In this episode, Edel talks to the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS)  President Dr. Emer Ahern. Emer is a Consultant Trauma and Orthogeriatrician in Cork University hospital and was appointed National Clinical Advisor Group Lead (NCAGL) for Older Persons in May 2022. They discuss Emer's career and journey to the specialty of geriatric medicine, her experience with the IGS and NCAGL roles, urgent and emergent care plan for older adults, age friendly healthcare design and lots more. For...

In this episode, Edel talks to fellow physiotherapist Dr. Esther Clift, who is a Consultant Practitioner in Frailty in the NHS. They discuss Esther's career, advanced practice for HSCPs (AHPs), the consultant practitioner role and virtual wards.   They mention documents and resources including: - “Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework” Health Education England....

In this episode, Edel talks to Louise Brent. Louise is the Irish Hip Fracture Database and Major Trauma Audit Manager with the National Office of Clinical Audit.  This episode has been released on the same day as the publication of the 10th Hip Fracture Report from the Irish Hip Fracture Database (IHFD). They discuss the journey of the Irish Hip Fracture Database over the last decade, the standards of care and best practice tariff, findings from this year’s report, research in the area and...

In this episode, Edel talks to British Geriatrics Society (BGS) President Professor Adam Gordon. They discuss Adam's career and journey to the specialty of geriatric medicine, his experience with the BGS, intermediate care and social care, the future of care homes and lots more. They mention documents and resources including: - "Intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge"...

In this episode, Edel talks to Dr.Rosa McNamara. Rosa is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine special interest group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. They discuss what drew Rosa to working with older people, the ideal ED, current pathways and services in GEM, educational resources and opportunities for innovation in older persons care. They mention educational resources including The...

In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Colm Henry, Consultant Geriatrician and Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE. Dr. Henry will be awarded the IGS Presidential Medal at this year's Annual Scientific Meeting on September 28th to 30th (details on www.irishgerontology.com). Dr. Henry discusses what drew him to geriatric medicine, his journey to leadership, the COVID19 pandemic and the ageing population and its impact on Irish healthcare services. Feedback, suggestions and questions welcome to...

In this episode, Edel talks to Deirdre Lang, the Nursing Rep on the IGS Executive Committee and the Director of Nursing/National Lead for Older Persons Services in Ireland. They discuss Deirdre's career, what drew her to gerontology, ageing well, Get Up Get Dressed Ger Moving, the National Frailty Education Programme and Deirdre's advice for leading and implementing change. Deirdre discusses the recently published National Frailty Education Report, read more here...

To mark World Delirium Awareness Day, Edel talks to Dr. Niamh O'Regan, ANP Marie Doyle and Dr. Emily Buckley from University Hospital Waterford. They discuss what is delirium, plans for world delirium awareness day, detecting managing and preventing delirium and lots of useful educational resources. The hashtag for World Delirium Day is #WDAD2023 and follow iDelirium_Aware on the day.  Feedback, questions and suggestions always welcome to [email protected]

In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, Edel talks to Íde O'Shaughnessy. Íde talks about her role on the IGS committee, the HSCP event at the ASM and her research interests including the findings from her recent publication "Effectiveness of acute geriatric unit care on functional decline, clinical and process outcomes among hospitalised older adults with acute medical complaints: a systematic review and meta-analysis" Article Link:...

In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to Dr. Liz Moloney about the ED Geriatric Medicine Special Interest Group, what to expect from the group's session at the ASM and some helpful learning resources for MDTs working in GEM.  Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 on Twitter to keep up with the event on Nov 3rd and 4th.  Links to resources Liz mentions in the episode: The Case.Report Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ufA2GFqicIOT5nJhlSZ0G?si=04d6572ebe334346 The...

In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to one of the ASM keynote speakers, Professor Priscilla Harries about her career, interests and what we can expect from her presentation. Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 to keep up with the ASM on Twitter as it happens.  More information on the conference- www.irishgerontology.com  Podcast related queries - [email protected] 

To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, in this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Kate Brennan, Fiona Foley and Mairead Bracken-Scally from the National Dementia Office. Feedback, questions and comments always welcome via [email protected] Links to resources discussed in the podcast: Dementia: Understand Together https://www.understandtogether.ie/ Dementia Pathways website: https://dementiapathways.ie/ National Dementia Office Education and Resource...

In this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Professor Medical Gerontology Trinity College and St James Hospital, Director MISA, founding PI TILDA Irish longitudinal study on Ageing and of course the President of the IGS. Rose Anne discusses her passion for gerontology, research on ageing and her recent book "Age Proof".  Feedback, questions and comments always welcome via [email protected]

In this episode, Edel talks to Damian McGrath, James O' Hagan & Aoife Dillon about ageing as a member of the LGBT+ community and the importance of providing inclusive healthcare for older people in Ireland.  Information about the services & resources available from LGBT Ireland including the Champions training programme run by James (that Aoife & Damian have both done!) is available at www.lgbt.ie  The Invisible Threads podcast hosted by James (with a guest appearance by Damian...

In this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Dr. Ronan Collins, Consultant Geriatrician in Tallaght University Hospital and Clinical Lead for the Irish National Stroke Programme. They discuss the Irish National Audit of Stroke (INAS) and the recent report released May 2022 as well as updates from the National Stroke Strategy. Link to INAS Report 2021: https://www.noca.ie/documents/inas-organisational-audit-report-2021  Link to National Stroke Strategy:...

This episode features a recording from a recent IGS public lecture on "Life After Retirement" by Professor Eamon O'Shea. 

The first episode of the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) Podcast! Prof Rose Galvin (IGS Vice President) talks to Edel McDaid (HSCP Rep) about the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) and more specifically gives her advice on preparing an abstract for submission. The ASM will be November 3rd & 4th in Slieve Russel Hotel, Co. Cavan and details about the event and the abstract submission window can be found on www.irishgerontology.com  Get in touch with the Podcast by emailing...