📰 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has launched its first 18-month Collaborative to accelerate system-wide spread of #AgeFriendly care for #OlderAdults , engaging 30 health systems to accelerate & spread 4Ms adoption across all their sites & care settings:
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And so begins the Age-friendly Health System in UHK 🟢🟡 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Well done to all

An insight on 'what matters most' to some of our 716 patients who have received a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment #gemslaunch #compassionatehealthcare

Many thanks to all our colleagues who came to support us at the launch of GEMS today Kerry ICPOP Paudie McQuinn Mary Buckley Mary Randles University Hospital Kerry

Great opportunity to showcase your work at a national conference.

And ££ prizes for oral and poster winners. #AAAConf

Last Chance: Call for AAA Abstracts
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We are now accepting submissions for the annual Davis Coakley award. The award honours the legacy of Professor Davis Coakley (1946-2022), a respected physician who championed the development of geriatric medicine throughout Ireland.
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If you want to learn more about TILDA, what we measure, how often we measure it, how to access the data, and how to get started - register for our upcoming TILDA workshop on 16th May👇.

Bart Daly consultant Geriatrician CKCH ICPOP presenting results of service user feedback from the ICPOP outreach team in Cork. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons IFIC Updates #integratedcare

Delighted to see our paper published today looking at CGA documents in use across integrated care teams in Ireland ⁦Robert Murphy⁩ ⁦Catriona Reddin⁩ ⁦Maria Costello⁩ ⁦Michelle Canavan⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Adverse drug reactions are the primary reason why 1 in 10 older patients are admitted to hospital, acc to research presented at a Medication Without Harm knowledge exchange event at RCSI today.

Sylvia Thompson writes about the issue in The Irish Times:
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HelpAge International Restless Development Newcastle University Whether you're an older person now, or will be an older person in the future, this Earth is for all of us – and it's time to stand in solidarity, together. #AddingLifeToYears

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Gloucestershire pro-actively identified care needs using 5Ms and adopt an asset based approach to caring for frailty. Incredible insights into ‘hidden’ need that will inevitably present downstream. #icic24 IFIC Updates @ahernemer Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland Mowlam Healthcare

Some fantastic examples of integrated care for older people in action in Netherlands, Singapore and Iceland here in Belfast #icic24 IFIC Updates Mowlam Healthcare @ahernemer Mike O' Connor @

🚨HSCPs, Nurses, Doctors🚨

A group of experienced Speech and Language Therapists working with Older Persons, in conjunction with the HSCP lead for Older Persons, have compiled the below survey for your completion.

Reposts appreciated!

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Carolyn Hullick, setting standards for aged care as chief medical officer @ahernemer HSE Clinical Design and Innovation Breda Smyth royal commission on aging Australia

If anyone missed the talk and excellent panel discussion today chaired by @ahernemer with Janis Morrissey, Suzanne Timmons and Dr Sean Owens you can listen back on the same link (boadcastonline.ie/igs/). Irish Doctors for the Environment Plant Based Doctors Ireland Irish Gerontological Society

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