Congratulations to Dr. Emma O'Shea who has featured in national media, following the launch of the Evaluation of the Day Care at Home (DCAH) service report.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) commissioned an evaluation, funded by the National Dementia Office, of the ASI's 'Day Care at Home' service. This was was undertaken by Dr. Emma O’Shea and Professor Suzanne Timmons in the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation at University College Cork in 2023.

The 12^th Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN) Symposium took place on Thursday 7^th December at the Ashling Hotel in Dublin, hosted by the All Ireland Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. This year’s event focussed on ‘Implementation of Research for Evidence-Based Practice’.

A Special Interest Group (SIG) in Dementia Palliative Care was launched during the event. This Special Interest Group is chaired by Dr Siobhán Fox, Lecturer in the CGR. Expressions of interest for group membership can be made at the following link.

‘Best Application of AI in an Academic Research Body’ award at the Annual AI Ireland Awards, November 2023, for a research collaboration between Tyndall (Dr John Barton and Dr Salvatore Tedesco) and researchers at CGR (Prof Suzanne Timmons and Lorna Kenny).

Professor Suzanne Timmons was invited to speak at a meeting of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) in Helsinki from 20-22 September 2023.

Read about the achievements of CGR students, who took part in the meeting.

Find out more about the EuGMS Congress, 2023.

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New book chapter co-authored by CGR staff.

Please log onto the project website pallcare4dementia.com to find out all about 'Developing a Palliative Care Model for People with Dementia in the Community - The Model for Dementia Palliative Care Project'.