About Us
Contact Information
Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation,
School of Medicine, UCC,
St. Finbarr's Hospital,
The Bungalow, Block 13,
Douglas Road,
Cork,
Republic of Ireland.
Tel: 021 462 7347
| Name | Position | |
| Prof. Suzanne Timmons | Professor of Geriatric Medicine | S.Timmons@ucc.ie |
| Mr. Christopher Walsh | Centre Administrator | christopherwalsh@ucc.ie |
About Us
Centre for Gerontology & Rehabilitation, University College Cork, Ireland
Established in September 2010, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation (CGR) is part of the School of Medicine at University College Cork (UCC) and is based on the campus of St Finbarr's Hospital in Cork City and funded by Atlantic Philanthropies. The research strategy of the College of Medicine and Health is directed towards the maintenance of physical, mental, and social well-being in society.
Research programmes are focused on the maintenance and restoration of health, through the prevention and treatment of illness. This research spans the causal factors of many illnesses through to their diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment and cure. Thirteen hospitals in the South of Ireland are affiliated to the School of Medicine. The CGR is a main component of Ireland’s 3 star reference site, Collaboration on Ageing (COLLAGE) in EIP-AHA contributing two leading initiatives: “Let Me Decide” advance care planning (ACP) and palliative care programme andthe Community Assessment of Risk and Treatment Strategies programme (CARTS) which screens, triages, assesses and treats, individuals at risk of three specific adverse outcomes, institutionalisation, hospitalisation or death.
Specifically the CGR has a core remit to establish interdisciplinary teaching and learning in Gerontology, Rehabilitation and End of Life Care in UCC, and to raise the standard of care for the elderly in the south of Ireland in general. Clinical Gerontology and Rehabilitation is a now a firmly established discipline in the undergraduate medical curriculum at UCC, and a postgraduate programme in Older Person Rehabilitation commenced in September 2011. It's ongoing research is focused on advance care planning (ACP), advance care directives (ACDs) and palliative care, development and implementation of frailty assessment and treatment strategies in the community and research in neurodegenerative diseases including dementia and Alzheimer's disease.