Nurses attending #IGS2024 don't miss this year's group meeting Friday at 5pm with two guest speakers Professor Gerry Lee 🇺🇦 🇵🇸🇸🇸 Laura Dempsey chaired by IGS Nursing Representative Gemma. Full prog here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/28963/pr…

#IGS2024 has officially kicked off with LundbeckUS symposium on Brain Health & Wellbeing. Dr. Jennifer Edgeworth highlights ageism and loneliness as 2 key threats to psychological wellbeing in older adults.

Annual Irish Gerontological Society meeting kicking off with an address from IGS President @ahernemer & HSE Ireland CEO Bernard Gloster. Not long until the @wicopsim live sim.

And we’re off!!!!! 🚀 #IGS2024 Irish Gerontological Society @ahernemer JO'Keeffe susan o reilly Íde O'Shaughnessy Karen Dennehy

#IGS2024 Delighted to meet with Bernard Gloster this morning Irish Gerontological Society Annual & Scientific Meeting. Bernard shared with us the importance of Access, Capacity Planning through Innovation & Reform, Public & Patient Involvement and, building confidence in our Health Service

Pleasure to meet and address Irish Gerontological Society #IGS2024 We are fortunate that a diverse range of disciplines come together with expertise and pursue continuous improvement in healthcare for older people. An inspiring crew. HSE Ireland

And the winner is....us..hurrah! 1st place poster competition @IADNAM conference 2024 AnnMarie Kilgannon Deirdre Lang Paula Noone Noreen Galvin susan o reilly

#IGS2024 is trending top 3 in Ireland today 🤩 Make sure to share to get involved using the hashtag over the weekend and let’s hit number 1.

The ALONE Willie Bermingham Lecture Irish Gerontological Society given by a real advocate for older people Sarah Donnelly #IGS2024

#IGS2024 What a great Annual Scientific Committee Meeting! And that's a wrap!! Signing off on 9 years on the Irish Gerontological Society Executive Committee- it has being the honour and privilege of a lifetime to have served the Society as Nursing Rep (2015-2017), Hon Treasurer (2017-2023),

And that’s a wrap on #IGS2024! Huge thanks to each and every one of you for making it a roaring success 👏 Best wishes to our outgoing VP JO'Keeffe and a big congratulations to our incoming VP Deirdre Lang Irish Gerontological Society

💡💡REMINDER: JOB VACANCY💡💡 Just one week left to apply for our part-time role of Lecturer/Assistant Professor in General Nursing. If you or someone you know has what we need, apply today!! 📆📆 Applications close Monday 14th October. 🔗🔗 Full Details: buff.ly/3ZDRkEW

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Mairéad Bracken-Scally and Kate Brennan have poster presentations at Alzheimer Europe #34AEC today

Between sims & socials, #IGS2024 was a great opportunity to showcase the work of the Active Recovery Team (ART) St James's Hospital to date with a panel & 2 posters presentations Aoife Dillon 𝕤𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣

Rehabilitation during delirium critical - people with delirium more often than not excluded from access to rehabilitation - rehab interventions need to adapt to fluctuating needs

Projected Annual Lecanemab Treatment Eligibility in an Irish Regional Specialist Memory Clinic Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) TCD Medical Gerontology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gp…

🚨New IGS Podcast 🚨 For the latest episode, Edel McDaid talked to Prof Ken Rockwood Kenneth Rockwood about his career, understanding frailty (including the word itself), deconditioning & lots more. Listen here 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/1iSW6m… Dalhousie University British Geriatrics Society Canadian Geriatrics EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society

ALONE CEO Seán Moynihan on Irish Gerontological Society Podcast: Edel talks to Seán Moynihan and Dr. Sarah Donnelly about a range of topics including ageing in place, loneliness, ageism and the work of ALONE podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/alo…

Meet Amanda Casey, the new HSE Chief Social Worker. One of Amanda's key priorities will be to reform how we provide safeguards and protections for adults who may be at risk of harm or abuse. #patientsafety Amanda Casey Juanita Guidera Dr Maureen Flynn