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Little Things – making a big difference to promoting positive mental health
Authors: Enda Saul , Emer C
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One of the strategic priorities of the HSE’s Mental Health Division is to promote positive mental health. Little Things is the integrated
The development of a strategic vision and educational framework for Gerontological nursing
Authors: Deirdre Lang , Carmel Hoey
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Background: Population ageing is causing important and fundamental changes for health and social care services nat
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
Developing a National Training Programme for Health Behaviour Change for health professionals in the Irish Health Service
Authors: Mairead Patricia Gleeson , Maria O’Brien, Aileen Scott, Orlaith O’Reilly
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Introduction: (comprising context an
A Community Virtual Ward Supporting Integrated Care for Older Persons with Complex Health and Social Care Needs.
Authors: Clare Lewis , Mary McDermott, Alan Martin, Declan Patton, Linda Nugent
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Introduction: The aging population within the R
Processes of care performed by specialist nurses to support integrated diabetes management: Feedback to inform service delivery
Authors: Fiona Riordan , Helen Twamley, Niamh Smyth, Sheena McHugh
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Introduction: In Ireland, there has been an in
Frailty Intervention Therapy Team (FITT): A Step in the Right Direction – Integration of Early Interdisciplinary Assessment in the Emergency Department
Authors: Paul Maloney , Ivan Clancy, Paul Bernard, Yvonne O’Riardan, Orla Lyons, Eilis Keogh, Aide
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
Safer Patient Mealtimes: An interdisciplinary Educational Initiative for HSCP students in a neurorehabilitation setting
Authors: Marie Cox , Fiona Haughey, Niamh Leonard
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Aims & Objectives: To outline the development and implementation of an
A Patient Portal Providing Individualised Services and Care in Epilepsy (PISCES)
Authors: Kevin Power , Mary Fitzsimons, Maire White, Gianpiero Cavalleri, Brendan Dunleavey, Richard Corbridge, Colin Doherty, Norman Delanty, Mark McCormack
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In
Safer Transitions: Optimising Care and Function from Hospital to Home
Authors: Yvonne O’ Riordan , Paul Bernard, Paul Maloney, Alison Enright, Carmel McGrath
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Elderly patients living with frailty have complex and distinct needs. For many, bei
Youghal Community Action on Alcohol
Authors: Maria O’Malley , Kate Gibney
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Aim: To build the capacity of communities to identify alcohol issues and develop local action plans to reduce alcohol harm.
Youghal community Action on Alcohol: On av
Irish Traveller’ Ethnic Minority Group – Chronic Conditions Community Heart Health Pilot Programme
Authors: Ann Marie Lawlor , Claire Fitzpatrick, Seathrun O’Casaide
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“Given their high mortality, likely high incidence, and low appreciation of
To reduce antisocial behaviour on one ground floor team at a drug treatment centre to zero by June 2016
Authors: Fiona Fenton , Margaret Markey
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Theory of change: A theory was proposed that if we increased the therapeutic effectiveness of the
Primary Care Referral Letters to the Emergency Department; An Audit of the National Standardised Patient Referral Template
Authors: John Brennan , Clare Hayden, Brendan McAuliffe, Daragh Shields
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An introduction: (comprising context and probl
Building Networks: An Integrated approach to primary secondary and tertiary care
Author: William James Foley
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The HSE strategy highlights the need for seamless connections between various agencies working with clients. Many agencies work in
Can we predict your future? Using scores to predict length of stay and discharge destination
Authors: Sarah Mc Nally , Roisin Howlin, Annette Kehoe, Sarah Murphy
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Background: This audit was completed within a large teaching hospital in Dublin
An Exploratory Study of Nurses’ Attitude towards Peer Review in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Author: Ejiro Ohare Stratton
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Aim: The objective of this research is to explore the attitude of nurses’ at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital towards pee
A Rapid Access Palliative Clinic to reduce waiting time for palliative radiotherapy in a Regional Cancer Centre in Ireland
Authors: Megan Morris , Theresa O’Donovan, Bolanle Ofi, Aileen Flavin
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Purpose: In September 2014, the Rapid Access Pal
The implementation of personalised supports for people with dementia through multi-stakeholder, integrated care networks
Authors: Fiona Keogh , Elaine Howard, Mary McGuire, Mary Manning
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Introduction: It is estimated that 55,000 people have d
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: The Patient Held Active Record of Medication Status (PHARMS) Feasibility Study
The Patient Held Active Record of Medication Status (PHARMS) Feasibility Study
Authors: Elaine K Walsh , Laura J Sahm, Patricia M Kearney, W Henry Smithson, Derina Byrne, David Kerins, Chrys Ngwa, Ciara Fitzgerald, Stephen McCarthy, Eimear Connolly,
The Role of Advocacy in children’s palliative care
Author: Sharon Ann Thompson
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‘Role of advocacy in Irish Children’s Palliative Care. What would parents of children with life limiting conditions like?’
Introduction: This presentation will
Using an integrated model of care between an acute hospital and primary care in a transitional care unit to support patient flow and discharge home
Authors: Tim Dukelow , Aoife Mary O’Sullivan, Linda McCarthy, Noreen O’Sullivan, George O’Mahony, Cath
Engaging Communities as Home Care Providers, Utilizing a Social Enterprise Model
Author: Tom Niall O’Connor
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Introduction: Research Problem: How can we engage communities as home care providers, utilizing a social enterprise model?
Policy
Integrating Care and Improving Flow for Frail Older Adults through the Development of an Acute Inpatient Frailty Service
Authors: Rónán O’Caoimh , Maria Costello, Conor Judge, Laura Morrison, Zaq Ghafar, Bushra Ali, Edel Mannion, Orla Sheil, Pauline
Congestive Cardiac Heart failure patients in the community: successfully managing complexity and polypharmacy
Authors: Michelle Kearns , Liz Malone, Breege Clarke
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An introduction: (comprising context and problem statement) Congestive heart f
Bringing Cardiac Diagnostics to the Heart of the Community
Authors: Jo Shortt , Anthony Ryan
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Introduction & Context: Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Many elderly patients are asked to attend acute hospital for short duration a
Relationship Stages in Early Intervention Practice for Children with Disabilities
Authors: Clare Carroll , Jane Sixsmith
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Background: While a lot is known about the value of relationships in family-centered care for children infants and presc
Patient Engagement in the development of a National Electronic Health Record
Authors: Gaye Stephens , Derick Mitchell
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The characteristics of health information and its flow throughout health and social care delivery and research is integral
Criteria Led Discharge – The Irish Journey
Authors: Richard Patrick Walsh , Garry Courtney, Sinead Fitzpatrick
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Problem: Improving patient flow and patient experience, reducing Average Length of Stay and readmissions to hospital are key polic
The Irish National Rare Disease Office (NRDO): A national step towards improving access to health and care services for individuals and families living with Rare Diseases
Authors: Deborah Lambert , Rita Marron, Jackie Turner, Susan M. O’Connell, Grac
Developing cultures of person-centredness
Authors: Lorna Patricia Peelo-Kilroe , Margaret Codd, Brendan McCormack, Debbie Baldie
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Introduction: (comprising context and problem statement) A national two year practice development programme too
Designing an integrated care pathway for falls prevention in University Hospital Waterford
Authors: Michael Dunphy , Maire Rafferty, Desmond Fitzgerald, Riona Mulcahy, George Pope, John Cooke
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An introduction: (comprising background and probl
The HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 – 2021
Authors: Melissa Canny , Siobhan Hourigan
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Introduction: Breastfeeding is the biologically normal feeding method for infants and young children and ensures optimum growth and development. The Worl
A mixed methods exploration of the housing needs of older people in social housing, comparing standard and “sheltered” housing models
Authors: Suzanne Timmons , Lorna Kenny, Mary Rose Day, Cathal O’Connell, Joe Finnerty, Siobhan Fox
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Introduc
Innovative co-design of integrated services designed to improve access to health care
Authors: Fiona O’Reilly , Joseph Doyle, Eamon Keenan
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An introduction: (comprising background and problem statement) Homeless people suffer higher mortality
Care-coordination in the rehabilitative treatment and management of Neurogenic Heterotopic ossification
Author: Aine Carroll
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Introduction: Neurogenic heterotopic ossification (NHO) is a disorder of abnormal bone formation affecting one in f
Provision of an Out-reach Pacemaker Follow-Up Service in a Community Nursing Unit
Authors: Paul Nolan , Laura Moylan, Michelle Fahy, Bernie Austin
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Introduction: Patients with implanted pacemakers require at least annual checks on their devic
Frail Elderly Pilot Programme Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown 2016
Authors: Niamh Muldoon , Caroline Stapleton, Jennifer Kane, Basil Sullivan, Sarah Gleeson, Derry O’ Loan, George Jefferies, Jackie Convery
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Introduction: The Specialist Geria