Older people
Project ValueCare is an EU funded project which aims to deliver personalised integrated (health and social) care services, better outcomes for older people and improved care experience. It also aims to improve staff satisfaction and greater efficiency in the use of resources and coordination of care.
Read More“You Saved My Life”: Integrated wearable technology supported by telephone nurse triage
Mary Burke, Caredoc, IE
Michelle Kearns, Caredoc, IE
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Remote monitoring devices could potentially reduce costs and improve health for at-risk patient pop
A strategic partnership approach to enabling co-production of integrated care for older people
Des Mulligan, HSE IE
Catherine McGuigan, Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme, IE
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Background: Designing and delivering integrated care for
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Read MoreA framework approach to enable local leaders integrate care for older persons: moving from the ‘what’ to the ‘how’
Author: Patrick John Harnett
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The aging population is a healthcare ‘game changer’ (1,2,3) Multi-morbidities increase with age
Hardwicke: transition from a surgical ward to an exemplar Specialist Geriatric Ward
Authors: Margaret O Donoghue , Grace Corcoran, Louise Lawlor, Carol Lyons, Linda Brewer, Alan Moore, Una Donnelly, Anne Healy, Paul Maloney, Elaine Moloney, Fiona Keo
The Evergreen Programme Revisited- Making a Therapeutic Programme for Older Adults Fit for Purpose
Authors: Declan Christopher Lyons , Roisin McCafferty
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Introduction: The Evergreen programme is a group based psychoeducational therapeutic pro
Timely identification of frailty & comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment on a newly established specialist geriatric ward
Authors: Grace Corcoran , Gillian Gavaghan, Carol Lyons, Elaine Moloney
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Introduction: Beaumont Hospital catchment
Implementation of an integrated, multidisciplinary team model of screening, assessment and intervention for the elderly population in a medical assessment unit in Galway University Hospital, Ireland
Author: Gillian Collins
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Older adults acco
Effectiveness of an occupational therapy wellness programme for older adults living in long-term care
Authors: Monica Devine , Ruth Usher
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Background: This study evaluates the impact of participation in a 12-week occupational therapy (OT) wel
A Longitudinal Study of Delirium Motor Subtypes in Elderly Medical Inpatients
Authors: Vincent Melvin , David Meagher, Geraldine Mc Carthy, Dimitrios Adamis
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Introduction: Delirium is a common syndrome with considerable clinical heterogeneity
Monitoring and Improving Quality Care through the development of an automated audit tool
Author: Susan Daly
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Introduction (comprising context and problem statement) The Health Information and Quality Authority (2016) specify that designated
Functional exercise after total hip replacemen; The FEATHER project
Author: Brenda M Monaghan
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Background: At present, there is an insufficient evidence base to evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy following total hip replacement(THR)
Learning from the development of Integrated Care Projects in Dementia
Authors: Anne-Marie Brady , Mairead Bracken, Louise Daly, Aurelia Ciblis, Mary McCarron, Brendan Kenneally, Brian Keogh, Geralyn Hynes
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Introduction: Due to demographical s
A novel integrated care pathway for people with dementia presenting to acute hospitals
Authors: Suzanne Timmons , Mary Mannix, Margaret McKiernan, Maria Connolly, Mary J Foley, Siobhan Cahill, Aoife Ni Chorcorain
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Introduction: Almost 30% of
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
Does Combined Respiratory and Palliative Care Management Improve Care for COPD Patients
Authors: Amy Mulkerns , Peter O’ Toole, Paul Gregan, Timothy McDonnell
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Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) produces breathlessness
The Socrates Cafe: Philosophy as an integrated therapeutic tool in social care settingss
Authors: Michael Francis Brophy , Carmel Gallagher
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My generation (born 1946) will have longer and better lives. We are not equal entering into this expe
Reducing the incidence of pressure ulcers in fractured hip patients
Authors: Sinead Mc Gee , Miriam Malik, Alison Reynolds, Patrick Mc Carthy
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In Ireland, approximately 3,000 patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) with hip fracture
Improving integration and care through clinical audit: The Irish Hip Fracture Database
Authors: Louise Brent , Emer Ahern, Conor Hurson, Aisling Connolly
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Background: Hip fractures are an increasing socio-economic burden. They are the leading
