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Please don’t “dip” older people’s urine. Harm happens as a result: 1. Side effects of the unnecessary antibiotic. 2. Future diagnostic bias. “She’s prone to UTIs” 3. Diagnostic closure, and the team stop looking for the real cause of deterioration. (Constipation, meds, etc)

Some of the new National Physical Activity Guidelines launched today at our ongoing webinar. #EveryMoveCounts

"78% of older patients want an alternative care pathway to admission to ED." Yvonne O Riordan FITT Beaumont presenting on Pathfinder at #ICIC2024. National HSCP Office, HSE @bea

Celebrating our 1 year anniversary of Cork Pathfinder, a fantastic year working with such a dynamic group of therapists and advanced paramedics Bríd O'Donoghue Aislinn Griffin Breda Meagher Tomas Allen (tossy)

Thickened fluid’s unpleasant to most. More evidence against use in patients with dysphasia and dementia. No difference in mortality between patients receiving thick vs thin liquids in ⁦JAMA Internal Medicine⁩ Excellent editorial by ⁦⁦Eric Widera, MD⁩ jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

CUH ED nursing triage staff went 'live' today on iPMS, with a frailty trigger to identify every frail older adult over 75 years. Thanks to Liz McGrath and Cincinnati Rugby Football Club for your hands on support and stellar research. Making the care of frail older adults a CUH/MUH priority in 2024.

Amazing to see research put into practice! Congrats Liz McGrath and the Mercy ED team, the hard work paid off 👏🏻 A two question trigger to identify frailty and improve care for older adults who come to the ED.

The independent Commission on Care for Older People invites you to have your say on the health and social care services and supports provided for older people. Find out more and share your views by 5pm on Thursday 24 October 2024 at gov.ie/PublicConsulta…

Great work by Pathfinder Letterkenny introducing point of care blood testing for older adults who phone 999 in Donegal, looking forward to seeing the results of this pilot.

Bealach amháin éasca beagáinín Gaeilge a úsáid agus tú ag obair!

WEBINAR: Registration Open! Exercise and Healthy Ageing - The role of physical activity in preventing, delaying or reversing frailty Institute of Public Health (IRL & NI) #AllIrelandFrailtyNetwork us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Well done to Breda Meagher for an excellent presentation at the AOTI conference today on the roads travelled by Pathfinder Cork rural during the first year

Representing the Cork Pathfinder Team at the Irish Gerontological Society conference last weekend. Fantastic learning all around and great to share our work on falls assessments and patient feedback. Aislinn Griffin Breda Meagher Dearbhla Burke

Great day at IAEM conference yesterday, delighted to present our pilot service, providing timely OT/PT follow up to older adults discharged from the ED, a collaboration between Cork Pathfinder, CUH and Mercy FIT Aislinn Griffin Breda Meagher Bríd O'Donoghue Isweri Pillay

Great session today on exercise for older adults with brilliant examples of what implementing strength training at an intensity of 80% of 1RM looks like. We wouldn’t give a lower dose of medication if ineffective so why do we do that with exercise prescription?

Delighted to have presented along side my colleague Breda Meagher about the Cork Pathfinder service and falls prevention to the Cobh Active Retirement group this week. A fabulous group and an amazing social resource for the people of Cobh. Dearbhla Burke Aislinn Griffin

Great insightful article remembering my late Uncle Billy and Grandparents Delia and William Burke, thanks to Jim Carney for writing it. Milltown Heritage Tuam Herald tuamherald.ie/2024/12/13/an-…

Great day in Dublin discussing alternative care pathways and how to maximise use of our available resources across across Pathfinder, CP, App car, clinical hub and EDITH (ED in the home) Pathfinder Letterkenny Pathfinder Alternative Care Pathway

2/ This report helps shine a light on the gaps in stroke rehab delivery nationally with just 47% of patients receiving sufficient Physiotherapy (42% OT, 53% SLT).