The impact of outsourcing bed-based aged care services on quality of care: internally managed Transition Care Program in a public health network was associated with better quality of care outcomes compared to outsourced services Department of Health HSE Ireland pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36373866/

Desmond (Des) O'Neill next in ace webinar on language in ageing. Much focus on LOSS but what of GAIN? Age-related cognitive gains include more wisdom, altruism & strategic thinking. Caring for older people is labelled a 'burden' in a way that caring for children is not PeopleFirstCharter

Blocking access for older people at Day Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, since before 0800 this morning.. shameful

Assisted Dying Is A Women's Issue. Why Are We Being Left Out Of The Debate? | Glamour UK glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/assist…

Clinical update in traffic medicine on 27 November medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/br… Desmond (Des) O'Neill RSA Ireland Irish College of GPs Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Clinical Update on Traffic Medicine 5.30-7.30pm, Wednesday 27th Nov online - Respiratory/Sleep Medicine, Off-road Assessment, Older People Transport and Driving, Alcohol Use Disorders - registration at eventbrite.com/e/national-off… Irish College of GPs Royal College of Physicians of Ireland College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Later-Life Creativity and Successful Aging in Neoliberal Agendas: "The commercialization and commodification of creativity often function to discipline individuals towards a culture of productivity, optimization, and innovation" academic.oup.com/gerontologist/…

Absolutely thrilled that our very own Easter Chick Ladies won the Community Award at the TPOTY Awards last night!Thanks to the organisers & congratulations to the nominees 👏 (Mairead, Liz, Jackie and Ann are pictured with Emma from TUHF) #TPOTY24 #TUHWorkingTogether

Innocence and mischief – Desmond O’Neill on the humorist and social commentator Erich Kästner - check out books, audio CDs and DVDs of his work at excellent Goethe-Institut Ireland library in Merrion Square irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

A cool way to start a movie: Director Ernst Lubitsch appears on screen in The Doll (1919), building a model of the set. After Lubitsch has built the set, the film cuts to a full-size version of it, complete with actors

Launch today of IrishHumanities 2024 Survey of Medical and Health Humanities in Ireland - 134 researchers and scholars in the field - at Royal Irish Academy - great resource HealthResearchBoard We are now Research Ireland Wellcome Trinity Long Room Hub AMHH Health Humanities Consortium irishhumanities.com/assets/Uploads…

Very instructive and stimulating 2024 issue of Germanistik in Ireland dedicated to German Studies and Medical/Health Humanities Goethe-Institut Ireland IrishHumanities Trinity Long Room Hub AMHH Health Humanities Consortium Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Architecture and public health: from harmful designs to healthy built environments bmj.com/content/387/bm… The BMJ Trinity Haus #BMJChristmas2024

Broken chords: the music of grief #BMJChristmas2024 The BMJ Ficino Ensemble Trinity Long Room Hub TCD Composition Irish World Academy AMHH bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Now with added links to the music referenced in the paper

In this Editor's Choice, Tasnime Osama and Richard Hurley discuss how our Christmas issue is celebrating the enduring power of love in a world shattered by conflict and injustice #ChristmasBMJ bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Desmond (Des) O'Neill EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society Gerontological Society of America (GSA) x.com/clarityresearc…

Social inequality in navigating the healthcare maze via intermediate care for older people in Norway "The ability in navigating the healthcare maze influences who gets most attention" EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society sciencedirect.com/science/articl…