100+ countries
• 2017 International Summit on Ageing with an Intellectual Disability
• IDS-TILDA Keeping in Touch Strategy: annual certificates of appreciation for participants, as well as Christmas and Easter cards designed by participants

Outcomes

• Professional and Public Services Outcomes: IDS-TILDA has provided the evidence-base for external policy and strategy documents at national and international levels, including professional standards and guidelines such as the National Dementia Strategy. Page 4 of 5
• Capacity Building Outcomes: IDS-TILDA has successfully attracted research funding to train 10 PhDs, 1 MD and 10 MScs (complete) and 5 PhDs, 1 MD and 3 MScs (in progress). Its MSc in Ageing, Health and Wellbeing in Adults with Intellectual Disability launches in 2018. Additionally, individuals with an intellectual disability are now involved in training field workers, undergraduate and graduate students at Trinity College.
• Economic Outcomes: IDS-TILDA has provided jobs and training for 34 field workers, 4 research project managers and 20 researchers.
• Internationalisation Outcomes: IDS-TILDA is harmonised with 13 international longitudinal studies and attracts researchers from all over the world, including researchers from Ireland, Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Taiwan, Spain and the Netherlands.
• Health and Wellbeing Outcomes: Since 2007, IDS-TILDA has engaged more than 750 people with ID, their families, carers and service providers and among the 638 participants alive at Wave 3, the response rate was 95.5%. Recruitment of up to 300 additional participants is planned for Wave 4. Accessible health information provided to participants by IDSTILDA has resulted in a number of documented health and wellbeing outcomes, however, significant disparities continue.
• Product Development Outcomes: The IDS-TILDA Team has informed technology outputs including the WaytoB smartphone and smartwatch prototype, which won the 2017 James Dyson Award. Data file algorithms and a custom hot desk access system with secure controls and accompanying access policies have also been created.
• Social and Cultural Outcomes: In collaboration with the European Institute of Technology and Future Learn, IDS-TILDA research was translated into a Massive Open Online Course, Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability, which has attracted more than 1,600 registered learners from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and India who posted more than 1,800 comments in Week 1 of the course.
• Leadership and Empowerment Outcomes: A further award EIT Health award received by IDS-TILDA funds the Physical Activity Leader Project (PPALs). This programme encourages adults with an intellectual disability to take a leadership role in promoting physical activity among their peers, encouraging adults with ID to learn how to lead a group in physical activities and games and encouraging participants to become more physically active. This programme is in collaboration with colleagues from the Universitat de Barcelona and Age & Opportunity.
• Environmental Outcomes: The Daughters of Charity Service received the 2014 Specialist Care Centre of the Year and the Building Project of the Year Irish Healthcare Centre Awards for Willow View and Meadow View House, a new build home for 14 people with intellectual disabilities and dementia Page 5 of 5 in Dublin. The IDS-TILDA Team was heavily involved in the research and guidance behind the development of the home, culminating in a book which describes the philosophy and critical aspects of the home, including: failure-free enjoyment of life, maintaining self-identity and ordinary living, promoting meaningful opportunities for communication, welcoming family and community, providing dignity at end of life, and expressing care for staff.

Building upon IDS-TILDA’s successes, the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability was launched, in 2017, and serves as an international and multidisciplinary research centre at Trinity College Dublin, which examines key issues in ageing, intellectual disability and the life course. Underpinned by IDS-TILDA, the Centre advances world-leading inquiry, scholarship, and training to investigate the societal and individual impacts associated with ageing with ID and to address existing gaps in knowledge. It is anticipated that the multi-disciplinary and crosssectoral approach will inform clinical practice, improve service provision and evaluate the efficacy of policies over time. The Centre welcomes students, researchers, policy-makers, industry leaders, healthcare professionals and members of the public to advance educational programming and launch cocreated research. Regular engagement with diverse stakeholders and emphasis on collaborative inquiry is aimed at advancing healthy, happy ageing for people with ID – the anticipated and desired impact from IDS-TILDA, which continues with its Phase II activities.