Providing choice, understanding dementia and allowing sufficient time in formal care can help overcome some barriers of personhood in dementia Niamh Hennelly TILDA CESRD Irish Gerontological Society

Our new paper on resource allocation in partnership with ⁦CESRD⁩ bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Delighted to announce that we now have more tickets available for our popular Brain Health online webinar series. For more info and free registration: bit.ly/36BqyAY See dates of upcoming webinars below. Recordings of webinars available here bit.ly/31ytjQi

Excellent output co-edited by @icsg_nuig Prof Kieran Walsh including contributions from Prof Walsh and @icsg_nuig researcher Anna Urbaniak

The role played by family carers is often underestimated in long-term care policy in Ireland. On Thursday from 3:00-4:30pm we will discuss public policy, family carers and dementia Irish Gerontological Society @icsg_nuig. Register here if you're interested: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Seminar tomorrow with John Brown Irish Gerontological Society Family carers, public policy and dementia. Suzanne Cahill how policy views family caring Áine Teahan family carer and public preferences for support provision Manuel Ruiz-Adame an international perspective Chair: Prof. Eamon O'Shea

Seminar today on 'Family Carers, Public Policy and Dementia' @icsg_nuig and Irish Gerontological Society Registration details: irishgerontology.com/events/symposi…

Insightful talk from Suzanne Cahill on how family carers & their role is often conceptualised around ideas of love & care, rather than also acknowledging the difficult & hard work family carers do Irish Gerontological Society CESRD

Excellent research presented by Áine Teahan on family carers' support preferences in Ireland CESRD

Very interesting findings from Áine Teahan work on family carers preferences: at an individual level family carers prioritised the provision of day care & at a societal level universal carers allowance (not means tested) CESRD Irish Gerontological Society

Interesting comparison from Manuel Ruiz-Adame between Spain & Ireland, where a higher percentage of family carers are female and on average older than family carers in Ireland CESRD Irish Gerontological Society

Thanks Suzanne Cahill Manuel Ruiz-Adame Áine Teahan and Prof Eamon O'Shea for providing such interesting policy insights into family caring for people with dementia in Ireland! Big thanks Irish Gerontological Society and John Brown for co-hosting! Recording available next week- will tweet link.

Suzanne Cahill R J Rodriguez Thank you very much Suzanne Cahill . It was a pleasure to share knowledges with great panelist as you and Áine Teahan , Prof Eamon O’Shea, Rose Anne Kenny and all the team of the Irish Gerontological Society and CESRD. Great audience !!, Many questions to answer, many research to do.

Delighted to see this research by the #CAREWELL_Project on Family carers' experiences of balancing work & care during the COVID-19 pandemic' available online at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hs… @lindadowlingh HealthResearchBoard Family Carers Ireland Care Alliance Ireland Dominique Phillips UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems UCD Equality Diversity & Inclusion

Our colleagues in ILAS will host the below webinar at 5pm on Apr 29th: 'Consent, sexual violence, and harassment: Using research, engagement, and partnership to promote cultural change' Important societal topic and exploring how research can promote cultural change.

The recording of last week's episode of our Marginalised Ageing Series: Family Carers, Public Policy and Dementia is now available on our website: irishgerontology.com/events/symposi… in association with CESRD and @icsg_nuig

International perspective on caring. A comparison between family caring in Ireland vs Spain. Socio-economic profiles, preferences and social-cost. Speaker: Manuel Ruiz-Adame Reina April 22nd - 2021 - 15 min Organised by: Irish Gerontological Society and CESRD youtu.be/FfCkFYQNL6k

This is a great way for potential students to get to know more about the MSc in Ageing and Public Policy in NUI Galway. Anyone interested in pursuing a career in a related area should definitely check it out. Reg details in retweet⬇️

**Event Reminder** Symposium Series: Marginalised Ageing and Inclusive Systems Thursday, May 20th 2021. 15.00-16.30 In association with LGBT Ireland Championing Older LGBT People in Ireland An Invisible Population Website and registration: irishgerontology.com/events/symposi…

Fourth publication from my PhD! CESRD Current Irish policy aimed at family carers does not reflect public preferences. Our latest study @socscimed shows citizens are willing-to-pay more tax to better support family carers of people with dementia. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…