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Congrats to Katie Robinson for her co-authored chapter in the 8th Edition of OT for People Experiencing Illness, Injury, or Impairment. The chapter focuses on pain, including insights on pain management in older adults, with Prof. Jenny Strong 🇦🇺 & Dr Luciana Buin 🇧🇷

Please vote for an Age Friendly Future for us all #seanad2025 Vote Rónán Collins no.1

Delighted to have support of our President of the Irish Gerontologocal Society Irish Gerontological Society Prof. Emer Ahern ..an important message on the success and opportunity for us all in an Age Friendly Ireland #Seanad Vote Rónán Collins NUI Seanad

Campaign now open for staff grade occupational therapist positions at University Hospital Limerick Join our dynamic team HSE Mid West hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs…

Our PhD student, Meri Westlake, has done a lot of thinking about how we frame hospital aquired deconditioning. Lovely to see her work starting to appear in the wild with this publication: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e…

Huge congrats to all UL graduates today .. esp the 3 ARC PhD grads!! Aoife Ni Laocha Avantika Bhardwaj and Louise Barry and congrats to supervisors Rose Galvin Prof Mgt O'Connor Dr. Clodagh Toomey Prof Norelee Kennedy Prof Pauline Meskell & Sylvia Murphy Tighe 🎉✨️

Huge congrats to all ARC & UHL colleagues involved in this fantastic study transforming how we deliver care to frail older adults in the #EmergencyDepartment👏👏👏 thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…

We hope you can join us on February 20th for our first online public lecture of the year. All details available: irishgerontology.com/events/public-…

✨ Delighted to share a new English Longitudinal Study of Ageing paper led by Aoife Whiston on late-life #depression & cognitive impairments. Key finding:🧠Fatigue is a key depression symptom & potentially important target for early intervention in older adults. doi.org/10.1080/136078… Health Research Institute UL Psychology

Problematic polypharmacy and unintentional prescribing cascades: perspectives of key stakeholders in older people's healthcare bgs.org.uk/blog/problemat… Dr Aisling Jennings Oxford Academic

Our now TCD Medical Gerontology study outlines the consequences of the social care crisis on older inpatients. For each additional day spent in hospital awaiting home care there was a 4% increase in hospital-associated complications such as delirium or falls. imj.ie/consequences-o…

Huge congrats to Aoife McCarthy who defended her PhD today on rehabilitation for older adults with COVID-19 Supervisors: Katie Robinson Rose Galvin External Examiner: Prof Suzanne Martin (Ulster University) Internal Exam: Ass Prof Sarah Dillion Chair: Dr Mairéad Cahill

**FINAL CALL FOR SYMPOSIA SUBMISSIONS** Closing at midnight tonight. Extensions not available. irishgerontology.com/events/72nd-an…

Don't miss out, get your abstract in before midnight on Monday. Please share for reach. Submit here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77994/s…

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

#IGSPodcast is back & the latest episode looks behind the scenes at TILDA Edel McDaid talked to Cathal McCrory Dr. Ann Monaghan & Mary O'Shea about their journey to TILDA, a day in the life on a longitudinal study & lots more. Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/6iI7eU…

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Letter to the Editor: Kathleen McLoughlin from Roscrea, Co Tipperary writes about the restorative power of the care her 90-year-old mother receives and the value of home care. irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

IGS President Dr. Emer Ahern’s letter to the editor published in The Irish Times “Older adults are entitled to the same dignity, autonomy and human rights as anyone else.” Dignity and rights don’t expire with age. Deirdre Lang Íde O'Shaughnessy Rose Galvin Edel McDaid

Happy Friday, we've a new episode and it's a gem 💎 For the latest episode of the IGS Podcast Edel McDaid talked to Prof Simon Conroy Simon Conroy & Dr. James van Oppen James van Oppen about all things Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1PVZCH…