People living with Parkinson’s disease in Ireland have spoken about suffering from stigma, alienation and isolation.

Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation found stigma was frequently encountered in social situations where people with the disease felt “pitied, misjudged or closely observed by others”

Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Timmons who presented on 'Climate Change and Older Persons' Health: Are we ready for more red?' at the 72nd Annual and Scientific Meeting of the Irish Gerontological Society.

Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Timmons who presented CGR's scoping review of Delirium Guidelines at the Delirium Special Interest Group, European Geriatric Medicine Society Meeting (2025).

Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation was very pleased, this morning, to welcome our International Cohort from MSc. Dementia and MSc. Older Person Rehabilitation to our office.

Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Timmons who spoke at the CoMH Research Conference 2025 at Western Gateway Building, UCC.

Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Timmons, Dr. Emma O'Shea, Dr. Kseniya Simbirtseva, Ms. Lorna Kenny and Ms. Lauren O'Mahony who presented posters at the CoMH Research Conference 2025 this year.

The first all-island research hub for Parkinson’s disease

Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork offer two flexible, interdisciplinary programmes, run by Professor Suzanne Timmons in Dementia and Older Person Rehabilitation with three streams of study: 

1. Master's
2. Postgraduate Certificates
3. Individual Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Congratulations to Prof. Suzanne Timmons who recently presented at EAPC World Congress 2025.

Boots, in conjunction with the Understand Together campaign, recently ran a Brain Health & Dementia Awareness Roadshow tour, visiting Cork, Castlebar, and Portlaoise.