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Rose Galvin sharing an overview of the incredible work she’s leading on to improve the experience of care for older adults 🌟 🏥

Dr. @ahernemer President of the Irish Gerontological Society promoting the Age Friendly Healthcare System with the integration of the 4M’s in taking care of older persons. #IGS2023

Today is International Day of Older Persons #IDOP2023 the National Clinical Programme (NCP) for Older People leads on the design and adaptation of new clinical models of care for older people hse.ie/eng/about/who/… @ICPOPIreland

Huge congrats to HealthResearchBoard CDA scholar and ARC: Ageing Research Centre University of Limerick PhD graduate Mairead Conneely on publication of the ED PLUS pilot feasibility RCT today. ED PLUS is a transition to home intervention for older adults following emergency department 🏥 discharge. dovepress.com/a-physiotherap…

Reducing unplanned hospital admissions from care homes: a systematic review journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/KLPW6338/…

Rehabilitation can fix the existential problem of 1/3 of patients getting sicker in hospital. Rehabilitation in tandem with, and especially after, an acute care episode can unblock our hospitals. Not “step down”. Not “convalescence”. Not “transitional care”. Rehabilitation.

Clinicians from @ulhospitals & HSE Mid West Community Healthcare attend the Inaugural National Frailty Education Programme in the CERC. The programme equips clinicians with the core knowledge & skills to enhance care for older adults in all settings & transitions of care #NFEP #Agefriendlyhealthcare

Congratulations on your inaugural session. Enabling better care for older people Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland @ahernemer Dr. Geraldine Shaw

Some older adult patients present to the ED with a worsening health condition that isn't an emergency. These patients don't require hospitalization but need more support than they have at home. Here are 10 strategies to help patients in this situation: gedcollaborative.com/article/older-…

Oh my goodness! If you care for or work with anyone with advanced dementia, you’ll already know that it’s still possible to find joy in amongst the challenges. A short video to show it’s still worthwhile to visit, share time and have fun together. Well done Chevrolet team!

#OpenAccess publication Our prospective cohort study explored the impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Ax in the ED Follow @HSEMidWest dovepress.com/articles.php?a… 🗣️Focus on a longitudinal approach to healthcare at the primary-secondary care interface Rose Galvin Katie Robinson

Delighted to share the Geriatric EM Europe Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED) study now in print: doi.org/10.1007/s41999… Our collaboration examined prevalence using the Clinical Frailty Scale with consecutive attenders at 62 hospitals.

New European Emergency Department study In Ireland🇮🇪 frail older adults have a median ED length of stay of 16.4 hours⏲️ This compares with 5.9 hrs in the UK🇬🇧 & 2.9 hrs in Greece 🇬🇷 👏 ARC: Ageing Research Centre University of Limerick Follow @HSEMidWest Aoife Synnott Aoife McCarthy Íde O'Shaughnessy Susan Williams

"Without rehabilitation older people being discharged from hospital experience further deterioration of their health. On average 15% of older people being discharged from hospital are readmitted within 28 days." Supporting #RightToRehab via #BGSblueprint bgs.org.uk/Blueprint

Would you like to be a clinical specialist physiotherapist in older person care? UL hospitals group is currently advertising for permanent positons in our pathfinder programme and UHL's geriatric emergency medicine unit unit.rezoomo.com/job/62552 @leonora_ot NAS MidWest (Limerick, Clare & North Tipp.)

Delighted to see our paper published today looking at CGA documents in use across integrated care teams in Ireland ⁦Robert Murphy⁩ ⁦Catriona Reddin⁩ ⁦Maria Ní Choisdealbha⁩ ⁦Michelle Canavan⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Congratulations to James O'Brien and his wife Aoife on the arrival of their son Fionn this week. The O'Brien dynasty grows stronger. 👶🏼

New physiotherapy staff grade job opportunities available in the Mid West Acute Hospitals. Apply at rezoomo.com/job/80438/ for a chance to start or develop your career HSE Mid West Leonora Carey @iscp