In this special episode, we celebrate the awarding of this year’s IGS Presidential Medal to Professor Rose Galvin, Professor of Physiotherapy and Co-Director of the Ageing Research Centre at the University of Limerick. Professor Galvin joins Edel to reflect on her journey from clinical practice to research leadership, her interest in applied health research in ageing and the impact of her research on health services and policy. She also shares her insights into the importance of mentoring, leadership and her vision for the future of ageing research.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Simon Conroy and Dr. James van Oppen about Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM). They discuss their respective career paths to the specialty, changes and opportunities in the area, frailty screening, patient reported outcome measures and much more. To learn more about this topic, don’t miss the Geriatric Emergency Medicine session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting in Killarney October 2nd-4th.
For more information from discussion points:
•BGS Silver Book II: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/silver-book-ii
•Prof Simon Conroy more information and publications https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/84336-simon-conroy/publications
•Dr. James van Oppen more information and publications https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Van-Oppen
•PROM discussed by James https://jpro.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41687-024-00796-8
•More information on this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/72nd-annual-and-scientific-meeting
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In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Cathal McCrory, Dr. Ann Monaghan and Mary O’Shea from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Each guest discuss their journey to TILDA and the day-to-day aspects of their role. Throughout the discussion the group highlight some of the interesting findings from the dataset and it’s real world impact. They discuss the international landscape of longitudinal studies and TILDA’s designation as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Longitudinal Studies on Ageing and the Life Course. To hear more, don’t miss the TILDA session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting in Killarney October 2nd-4th.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Ken Rockwood. Professor Rockwood is a geriatrician, a professor of geriatric medicine at Dalhousie University and leads the Frailty and Eldercare Network fo Nova Scotia Health. As an international leader on frailty, he has more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and nine books to his credit. They discuss his career, understanding frailty, frailty assessment tools, hospital acquired deconditioning and lots more.
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In this episode, 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. Sean is the CEO of ALONE (www.alone.ie) , a national organisation that enables older people to age at home. Dr Sarah Donnelly, previously worked as medical social worker and is now an Associate Professor in Social Work and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, in UCD. Sarah will present the ALONE Willie Bermingham lecture at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Andrea Wershof Schwartz and Dr. Kirstyn James about Age Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms – Mobility, Mentation, Medication and What Matters. Dr. Schwartz is a geriatrician at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Boston and Associate Director for Clinical Innovation in the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center. Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Kirstyn James, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital and Alumnus of the RCPI Quality Improvement Scholarship and the Harvard Medical School Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Diarmuid O’Shea. Dr. O’Shea is a consultant Geriatrician in St. Vincent’s Hospital, previous President of the Irish Gerontological Society and the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI). They discuss what drew Dr. O’ Shea’s to geriatric medicine, his career to date, the evolution of the specialty of geriatric medicine and his advice for others starting out in their career.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Professor John Cooke about gerontological simulation. Professor Cooke is a consultant geriatrician in the University Hospital Waterford, National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP) and South/South West Hospital Group Clinical Director for Education and Training as well as Clinical Professor in University College Cork and Clinical Associate Professor in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
Professor Cooke will be part of a gerontological simulation education session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting. They discuss his career in geriatric medicine and education, gerontological simulation, it’s role in education, research in the area of simulation and practical tips on how to introduce sim in your setting.
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In this episode, Edel talks to the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) President Dr. Emer Ahern. Emer is a Consultant Trauma and Orthogeriatrician in Cork University hospital and was appointed National Clinical Advisor Group Lead (NCAGL) for Older Persons in May 2022. They discuss Emer's career and journey to the specialty of geriatric medicine, her experience with the IGS and NCAGL roles, urgent and emergent care plan for older adults, age friendly healthcare design and lots more.
For more info from discussion points:
- The Irish Gerontological Society https://www.irishgerontology.com/
- The 4Ms Framework– What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility https://www.ihi.org/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems/resources-and-news
-WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing https://www.who.int/initiatives/decade-of-healthy-ageing#:~:text=The%20United%20Nations%20Decade%20of,communities%20in%20which%20they%20live.
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In this episode, Edel talks to fellow physiotherapist Dr. Esther Clift, who is a Consultant Practitioner in Frailty in the NHS. They discuss Esther's career, advanced practice for HSCPs (AHPs), the consultant practitioner role and virtual wards.
They mention documents and resources including:
- “Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework” Health Education England. https://healtheducationengland.sharepoint.com/sites/APWC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FAPWC%2FShared%20Documents%2FConsultant%2FMulti%2Dprofessional%20consultant%2Dlevel%20practice%20capability%20and%20impact%20framework%2DJune%202023%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FAPWC%2FShared%20Documents%2FConsultant&p=true&ga=1
-“Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England” Health Education England. https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/multi-professionalframeworkforadvancedclinicalpracticeinengland.pdf
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In this episode, Edel talks to Louise Brent. Louise is the Irish Hip Fracture Database and Major Trauma Audit Manager with the National Office of Clinical Audit.
This episode has been released on the same day as the publication of the 10th Hip Fracture Report from the Irish Hip Fracture Database (IHFD). They discuss the journey of the Irish Hip Fracture Database over the last decade, the standards of care and best practice tariff, findings from this year’s report, research in the area and plans for the future.
More information on the Irish Hip Fracture Database available at www.noca.ie
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In this episode, Edel talks to British Geriatrics Society (BGS) President Professor Adam Gordon. They discuss Adam's career and journey to the specialty of geriatric medicine, his experience with the BGS, intermediate care and social care, the future of care homes and lots more.
They mention documents and resources including:
- "Intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge" https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PRN00761-intermediate-care-framework-rehabilitation-reablement-recovery-following-hospital-discharge.pdf
-"A new community rehabilitation and reablement model" https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PRN00761ii-a-new-community-rehabilitation-and-reablement-model.pdf
-"Ambitions for change: Improving healthcare in care homes" https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/ambitions-for-change-improving-healthcare-in-care-homes#:~:text=The%20NHS%20across%20the%20UK,professionals%20involved%20in%20care%20delivery.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Dr.Rosa McNamara. Rosa is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine special interest group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine.
They discuss what drew Rosa to working with older people, the ideal ED, current pathways and services in GEM, educational resources and opportunities for innovation in older persons care.
They mention educational resources including The Case.Report Podcast http://www.thecase.report/
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In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Colm Henry, Consultant Geriatrician and Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE. Dr. Henry will be awarded the IGS Presidential Medal at this year's Annual Scientific Meeting on September 28th to 30th (details on www.irishgerontology.com).
Dr. Henry discusses what drew him to geriatric medicine, his journey to leadership, the COVID19 pandemic and the ageing population and its impact on Irish healthcare services.
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In this episode, Edel talks to Deirdre Lang, the Nursing Rep on the IGS Executive Committee and the Director of Nursing/National Lead for Older Persons Services in Ireland.
They discuss Deirdre's career, what drew her to gerontology, ageing well, Get Up Get Dressed Ger Moving, the National Frailty Education Programme and Deirdre's advice for leading and implementing change.
Deirdre discusses the recently published National Frailty Education Report, read more here https://www.lenus.ie/handle/10147/635572
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To mark World Delirium Awareness Day, Edel talks to Dr. Niamh O'Regan, ANP Marie Doyle and Dr. Emily Buckley from University Hospital Waterford. They discuss what is delirium, plans for world delirium awareness day, detecting managing and preventing delirium and lots of useful educational resources. The hashtag for World Delirium Day is #WDAD2023 and follow iDelirium_Aware on the day.
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In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, Edel talks to Íde O'Shaughnessy. Íde talks about her role on the IGS committee, the HSCP event at the ASM and her research interests including the findings from her recent publication "Effectiveness of acute geriatric unit care on functional decline, clinical and process outcomes among hospitalised older adults with acute medical complaints: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
Article Link: https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/51/4/afac081/6575883?login=false
In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to Dr. Liz Moloney about the ED Geriatric Medicine Special Interest Group, what to expect from the group's session at the ASM and some helpful learning resources for MDTs working in GEM.
Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 on Twitter to keep up with the event on Nov 3rd and 4th.
Links to resources Liz mentions in the episode:
The Case.Report Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ufA2GFqicIOT5nJhlSZ0G?si=04d6572ebe334346
The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine IAEM https://iaem.ie/
Mater FIT Team Podcast https://soundcloud.com/user-604553057
National Frailty Education E-learning https://www.icpop.org/nationalfrailityeducation#gref
In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to one of the ASM keynote speakers, Professor Priscilla Harries about her career, interests and what we can expect from her presentation. Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 to keep up with the ASM on Twitter as it happens.
More information on the conference- www.irishgerontology.com
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To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, in this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Kate Brennan, Fiona Foley and Mairead Bracken-Scally from the National Dementia Office.
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