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Great to have our poster up highlighting the impact of minor stroke and TIA on return to work ourcomes Frances Horgan Dr. Tadhg Stapleton at ELASF 2024 #lifeafterstroke, such an inspiring and informative day!

PLEASE LISTEN 🧵 This is Prof Ronan Collins Prof. Ronan Collins (National Clinical Lead Stroke) scathing criticism of Dept of Health/HSE Ireland treatment of 850,000 people in Ireland living with neurology/neurodegenerative conditions and the moratorium on recruitment …

Delighted to see our research published highlighting considerable inconsistencies in ax and tx practices of OTs and Physio's in spasticity management as well as barriers to implementing best practice nationally Mairead Campbell Frances Horgan Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

Stroke researchers realising the importance of cognition outcomes 😀 Cognitive assessments now being used as endpoints in trials 😀 But how big a difference in cognitive scores is clinically meaningful 🤔 Read our paper in Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior and you may 😟 doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb…

Great enthusiasm at the first estim training session with OT and PT stroke colleagues from OLOL, SJH,TUH,SVUH,Mater,Connolly and Beaumont. NCP Stroke delighted to fund estim equipment to offer as an adjunct to stroke rehab Ciara Breen Prof. Ronan Collins Fiona Connaughton @JulieKeane16

Health and Social Care Professionals have been excluded from representation on the Senior Management Team in the new HSE Health Regions This is backwards step at a critical time. Sign the petition now if you agree – #TeamHSCP needs a seat at the table! act.forsa.ie/stop-exclusion…

A powerful publication from Geraldine O'Callaghan and colleagues for anyone interested in #stroke in Ireland 👇 People with stroke can see & articulate clearly what is needed - co-ordinated, person-centred care & enough of it to make a difference. National roll-out of ESD urgently needed

Come join the Mater Stroke Team either in a full-time or part-time Senior Occupational Therapy position! rezoomo.com/job/68483/

#FlashbackFriday ! 🧠🩸Post-stroke emotionalism 📒 Post-stroke emotionalism affects 1 in 5, yet it is poorly understood. This narrative review explores the prevalence, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of post-stroke emotionalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Cambridge Stroke

Therapists involved in assessment of decision making capacity may be interested in this recent publication by Ruth Usher and Dr. Tadhg Stapleton providing some useful consensus on how to approach DMC assessment in their practice. School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin UCC OSOT doi.org/10.1111/1440-1…

⏳ Just a few days to go! Join us Wednesday, 19th March for the launch of the Irish National Audit of Stroke National Report 2023. Hear from Prof. Joe Harbison, Prof. Hanne Christensen & other expert speakers on stroke care & quality improvement. Further details

Launch of the Irish National Audit of Stroke National Report 2023 Our final QI project presentation this morning is from Rachael Dooley, Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Stroke, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. She shares the Mater Stroke Service FAST QI Project.

4/ To coincide with #HSCPDay2025 we are today launching our post intervention survey of all OTs and Physios working in Stroke in Ireland surveys.hse.ie/s/CPL2DX/ We would so appreciate it if you could like, retweet, and share with colleagues not on Twitter

Initial Helsinki impressions...birdsong piped in public toilets, free travel for all European Stroke Org attendees, many joggers, similar ratio of women and men pushing buggies, doggies welcome everywhere with no fouling on streets. Can hear ducks outside my city window! #liveliketheFinns

#ESOC2025 Fantastic to see OT+PT multimodal patient-tailored programme achieve 33% drop in post-stroke falls in Falls After Stroke Trial FAST Phase III Dr Natasha Lannin

Very excited to be at #ESOC25 and encouraged to see and learn from so much research investigating #PSCI #hidden deficits and #Lifeafterstroke

Our paper on managing post stroke fatigue is just published! Small feasibility study but some signel around reducing fatigue, increasing activity and improving mood. doi.org/10.1177/026921…

Exciting Senior Occupational Therapist role open in the Mater which will allow you to adapt a flexible approach while working across inpatient stroke/ESD and general medicine service. Apply below⬇️ rezoomo.com/job/84070/?sou…

Students like this won’t feature on the National news this evening, and they won’t break any points records..but these young people have done remarkably well to complete a leaving cert and deserve credit…I hope the next few yrs will be easier for you 🤞.. well done 👏