Celebrating our 1 year anniversary of Cork Pathfinder, a fantastic year working with such a dynamic group of therapists and advanced paramedics Bríd O'Donoghue Aislinn Griffin Breda Meagher Tomas Allen (tossy)

'78% of older patients want an alternative care pathway to admission to ED.'

Yvonne O Riordan FITT Beaumont presenting on Pathfinder at #ICIC2024 .

National HSCP Office, HSE @bea

Some of the new National Physical Activity Guidelines launched today at our ongoing webinar. #EveryMoveCounts

Please don’t “dip” older people’s urine.

Harm happens as a result:
1. Side effects of the unnecessary antibiotic.
2. Future diagnostic bias. “She’s prone to UTIs”
3. Diagnostic closure, and the team stop looking for the real cause of deterioration. (Constipation, meds, etc)

Irish citizen detained in Iraq - I got a tip about Yasser Eljuboori's detention yesterday, David Mac Redmond got in touch with his wife, Laura, and he published this just now: thejournal.ie/yasser-eljuboo…

His family have today launched a campaign entitled #FreeYasser

A great paper by Liz McGrath

#WATCH A mother of two who suffered a cardiac arrest says she owes her life to members of the National Ambulance Service one of whom, is her brother, who saved her life

Eithne Minihan from Cork is now encouraging people to learn CPR

#VMNews | National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 | Paul Byrne

Great work Kerry Pathfinder ⁦Pathfinder Alternative Care Pathway⁩ 👌

A fantastic afternoon celebrating the amazing work happening across the entire HSE. A privilege to be invited to share our journey so far in such inspiring company. Thank you HSE HR Sláintecare #HSEExcellenceAwards2023

A great day of learning PHECC research conference this week. Great to meet up with our Cork Pathfinder colleagues and huge congratulations on their winning poster. Dearbhla Burke Aislinn Griffin Yvonne O' Riordan Pathfinder Alternative Care Pathway National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑

IAEM shares concerns re: ongoing deficits in Acute Hospital bed capacity causing prolonged stays in EDs as new report in JAMA shows link between prolonged stays in the ED and adverse events for patients over 75 - read more at bit.ly/3QVIygRas

As an #occupationaltherapist I aim to maximise people's independence through using a range of compensatory as well as rehabilitative strategies. See how this simple yet effective strategy helps this #boxpositive #parkinsons fighter overcome freezing. Parkinson's UK Royal College of Occupational Therapists

A brilliant day at the PHECC conference in Maynooth, some great insight into the fantastic work ongoing in the pre-hospital environment. Delighted to present our work to date on the Cork Pathfinder team Aislinn Griffin Bríd O'Donoghue Breda Meagher

🚨NEW #SAFETYFLASH 🚨Time Critical Medication (TCM): The Safer Care Committee has highlighted that a MISSED dose can harm your patients.

Credit to UKCPA for poster production - available at: tinyurl.com/TCMSafetyFlash

For more ℹ️ rcem.ac.uk/safety-3/

ALONE's CHO 4 team members in Cork, worked with Cork City Fire Brigade, creating the Smoke Alarm Initiative. 🚨578 alarms given to 303 Older Persons. #Community #FireSafety 🤝 Cork City Fire Brigade

The Pathfinder service, which provides safe alternative care at home for older people who phone 112/999, has recently been extended to Kerry. “It’s a wonderful service with very experienced staff and the follow up service was excellent as well.” – Michael Cunnane

National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑…

We are thrilled by this announcement to #ISCPConf23 from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on ionising radiation. We have long advocated that physios should be able to refer for x-ray. We are delighted to work with the Minister and Department of Health on this. Great news!

Honoured to represent the Cork Pathfinder team today Irish Gerontological Society. Aislinn Griffin Dearbhla Burke Tomas Allen (tossy) Cork University Hospitals CUH Occupational Therapy Department National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 🚑

Representing the Cork Pathfinder Team in Galway today at the IGS, well done Bríd and Breda 👏🏻

3/5 40% of older people attending ED were living with frailty (CFS 5+). This represents 1 in 7 of all adults using emergency departments.