Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen negative representations of older people in international media. Data from TILDA Wave 5 highlight the huge contribution of over 70s in Ireland in volunteering, caring, & social & economic life. Read more: tiny.cc/cn5xlz

Presenting "TILDArt"🎨 No blue skies during lunch? just draw some ⛅️

NIRspectroscopy measures blood oxygen in your brain during basic tasks, like standing up🧠 #MachineLearning finds patterns unique in people at risk of health outcomes, like experiencing a fall👨‍💻 Fun research tool chat (+modeling) w/TCD Medical Gerontology+St James's Hospital med-engineers🧑‍⚕️

TILDArt: Halloween Edition! 👻🎃🎑 Some seriously talented artists in TCD Medical Gerontology 🎨 Hoping UCD BatLab sequence my bat soon tho because it doesn't look like any bat I've seen before 🤦🦇🧬

Nature does open access

Trinity researchers from #MISA at St James's Hospital have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in older adults with more than two illnesses or diseases, putting them at higher risk of faints and falls bit.ly/3R1Wm6y #multimorbidity #ageing #NIRS #bloodpressure

growing evidence that altered cerebral blood flow is associated with age related multimorbidity Intervention trials necessary to determine whether modification of CBF attenuates functional decline. Department of Health HealthResearchBoard Irish Gerontological Society British Geriatrics Society

Lower brain tissue oxygenation associated with frailty and multimorbidity in older adults, increasing risks of falls & fainting - important new research published in JAGS led by lauraperez St James's Hospital Rose Anne Kenny TCD Medical Gerontology tcd.ie/news_events/ar…