About Arthritis Ireland Monday 01th November 2010

Arthritis Ireland is Ireland's only arthritis charity enabling people with arthritis to take their lives back. They provide real solutions and empower people with arthritis and those caring for them to take positive actions to manage the effects of their disease on their lives.

They dramatically improve the quality of life of people affected with arthritis through the provision of innovative and life changing education and support programmes which are specially designed to give people with arthritis the information and skills they need to take back control of their disease and their life.

• They actively support research into arthritis to ensure that Ireland is at the forefront of new break-through’s leading to possible cures. 

• They fund training of health professionals through university medical schools to create a direct and positive improvement in patient care. 

• They lobby Government departments to invest the necessary funding in rheumatology services to provide a world class service that will positively change the outlook and outcome of patients lives.

Their key objectives

1.      Supporting People with Arthritis

Arthritis has no cure. Many people with arthritis feel isolated and uninformed. Providing support and information empowers people with arthritis to make decisions about their disease and their life.

Arthritis Ireland provides these vital services through nationwide lectures, public information days, the Arthritis Self-Management and Back to Work Programmes and via the growing network of support groups provided by our 14 vibrant branches located throughout the country.

2.      Finding a Cure

Arthritis Ireland endeavours to facilitate research into the prevention, causes and cure of arthritis. To this end, we aim to establish an academic Chair Of Rheumatology in at least one University Hospital in Ireland. This is vital to raise the standards of academic rheumatology within the University system and ensure that Irish researchers remain to the forefront in the continuing search for the causes, treatments and cure of this disabling condition.

3.      Lobbying for Better Patient Care

Ireland has the lowest number of Rheumatologists per head of population of any EU country with only 1 rheumatologist for every 400,000 people. The World Health Organisation recommends a minimum of 1 rheumatologist per every 65,000 people. Arthritis Ireland is the umbrella lobbying group actively calling for improved rheumatology services in Ireland. We are striving to achieve the gold standard of care that matches, if not exceeds, the best in Europe.

Contact

Arthritis Ireland
1 Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2.
tel. 01 661 8188
fax. 01 661 8261
e.info@arthritisireland.ie

Many consumers are increasingly frustrated by products or packaging that is difficult to use. This is especially true for people living with a disease such as arthritis.  With our aging population, levels of arthritis are set to increase dramatically in the coming years.  This is no longer an issue that businesses can ignore.

Arthritis Ireland has established The Easy to Use Commendation Programme to recognise those products and companies that design / market user friendly products and packaging. 

The following Neurotech^® products were included in this program and have been assessed by Arthritis Ireland’s panel of patient experts. Each of these products were awarded the Easy to Use Commendation by Arthritis Ireland:

Kneehab^® XP, Quattromed^® XP, Baxolve^® XP, MediStim^® XP & MediTens^® XP including Lumbofix^®