New booklet 'Employment and retirement decisions: Advice for younger people with dementia' launched today by DSiDC. Supported by the HSE's Understand Together campaign, copies can be ordered  from  healthpromotion.ie and  downloaded from dementia.ie

Anyone with a mild cognitive impairment or a #dementia of any type and their carers should share their views to help improve the care of people affected by a neurological disease! Survey link below 👇🏻

Don't miss our next Public Lecture on September 20th. 'Arts, Ageing and Meaning' with Prof Brian Lawlor. Join us virtually. Full details: irishgerontology.com/events/public-… @ahernemer susan o reilly Íde O'Shaughnessy JO'Keeffe

Prof Des O’Neill, Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) (TUH), has launched a new report that examines the links between housing conditions and the health of older people. The research was funded by The Meath Foundation and involved TUH, Age Friendly Ireland , Trinity Haus and BRE - housingagency.ie/publications/h…

🚶‍♂️ Only 14 Days to Go! 🚶‍♂️ Join us on September 22nd for Memory Walk 2024! Support those affected by dementia and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. Register now and be part of something special! 💜👟 #ASIMemoryWalk2024 #RegisterNow

The National Palliative Care Policy published today will support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. We will work with services across the country to implement the policy & provide palliative care to everyone who needs it. #PallCareWeek

You can now make an appointment to meet an Information Officer from a Citizens Information Centre live and online at these libraries: 🖥️ Wicklow library 📚 Leabharlann na Ceathrún Rua 🎧 Achill library For more info, contact your local CIC: centres.citizensinformation.ie Better Public Services

NEW ONLINE: a Personal View from Marco Canevelli, Caitlin Jackson-Tarlton, and Kenneth Rockwood on the importance of frailty assessment in neurological care thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

2% of the population (aged over 85) use this amount of hospital bed days because acute illness in this age group is accompanied by a physical and cognitive decline that will persist until remedied. Properly staffed offsite rehabilitation beds would transform our hospitals.

Great to see 2 papers in Hektoen International Hektoen International from 1st Year Medical Students arising from our Arts & Health Module at Trinity College Dublin and Tallaght University Hospital Foundation hekint.org/2024/04/11/pic… and hekint.org/2024/09/12/whe… Trinity Long Room Hub IrishHumanities School of Medicine

Last Friday we were delighted to meet up with our colleagues on the Home Care Coalition and publicise our Budget 2025 call for increased funding to provide viable and sustainable Home Support Services into 2025. Read in full here: ow.ly/pU9r50Tm5eu #HomeCareCrisis

Study of deceased contact sports athletes with CTE reports that nearly 25% had parkinsonism during life. Most had an unusual pathology related to CTE and football play and not the typical Lewy body pathology found in most cases of Parkinson disease. ja.ma/4e0reAw

Dublin City Council and dublinbikes announce that dublinbikes 1 day tickets will be free to everyone on Sunday, 22nd September, to celebrate World Car Free Day. To avail of a free 1 day ticket download the dublinbikes app and sign up.

Prior to considering any psychotropic medication in a person with dementia, a comprehensive assessment should be performed, by an appropriately trained healthcare professional. #WorldPatientSafetyDay Learn more through the below infographic.

Lewy body pathology exacerbates brain hypo-metabolism and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease Great work led by Lyduine Collij. Using ADNI data, she showed that the presence of LB pathology (CSF SAA) exacerbates global cognitive decline in symptomatic AD and is associated with

We're very much looking forward to our November webinar which will focus on the support that is available to children and young people who have a parent living with young onset #dementia... 👇

🇮🇪 ‘Frailty and Integrated Care Programme for Older People (ICPOP): The Irish Experience’ by Dr Roman Romero-Ortuno at #EUGMS2024! Discover how Ireland is leading the way in #IntegratedCare for older adults #Frailty #ICPOP #Geriatrics Íde O'Shaughnessy @ahernemer Conference Irish Gerontology

The LivDem, a well-established group intervention that helps people adjust  to a dementia diagnosis, could be adapted for families and couples, a new study published in Dementia has found. #dementia bit.ly/4gvTjkB

A reminder that the MISA Annual Public Lecture will be happening next Monday, 23 September! Speaking on the day will be Dr Daisy Fancourt, Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Tania Banotti of Creative Ireland, and Maria Molly of saoltagroup, who will discuss the impact of art in public health

Being able to identify Alzheimer’s disease from a blood test might sound like science fiction, but it could be a reality in as little as five years. Prof. Jonathan Schott tells us more as part of #WorldAlzheimersDay ➡️bit.ly/4dkwL3O DRC@UCL @alzresearchuk #UCLDementia