🎞️A new HSE service in Kerry (Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons) allows the early discharge of the older person from the Acute Hospital setting to Community services. A one stop hub at the McAuley unit in Tralee, this service offers care from a multidisciplinary team.

Emer McDonnell and Maire Kelly outlining the day to day operations of the Kerry ICPOP Nursing Home Outreach service at the @ICPOPIreland networking event this afternoon. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Sláintecare

Calling all nurses working in HSE or HSE funded residential care. Interested in a post grad in gerontology. Contact your local NMPD for funding Retweets appreciated

Excellent presentation by Dr Paddy Hillery on the Emergency Department In The Home (EDITH) service providing acute medical care to older patients in the home setting. -" Respect what matters most" @OlderPersonsSVUH Nichola Boyle JO'Keeffe lilycogan Rosa McNamara

A special visit to the ICPOP hub by Sam McGuire 💚💛

Prof Suzanne Timmons, Consultant Geriatrician and Co-chair of Guideline Development Group for NCG 21 speaks about the impact of inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication and National Clinical Guideline No 21.

How to explain Atrial Fibrillation and risk of stroke in about 2 min at bedside ..AF causes 1 in 3 strokes and almost 5% over 65 have AF #strokeawareness #AF #Atrialfibrillation

Just discovered this fantastic initiative (thanks to CUH_HSCP for your never faltering knowledge base!) Need a bed moved down stairs of help installing a rail… practical support of our older adult community dwelling population! Thank you @AgeAction

THE GOLDEN TICKETS! #MatchDaySorted Ireland v England 2 x Tickets to the game 4 x Pints of Heineken Ireland 2 x Match Day Burgers 1 #MatchDaySorted Follow & RT for a chance to win Winner announced lunch time this Friday! #IrelandvEngland

We've TWO TICKETS to the epic Guinness Six Nations showdown of Ireland v England in the Aviva on 18th March to give away! Simply FOLLOW this page, SHARE the post and TAG you you'd bring! Draw made on the 15th. Good Luck!! #IREvENG #sixnationsrugby #followus #share #tag #tag

📢New guidance published today! BGS has joined with Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) to publish 'Six steps to better care for older people in acute hospitals,' aimed at supporting hospital teams to improve care for older people living with frailty. 1/7 🧵👇 bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Delighted to contribute to this mornings Irish Examiner feature on the progression of Integrated Services for Older Persons in Kerry and Cork @ICPOPIreland Cork Kerry Community Healthcare irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

A great interactive education session promoting the Kerry ICPOP Nursing Home Outreach service to Nursing Home DONs in the area.

Eimear, Mags, Evelyn, Kathleen and Emer recently presented the Munster Technological University IFIC Updates symposium on Integrated, placed based care Cork Kerry Community Healthcare @ICPOPIreland Eimear Falvey Kathleen O Donoghue Emer Mc Donnell Rex Hammock

Older adults require unique considerations in the ED. Originally published by Geriatric Fast Facts and co-written by Dr. Michael Malone, this list of 10 key points will help ED clinicians master geriatric-specific diagnostic considerations: gedcollaborative.com/article/assess…

Advanced Nurse Practitioners Week at UHK! 🌟 This week, we honor the incredible ANPs at UHK for their invaluable contribution to patient care - The right care at the right place and right time. 🏥💙 Thank you for your expertise and compassionate service! #ANPWeek #PeopleofUHK 🩺

Brid Diggin shares now about the role and importance of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in the journey of our hip fracture patients. In 2020, IHFS 4 changed to include ANP's, when University Hospital Kerry were achieving 11% in this standard. This has ensured that in 2022, 34% of

a very useful document to show those in thrall to urine dipsticks

To mark #WorldParkinsonsDay the new IGS Flashcard covers Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease. Thanks to Dr. Ciara Gibbons, Dr. Maeve D'Alton, Gavan Duffy & Prof. Ken Mulpeter at Sligo University Hospital & Letterkenny University Hospital @saoltagroup Link: irishgerontology.com/sites/default/…

Kerry ICPOP ANP Emer McDonnell Emer Mc Donnell, Clinical Lead Dr Richard Liston Richard Liston and Operational Lead Kathleen O'Donoghue Kathleen O Donoghue presenting some of the work done in Residential care facilities at the ICPOP CNS worksop in Tullamore yesterday.