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Kenneth Rockwood explaining the 'golden 72 hour' of mobility for frailty older adults. Must be mobilising early, even if in an ED. #Frailty #bgs

A fantastic Royal College of Physicians of Ireland SpR education day for geriatric medicine trainees covering the whole spectrum of falls, syncope and vestibular assessment with practical sessions and great talks from Rose Anne Kenny Robert Briggs Amanda Lavan conal cunningham to name a few! #fasu #thanks

🏥 It's important to assess for both #frailty & #delirium at the front door. 📕 Study: Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) & 4AT have complementary value in predicting hospital admission in older #ED patients #CFS #4AT

Age-Related Cataract Extraction Is Associated With Decreased Falls, Fractures, and Intracranial Hemorrhages in Older Adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Hypotensive Episodes on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Cognitive Function: Insights From the SPRINT Study Stephen Juraschek MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS Paul Drawz ahajrnls.org/43EZA9T

TCD graduation day 👩‍🎓 PhDs and MDs galore for TCD Medical Gerontology School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin 🎉 thank you to my PI Sean Kennelly, congratulations to all graduates and supervisors Paul Claffey Eoin Duggan Rose Anne Kenny Desmond (Des) O'Neill and those not on twitter ❤️💛

Congrats to all who graduated from TCD Medical Gerontology Trinity College Dublin yesterday! Thanks to my PhD supervisors Rose Anne Kenny and Dr Ciaran Finucane, my family and to everyone at MISA St James's Hospital and TILDA for their support, mentorship and guidance! lauraperez Robert Briggs

Well done to Paul and all other members of department medical gerontology awarded Phd (5 ) and MD ( 3). TCD Medical Gerontology TILDA great achievement for ageing research Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) St James's Hospital 👏School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society British Geriatrics Society Irish Gerontological Society

🎓TILDA celebrates the graduation of our newly minted PhDs Deirdre O'Connor RNutr MPHN, Louise Newman Paul Claffey awarded Trinity College Dublin PhDs in Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. Congratulations! #AgeingResearch #PhDGraduates TCD Medical Gerontology Read more bit.ly/3YT6yoi

Today, faculty from the UK joined local stroke physicians to deliver the UK & ROI British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians Acute Stroke Simulation Course. Delighted to host learners from all over Ireland at the WICOP Sim lab. Congrats to Prof Pope & all of the team involved Univ Hosp Waterford HSE Dublin and South East

Minister O Donnell has today announced the HSE will commission the 1st National Dementia Registry in Ireland to map services, identify need & plan the delivery of equitable access to services Kieran O’Donnell TD for Limerick City Constituency HSE Ireland DementiaServices SJH

New research using TILDA data in European Geriatric Medicine reveals that 31% of older adults are prescribed potentially inappropriate meds. Regular, person-centred med reviews are vital for safe prescribing. Read more bit.ly/4jnVffv #MedicationSafety UCC Ireland RCSI

Our new Age_and_Ageing paper shows prescription of 2 or more STOPPFall medications is independently associated with all falls, injurious and unexplained falls, all fractures and hip fractures. Robert Briggs Rose Anne Kenny Amanda Lavan academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Caring for surgical patients requires skill both in and out of the operating room. Attention to 3 core communication skills offers a way for surgeons to collaborate with patients and families to make patient-centered decisions about surgery. ja.ma/43VCOdm

Given the overlap between #syncope and #falls in #older adults, in particular unexplained falls, this simple algorithm will assist risk stratification based on evidence. Lovely to collaborate with Italian colleagues Andrea and Giulia. TILDA St James's Hospital

Just published in Age_and_Ageing using INAS data from National Office of Clinical Audit. >25% of people having strokes are in their 80s and their characteristics & outcomes are substantially better than those 90+ years. They shouldn’t be grouped together when reporting studies. doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

Last week, the launch of the Uisneach Integrated Care Service for Older People for Longford and Westmeath, took place in the Bloomfield House Hotel in Mullingar. Hosted by Dr Siobhan Kennelly, Consultant Geriatrician ICPOP, there were many speakers and presentaions all linking

For #CarersWeek2025, we highlight the vital role of family carers and TILDA research that helps support them by Dr Christine McGarrigle Read more: bit.ly/4mZupxd Care Alliance Ireland Family Carers Ireland National Clinical Programme Eating Disorders HSE Health & Wellbeing Department of Health HSE Ireland HealthResearchBoard

🥳Huge congratulations to Adam Dyer on his successful defence of his fantastic PhD thesis today. Many thanks to examiners Dr’s Daniel Davis and Thomas Jackson for joining us in TCD. Also thanks to viva chair Dr Colm Cunningham and co-supervisors Nollaig Bourke Cliona O'Farrelly

Congrats Christina Hayes on a fantastic study - Community Specialist Teams for Older Persons at risk of, or living with frailty in Ireland: a prospective cohort study of a new model of integrated care for community dwelling older adults