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We are celebrating day 1 of Global Intergenerational Week in St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. Chatting to staff & patients about #homeshare and how it minimizes falls and hospital admissions as well as being an affordable alternative to nursing homes. Drop by and say hi!

The National HSCP Office is delighted to once again offer post-graduate professional development funding opportunities for 2025. To find out more visit buff.ly/LF9NJrf

In #delirium, patients rarely volunteer that they are hallucinating. Here's one useful way of asking about hallucinations: "Have you recently experienced anything strange, like visions or voices that seem very real but others don't notice?"

We are recruiting for a Chief Operations Officer for our busy hospital, an opportunity to lead an incredible team. Learn more via this link: bit.ly/4izea6z #HealthcareLeadership #LeadershipOpportunities Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now!

Our Frailty elearning course is free to all health and social care professionals and carries 10 CPD credits. If you work with older people living with or at risk of frailty, register now! buff.ly/0A4koz5

5 tips for communicating with older adults with #delirium - from the Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto.

Our Quality & Patient Safety team celebrated the success of our recent Joint Commission Int reaccreditation survey with a stand at CentrePoint today! Huge thanks to all our staff for their hard work & dedication. Special thanks to Prof Michael Keane & Aisling Heffernan for stopping by! 🎉 #SVUH

Huge congratulations to all our SVUH UCD Medicine final year students on finishing exams! 🎓✨ We look forward to welcoming many of you back to SVUH to nurture & grow your careers. The future is bright & yours! 🌟 #SVUH #UCD #FutureDoctors #CareerGrowth

We are excited to advertise a new senior post for our vascular service. This is an opportunity for an experienced and proactive OT to take a leadership role in the provision and development of our OT vascular service Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) Further details svhg.recruitment.zellis.com/wrl/pages/vaca…

We are also advertising a permanent clinical specialist OT position for EDITH/AMU. This is an exciting senior leadership opportunity to lead innovation and transformation in the care of older adults across ED, AMU, and home-based settings EDITH (ED in the home) svhg.recruitment.zellis.com/wrl/pages/vaca…

The latest edition of the Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy is now available. Thank you to the IJOT Editorial Board for producing another excellent edition. IJOT is published online and is open access, so you can read it here now: ow.ly/9jOu50VLzkc #research

Everyday, throughout all the challenges we face in healthcare,midwives support women, babies & families during some of the most important moments of their lives. Today, I'm proud to celebrate #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife. Thank you #midwives and student midwives for all you do

Upcoming ESSD events: May Webinar 89th ESSD livestream webinar, Core Outcome Sets in Dysphagia Research: A practical guide for researchers and clinicians, presented by Julia Hirschwald, on Wednesday, 21 May at 6:30pm CEST. To register bit.ly/4glHc8B #IASLT #IASLPeeps

For #HeartFailureAwarenessWeek, the #SVUH & St. Michael’s Hospital Heart Failure Nursing Teams hosted an info stand at Centrepoint for staff, patients & visitors. Key messages: ❤️ HF is common 🩺 Know the signs 💪 #HeartFailureDoesntStopUs Thanks to Novartis for the LEGO heart!

Clinical lead of national programme for care of older persons Dr. Graham Hughes outlining evidence for 'ready adoption by older people of good behaviours leading to better health outcomes' in chronic disease management programme #NeverTooLate Graham Hughes Age Friendly Ireland

Dementia Associated With Hearing Loss. Hearing and dementia tracked in 2,946 people over eight years. Hearing loss by audiometry accounted for 32 percent of new dementia cases. Self-reported hearing loss did not associate with dementia.⁦Dementia Research Network Ireland⁩ jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

Today we celebrate our incredible nurses & healthcare assistants at #SVUH on #InternationalNursesDay 💚 Led by Ann Flynn, Director of Nursing, this team is the heart of our hospital - bringing skill, kindness & compassion to every patient journey #IND2025 #OurNursesOurFuture

On this #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek we want to highlight the work SLTs do to support people at the end of life to communicate needs, wishes & maintain dignity. RCSLT 💙 resources: 🔹 Clinical info: rcslt.org/speech-and-lan… 🔹 Factsheet: rcslt.org/wp-content/upl…

Let me preface this post by stating there are many examples of good nursing home care in this country. I personally experience it. However Last nights #RTEInvestigate confirms what Brendan Walsh stated in the ESRI report about when profit comes b4 care, esri.ie/publications/l…

Movement matters. At SVUH, we held our 3rd Dementia Champion session focused on “Get Up, Get Dressed, Get Moving” – a campaign that promotes independence & better outcomes through early mobility. Big thanks to Josh Nograles & our amazing educators! #TeamSVUH #DementiaCare #SVUH