Community health care
IFIC Scotland Webinar September 2026 – Opening Slides55 DownloadsDownload Now!
IFIC Scotland Webinar September 2026 – Sarah Handby Presentation52 DownloadsDownload Now!
IFIC Scotland Webinar September 2026 – Krista Valdvee Presentation61 DownloadsDownload Now!
16/09/2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm –
Explore international learning from Estonia, Malta and the UK on community hospitals, intermediate care and supporting integrated care closer to home.
What a privilege it is to visit other countries and witness firsthand their health and care services within their culture. My colleague Jo Posnette and I were invited to visit Japan for a study tour of community hospitals and to have a chance to participate in a Community Hospitals Summit. It was an amazing opportunity,…
I am currently studying for a Master’s degree in Social Education, but this path began long before my formal studies. Growing up, my family moved often, and I lived in many different parts of Japan. Each move meant leaving something behind and starting again. Over time, I learned how fragile and precious everyday connections can…
31/03/2026 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm –
This session explored how integrated primary care is taking shape across Canada, highlighting real-world examples, shared challenges, and the conditions needed to connect care across sectors and communities.
08/10/2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm –
This webinar showcased the vital role of community hospitals, subacute hospitals, and transitional care units in delivering integrated, person-centred intermediate care. International speakers will share models and lessons from Singapore, Catalonia, Nova Scotia, and the UK.
09/09/2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm –
Integrated care thrives when health and community systems work as equal partners—yet community strengths are often overlooked. This session explored how to elevate community voices, build trust, and co-create solutions that reflect the realities and aspirations of the people we serve.
The Community Hospitals Association (CHA) is a membership organisation that supports those involved in community hospitals through networking, sharing quality improvements, and contributing to evidence through research. It is wonderful to celebrate the person-centred and integrated care that is offered in our 500 Community Hospitals across the UK. The CHA is pleased to promote these…
20/03/2024 @ All Day –
Integrated care for older people with frailty has a growing evidence base. This webinar compared and contrasted three very different services, all making a unique contribution to care closer to home: a Hospital at Home and intermediate care team from Barcelona, an early supported discharge and community stroke rehabilitation service from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and a day hospital based rehabilitation service from SE Sydney, Australia.
The critical role of partnering with the volunteer sector to enable integration292 DownloadsIn this session, we took a deep dive into learning firsthand from about the role of engaging the volunteer sector from the perspectives of policy-makers, researchers and a person with lived experience. This session discussed the available evidence, the volunteer sector’s role in…
Patients’ attitudes to and experience of the use of technology in mental health in an Irish primary care setting
Mary Jane Finucane, General practitioner, IE
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Introduction: Mental health issues represent a significant proportion visits to GP
Why bother about governance – exploring interpretation of professionals involved in the implementation of integrated care programmes in community healthcare organisations
Lola Odewumi, Dublin Institute of Technology, IE
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The last five years
Hepcare europe: Hepcheck; reaching vulnerable populations
Walter Cullen, School of Medicine; University College Dublin, IE
John Shearer Lambert, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Infectious Diseases Clinic, Dublin, Ireland, University College
Developing citizen advocacy for adults with intellectual disability
Amanda Phelan, University College Dublin, IE
Emer Meighan, Sage Advocacy and Support for Older people, IE
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In 2010, the Report of Disability Policy Review Keogh 2010 was pre
The Development of an Inclusion Health Integrated Care Programme for Homeless Adults in Dublin, Ireland
Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, St James’s Hospital; Trinity College, IE
Ann-Marie Lawlee, St James’s Hospital, IE
Jess Sears, DEPAUL, IE
Joanne Dowds, St
Development of hepfriend; a dublin community hepatitis c peer support model
John Shearer Lambert, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, University College Dublin, IE
Tina McHugh, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, University College Dublin,
Challenges in care co-ordination: missed care in community nursing
Amanda Phelan, University College Dublin, IE
Sandra McCarthy, University College Dublin, IE
Elizabeth Adams, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, IE
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Primary healthcare is
The Development of a Nurse Led Community Intervention Team Clinic
Author: Deirdre Carroll
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Introduction: With the projected increase of 60% ,in the demand for healthcare in Ireland expected by 2020, treatment of patients in the community nee
Carer Needs Assessment Development – A Republic of Ireland led International Joint Working Project to Support Delivery of Integrated Health and Social Care
Authors: Liam O’sullivan , Linda Mcdermott Scales, Clare Duffy, Natalie Vereker, Kris Dhondt
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Family Carers as Partners in Implementing Integrated Care: Maximising the Impact of Ireland’s National Carers Strategy
Authors: Diarmaid O’Sullivan , Paul O’Mahoney, Liam O’Sullivan
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Crucial to the success of integrated care networks is the r
At the interface between formal and informal care: Supporting families caring for a person with Intellectual Disability in Ireland
Authors: Bianca van Bavel , Attracta Lafferty, Diarmaid O’Sullivan, Paul O’Mahoney
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Introduction: Amidst change
A new way of working in Irish mental health: service user and family member engagement in the design and delivery of mental health services
Author: Liam Hennessy
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Are you part of a ‘new way of working’ already yielding outcome or still in pi
Early detection of deterioration in the older persons in a community setting the Kildare, West Wicklow area Co Kildare part of CHO7
Author: Mary Roach
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An algorithm/pathway for health professionals to use in a community. This is used for ear
Developing an integrated memory service for older people in Waterford
Authors: Roisin O’Sullivan , John Cooke, Anne Landers, Riona Mulcahy, George Pope, Michael Kirby
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Introduction: In the absence of a specialised interdisciplinary memory cli
Developing an integrated approach across various government departments’ for service users with First Episode Psychosis to achieve employment and educational goals using Individual Placement Support model
Author: Rhona Jennings
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In Ireland i
Taking a coproduction approach to integrating recovery orientated care in Irish Mental Health Services
Authors: Catherine Mary Brogan , Michael Ryan
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Advancing Recovery in Ireland (ARI) is a HSE national initiative aimed at securing the organ
Long term outcomes and mortality among patients enrolled in a structured primary care-led diabetes programme
Authors: Fiona Riordan , Sheena McHugh, Velma Harkins, Patricia Kearney
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Introduction: Limited data exists, internationally and in Ir
Improving GP access to U/S – a multidimensional approach in collaboration with the Primary Care Division
Authors: Peter V Kavanagh , Aisling Heffernan, David Hanlon, Arleen Folan
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Summary: Ultrasound imaging is a vital diagnostic tool for an
A Realist Framework for the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care
Author: Marcella McGovern
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Introduction: An obstacle for the implementation of Integrated Primary Care (IPC) has been termed the “Paradox of Primary Care” [1].This paradox
Audit on the use of Oral Nutrition Supplements in an Adult Intellectual Disability Service
Author: Laura Mary Hayden
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Introduction: A pilot audit on the prescription and provision of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) for residential client
Neuro-Functional Training Programme (NFTP): engaging and empowering people with a neurological condition
Authors: Teresa Twohig , Trish O’ Sullivan, Elaine O’ Donoghue, Anne Reen, Liz O Sullivan, Patricia Morrisroe
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Introduction: Neuro-Functi