‘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).
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Success at the Annual AI Ireland Awards
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Applications are currently being invited for Continuing Professional Modules [CPD] at Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation.
01 Nov 2023The next intake of these modules will commence in January 2024 (Semester 2 of this Academic year).
Four modules open for registration as CPD modules:
- Module: CG6002 – Stroke Rehabilitation [closing date 8th December 2023]
- Module: CG6006 – Falls, Mobility and Movement Disorders [closing date 15th February 2024]
- Module: CG6016 - Advanced Issues in Dementia Care [closing date 22nd February 2024]
- Module: IP5001 - Holistic Approach to Palliative Care [closing date 7th January 2024]
To contact course personnel, email, Mr Christopher Walsh, Programme Manager, christopherwalsh@ucc.ie, Dr Emma O’ Shea, Lecturer, emma.oshea@ucc.ie or Dr Siobhán Fox, Lecturer s.fox@ucc.ie.
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Read Dr. Emma O'Shea's interview with HRB.
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Professor Suzanne Timmons invited to speak at European Geriatric Medicine Society Meeting in Helsinki.
22 Sep 2023Professor Suzanne Timmons was invited to speak at a meeting of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) in Helsinki from 20-22 September 2023.
Please click here to read about the achievements of CGR students, who took part in the meeting.
Please click here to find out more about the EuGMS Congress, 2023.
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Dr Siobhán Fox shares results of report on Young Onset Dementia at ASI Research Seminar in Dublin
16 Aug 2023Happening On 16/08/2023Click here to learn more.
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New book chapter co-authored by CGR staff.
18 Jan 2023Happening On 23/08/2023New book chapter co-authored by CGR staff.
Professor Suzanne Timmons and Dr Siobhán Fox co-authored a book chapter in The Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series on Neuropalliative Care published by Elsevier.
Their chapter provides a comprehensive overview of Palliative Care in Dementia, discussing the key issues in providing palliative care for people with living with dementia and their families.
Reference:
Timmons, S. & Fox, S. (2023). Palliative Care in Dementia. In: The Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series on Neuropalliative Care: Part II. Kluger, B. & Miyazaki, J. (Eds). Elsevier.
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Professor Suzanne Timmons attends the European Geriatric Medicine Society meeting in London in September
14 Nov 2022Please 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'.
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Lauren O'Mahony gives oral presentation to CoMH inaugural conference
10 Oct 2022In September, Lauren gave an oral presentation at the UCC College of Medicine and Health inaugural conference “From Molecules to People”. This explored what older adults and healthcare professionals might look for in a food product to promote the gut microbiota and support healthy ageing.
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Research Assistant presents Poster at the Nutrition Society Irish Section Conference
10 Oct 2022Research Assistant Lauren O’Mahony presented a poster at the Nutrition Society Irish Section Conference in June, which was hosted at University College Cork. The poster highlighted some of our results on older adults’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives of dietary influences and food preferences in older age in Ireland.
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Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation hosts Healthy and Active Ageing Symposium
06 Oct 2022EMMA project – European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Society hosted in Cork
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Research Assistant wins 'Best Poster' at IGS Conference
29 Nov 2021The 68th IGS Annual Scientific Meeting took place virtually, on Thursday November 18th, 2021. The theme of this year’s conference was: ‘70 Years of Change (1951-2021)’.
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The Cork Parkinson’s Association donates €50,000 to the Parkinson’s Disease Research Cluster (PDRC) at University College Cork.
14 Oct 2021The PDRC, currently chaired by Prof. Suzanne Timmons, works closely with national and local Parkinson’s advocacy groups to establish research priorities, and to ensure that the research designed and conducted by the group is valuable to people living with Parkinson’s.
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'SustainCare' – A new IRC-funded research project
22 Jul 2021New Research Project - Caring for a family member with Dementia. This exciting new project is focused on factors influencing the sustainability of family caregiving for people with dementia, across Ireland.
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Young Onset Dementia: A Review of Diagnostic and Post-diagnostic Processes and Pathways
24 Jun 2021Dr Siobhán Fox, together with Dr Caroline Kilty in the School of Nursing and Midwifery UCC, was awarded funding through a competitive tender process from the HSE to undertake a review of Diagnostic and Post-diagnostic Processes and Pathways for People with Young Onset Dementia.
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BGS Spring Meeting
12 May 2021Professor Suzanne Timmons was an invited speaker at the British Geriatric Society Spring meeting (virtual) on 28th April 2021, with a talk entitled "Palliative care for older people with Dementia ", based on our DemPall project www.pallcare4dementia.com.
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CGR researchers have central role in Parkinson's Awareness week conferences in April 2021
13 May 2021Two events took place in April where CGR researchers presented on PD research findings:
Professor Suzanne Timmons was an invited speaker at the Parkinson's Association of Ireland annual conference on April 10th 2021, and presented the results of patient views on current PD services in Ireland, from our HRB-funded Map PD project https://www.ucc.ie/en/pdrc/currentresearch/.
Dr. Emma O'Shea and Prof. Suzanne Timmons both spoke at the Cork Parkinson's Association Spring Conference on April 14th 2021.
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Launch of new National Guidelines on appropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication for non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia
11 Dec 2019On 5th December, 2019, Minister for Health Simon Harris TD launched a new National Clinical Guideline on the appropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication for non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia.
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Mapping Parkinson's Disease Needs and Services in Ireland
16 Dec 2019A new research study aims to investigate the prevalence of Parkinson's disease, and also to map out service availability for people with Parkinson's across Ireland.
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gradireland Higher Education Awards 2019
25 Nov 2019Shortlisted at the gradireland Higher Education Awards 2019 - Postgraduate Course of the Year in Health Sciences and Best New Course
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Launch of the UCC CiSA (CoMH Interdisciplinary Seed Awards)
04 Oct 2019Dr. Suzanne Timmons, with Dr. Mark Rae from the Department of Physiology (centre of picture), at the recent launch of the UCC CiSA (COMH Interdisciplinary Seed Awards). Also included are Dr Michael Clarkson, CoMH VDR&I and Prof Helen Whelton, Head of College.
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ISCP Annual Conference held in Dun Laoghaire on 8th and 9th November 2019
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Irish Gerontological Society Conference 2019
30 Sep 2019This year’s Irish Gerontological Society’s Annual and Scientific Meeting took place in Cork from 26th-28th September 2019.
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Bloom Dementia Garden - May 2019
Dr Suzanne Timmons attended Bloom Garden Festival this year.
Watch Dr Timmons on film at Bloom
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Move it or lose it:exercise to beat cognitive decline
28 Jun 2019Dr Suzanne Timmons contributes to the Lifestyle article in the Irish Examiner – read the article here
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EAPC World Congress
10 Jun 2019The 16th World Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care was held in Berlin, Germany, from the 23-25 May 2019.
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"Enhancing Quality of Life in Unrestricted Healthcare Environments".
07 Oct 2019Dr Suzanne Timmons, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Masters in Older Person Rehabilitation and Dementia Programmes was an invited speaker at the St Lukes Annual Conference in May 2019. The theme of the conference was "Enhancing Quality of Life in Unrestricted Healthcare Environments".
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Evaluation of the Design & Dignity Programme - March 2019
The Evaluation of the Design & Dignity Programme report was launched on 26th March 2019. Dr Suzanne Timmons, Clinical Lead for the National Dementia Office is co-author of the report.
Read the report here
https://hospicefoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DD_Evaluation_Report_Final_2019.pdf
Report for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. Published in January 2019
National guidelines for antipsychotics in dementia
Irish Medical Times Article on National guidelines for antipsychotics in dementia due this year.
https://www.imt.ie/news/national-guidelines-antipsychotics-dementia-due-year-27-05-2019/
Robert de Santis, wins award at ADS Conference in June 2018
Robert de Santis is a second year medical student at Western University and he has won the award for Best International poster at the ADS conference in June 2018.
The title of the poster is “Outcomes of delirium and subsyndromal delirium in older medical inpatients”.
We prospectively assessed medical inpatients for delirium and subsyndromal delirium for a week during hospitalisation and looked at outcomes such as mortality and institutionalisation on discharge and at 6 months. We found that those with SSD and delirium had worse outcomes than those with no delirium at all. This is important because it highlights that delirium is an illness with a spectrum of severity and even those with mild symptoms may have adverse outcomes.
Accurate delirium screening when there is no carer available - impossible, right?
Read the article by Dr Suzanne Timmons, Geriatrician and Clinical Lead for Dementia for the Republic of Irealnd, posted in the BGS Blog 01/03/2017.
https://britishgeriatricssociety.wordpress.com/tag/suzanne-timmons/
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Workshop Films: 'Palliative Care in Neurodegeneration with a focus on Dementia: Addressing complex questions through interdisciplinary research and reflection'
10 Aug 2016Palliative care in Neurodegeneration, with a focus on Dementia:
Addressing complex questions through interdisciplinary research and reflection
May 2016, The Kingsley hotel, Cork
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Launch of the Palliative Care Needs of Parkinson's Disease Guidelines
29 Apr 2016Guidelines on the assessment and management of the palliative care needs of Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian syndromes, were launched in University College Cork’s College of Medicine and Health on 26 April 2016.
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The Official Launch of the 'A Home for Life' Report took place on 29th October 2015.
30 Nov 2015Official launch of the ‘A Home for Life’ report
The report ‘A Home for Life: The Housing and Support needs of Clúid’s Older Tenants’ was officially launched by minister Kathleen Lynch at an event in Dublin on the 29th October.
The report was led by Dr Siobhan Fox (Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation) in conjunction with colleagues across UCC: Dr Suzanne Timmons (Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation), Ms Lorna Kenny, Mr Joe Finnerty, Dr Cathal O’Connell (Applied Social Studies), and Dr Mary Rose Day (School of Nursing).
The full report can be accessed at: http://www.cluid.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/A-HOME-FOR-LIFE-FINAL-28-10-15.pdf
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Pictured (left to right): Mr Joe Finnerty, Dr Siobhán Fox, Mr Simon Brooke, and Dr Mary-Rose Day.
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Palliative Care in Parkinson's Disease Conference held at the University of Colorado on 3-4 October 2015.
30 Nov 2015Dr Siobhán Fox was invited to discuss research from the Centre for Gerontology in Denver, at the University of Colorado.
Dr Siobhán Fox (pictured front row, far left) was recently invited to present and discuss her research in Denver, USA, at the “Palliative Care in Parkinson’s Disease Conference”. The event was hosted by the Department of Neurology, University of Colorado and took place from 3rd-4th October 2015.
Siobhán discussed the issue of outcome measurement in palliative stage Parkinson’s disease, an area that is receiving increasing attention internationally. The discussion was informed by the research currently being conducted in the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation which is led by Dr Suzanne Timmons.
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Dr Siobhan Fox (front row, first on the left) pictured with other speakers and attendees at the University of Colorado ‘Palliative Care in Parkinson’s Disease Conference’.
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Launch of the results of the Northern Ireland Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals (NIAD).
17 Jul 2015Northern Ireland Audit of Dementia Care
The first Northern Ireland Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals has recently been published, led by Dr Suzanne Timmons, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork, and co-ordinated by Ms Emma O’ Shea.
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Top EU honour for UCC Project
02 Jul 2013For more details click on link Top EU Honour for UCC Project
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Collaboration on Ageing (COLLAGE)
01 Jul 2013For more details click on link
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Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Weathers who recently published her first paper from her PhD studies and was awarded the best poster prize for this work at the RCSI Nursing Conference in Dublin on 19 February 2015.
13 Feb 2015The paper is entitled 'Concept Analysis of Spirituality: An Evolutionary Approach'
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Awards received for best poster at the New Horizons Medical Research Conference.
11 Dec 2014Congratulations to Dr. Siobhan Fox in the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, UCC upon receiving an award for best poster presented at the New Horizons Medical Research Conference.
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Poster win at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery Conference
11 Nov 2014Congratulations to members of our research team, Ms. Elizabeth Weathers, Dr. Nicola Cornally and Dr. Edel Daly who were awarded joint first prize for the poster presentation entitled 'Planning for End of Life: a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials' at the recent 14th Annual Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery Conference in UCC.
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IGS 62nd Annual and Scientific Meeting 2014.
10 Oct 2014Congratulations to our research staff, Emma O Shea, Ronan O Caoimh, Lorraine Scanlon, and Edmund Manning on the successful presentation of their abstracts/posters at the IGS 62nd Annual and Scientific Meeting 2014 which took place on 9th-11th October 2014 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway.
Information:
66 oral and 200 poster abstracts have been accepted for presentation at Our 62nd Annual and Scientific Meeting. This year's meeting will be held by us in partnership with National University of Ireland, Galway & West/North West Hospitals Group.
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Winner of the Elsevier/Harold Ellis Prize 2013
10 Sep 2014Congratulations to Dr. Niamh O Regan, PhD student in the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, UCC who has recently received the Elsevier/Harold Prize for best publication in the International Journal of Surgery in 2013 for her paper on delirium in post-operative patients.
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30 million funding boost for dementia care
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Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, UCC
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First National Conference on Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals in UCC
31 Jan 2014The following is a description of the conference highlights First National Conference on Dementia Care
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Launch of the INAD Report 2014
31 Jan 2014INAD Report INAD Report
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Possible Cognitive Benefits Found in Dementia patients Taking Centrally Acting ACE Inhibitors
25 Jul 2013An Observational study from Ireland raises the intriguing possibility that certain blood pressure lowering drugs, centrally acting ACE inhibitors, may help slow the cognitive decline that is a hallmark of people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
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Research into Practice Evidence Based Medicine: Interpreting the Literature
03 Jul 2013One-Day Research Conference entitled "Research into Practice" with international guest speaker Dr. Gordon Guyatt from McMaster University, Canada. Click on his name (link) to view his biography.
For more details on the conference click on link Conference July 3rd
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How to Become a Successful Researcher: How to Succeed in Publishing you work in High Impact Journals.
02 Jul 2013A two hour research related talk entitled "How to Become a Successful Researcher" was presented by international speaker Dr. Gordon Guyatt from McMaster University, Canada in Brookfield, UCC on July 2nd 2013. Click on his name (link) above to view his biography.
For more details on the event, click on link July 2nd Talk
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Former OPR student successfully bids for grant
11 Feb 2021"Vera McGrath, Postgraduate Certificate in OPR graduate 2020 used her Principles in Older Person Rehabilitation Module assignment, to inform a successful bid for a Public Service Innovation 2020 grant for equipment to support upper limb rehabilitation post stroke. Well done to Vera, who recently presented her project at a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ‘Inspiring Ideas’ webinar”
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The Cork Parkinson’s Association donates €50,000 to the Parkinson’s Disease Research Cluster (PDRC) at University College Cork.
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Dementia Press Release from Research Anthology
28 Feb 2022UCC Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation collect first ever Multi-hospital Dementia and Delirium Prevalence Data in Europe, improving the care
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of people with dementia in hospital.