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Archive 2022
UCC partner leads meet with mySupport consortium partners at the 26th Nordic Congress of Gerontology
mySupport Study Symposium at NKG
The 26th Nordic Congress of Gerontology (NKG) was held in Odense Denmark on the 8th-10th June. Together with their EU colleagues, UCC partner leads, Dr Irene Hartigan and Dr Nicola Cornally, facilitated a symposium at the conference on the mySupport study, an Advance Care Planning intervention aimed at enabling families to engage with nursing home staff in advanced dementia end-of-life care conversation,. The title of the conference was Change and Continuity, which was pretty apt given the changes in life that we all have experienced over the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided valuable new insights.
Life is about change and continuity and how we experience ourselves and our surroundings differently throughout life and at the end of life. This conference provided valuable understanding to challenges experienced by frail and vulnerable people and societies. A highlight symposium was on participatory approaches to research with older adults which demonstrates an inclusive approach to research planning and completion. The symposium was at capacity and key discussions related to power relationships and value-based research motivations.
mySupport symposium was one of forty-four symposia with 4 abstracts from a total 100 oral presentations. Professor Jenny T. van der Steen, Leiden University chaired the symposium session followed by Dr Nicola Cornally who presented an overview of the mySupport intervention and its adaption and implementation across 6 countries. Our mySupport partners from University of Turin, Dr Silvia Gonella and Dr Laura Bavelaar, Leiden University, presented on strategies to tailor mySupport intervention to local characteristics and needs as well as using an educational booklet to empower nurses in Advance Care Planning conversation. Dr Irene Hartigan presented Remote knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) strategies – engaging staff and families in the mySupport study during COVID-19 on behalf of the Irish team. The EMTReK model which is an Evidence-based Model for the transfer and exchange of Research Knowledge was developed for palliative care and this was fundamental to guiding all knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) during the implementation of the mySupport intervention. This KTE model helped formulate an effective KTE strategy to ensure key messages are disseminated effectively to the right people at the right time. Our partners in Lancaster University, UK, Professor Nancy Preston and Dr Andrew Harding presented on the challenges with regard to implementing ACP during the COVID-19 pandemic in long term care facilities.
This conference, hosted in the hometown of Hans Christian Andersen, added to the magic of meeting with experts who shared similar research interests and potential collaborators. The conference organisers gave attention to reducing waste and protecting our eco system, an excellent conference from all perspectives and we are looking forward to NKG 27 in Stockholm in 2023. For more information on the mySupport study check out our website https://mysupportstudy.eu or follow us on twitter @mysupportstudy
