Mary Do

Nurse tutor, now ICPOP - Integrated Care for Older People (Laois & Offaly)- all views my own

[National Dementia Services @dementia_office]

We are partnering with Boots Ireland to help get Ireland talking about dementia & brain health, about the things we can all do to support people with dementia to stay connected & engaged in their communities. You can register for the Wexford event here: https://t.co/Fsibo37xD4

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

📢PhD opportunity in AD research!

🧑‍🎓Applications are invited for a a fully funded PhD studentship at @tcddublin investigating retinal and choroidal imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease in genetically determined populations.

⌛️Deadline 31/05: https://t.co/NAxL5XPJtZ

[IAANMP @iaanmp]

We did it!!!!!! IAANMP have won the Clinical Team of the year at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards!!!!
https://t.co/uGOjZQLlSx
#advancedpractice #theresalowrylinehan #melissahammond #excellence #carolinefraser #iaanmp #fionacolbert

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

📢DRNI are very exited to announce that @ProfLawlor @GBHI is giving the keynote speech at DRNI North-South Dementia Research Symposium!

Prof Lawlor will speak on brain health in the space between research & clinical practice.

➡️Join us in TCD on 5 June: https://t.co/td17T99QNb

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

Our Consultant Geriatrician, Professor Seán Kennelly, has been speaking to @PatKennyNT about our brand new dementia podcast series—recorded at our Institute for Memory and Cognition.

The podcasts are presented by former CNN journalist Fionnuala Sweeney.

https://t.co/kYBPNAYDxM

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

🧠 Delirium is still missed far too often - & when we miss it, patients suffer, & families carry the consequences.

Two commonly used delirium tools are the 4AT & the CAM. Both can be useful.

A crucial point (often lost in day-to-day practice): the CAM was designed to be used with brief cognitive testing & an interview - observation-only “CAM-lite” approaches are not validated & can miss delirium.

Disclosure: I am the main author of the 4AT (no financial COI - the 4AT is free). My interest here is not “tool rivalry” - it’s reliable delirium detection.

❓ Question for colleagues: What #delirium tool is used in your organisation - and how do you ensure it is used as intended?

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👇 This simple table highlights a few practical differences that matter in real-world frontline care (especially at the “front door”).

[Age Friendly Ireland @AgeFriendlyIrl]

A very merry Christmas from Age Friendly Ireland. 🎄✨

Wishing you joy, peace and moments of togetherness this Christmas and throughout the year ahead. 💙

[The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative @theGEDC]

Pharmacists play a critical role in the team that cares for older adults in the ED, and studies have shown that when they perform medication reconciliations, they reduce medication history and medication order errors by more than 80%. More benefits here: https://t.co/xffgGrrllv

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Are we realising the potential of our networks to make change happen?

Most innovation emerges from collaborative projects where teams openly “borrow” & adapt each other’s (often small but powerful) ideas. Many networks & communities of practice could achieve so much more by experimenting together around collective priorities to generate & share new solutions.

This is beyond spreading known “best” or “good” practices. It is about innovating to design new solutions collectively.

So I appreciated this piece from Ed Morrison of @Strategic_Doing about three different kinds of networks:
- Advocacy networks are communities that seek to mobilise people, creating pressure to shift policies, priorities or messages in a particular direction. Their aim is to connect & influence rather than to change how they themselves work.
- Learning networks are communities of practice. They share knowledge, compare practice & build shared capability. Learning networks often excel at spread & improvement of existing practice, but only sometimes move into structured innovation work.
- Innovating (or transforming) networks are communities that combine their assets - ideas, relationships, data, capabilities - to create new value that none could produce alone. They manage collaboration as a process of experimentation: agreeing a shared outcome, running multiple connected tests of change, learning by doing & amplifying what works across the network.

https://t.co/70NcTsBLjl

Every learning network has the potential to become an innovating/transforming network. Some actions to enable this:
1. Build a foundation of strong, trusting relationships within the network, understanding each member’s starting point & motivation for change
2. Focus on helping each other to succeed; listen to each others’ stories & plans, co-coach, give advice to each other & build shared inquiry
3. Move from “sharing” or “raising awareness” to some concrete outcomes the network want to change together through collective experimentation
4. Agree some simple norms for the network so that members help each other to make progress, make it safe to try things, fail fast & share incomplete work
5. Encourage multiple, parallel tests of change around similar outcome so projects can “steal with pride” from one another & quickly refine promising ideas
6. Put simple routines in place for noticing patterns (what is shifting where & why), capturing these insights & amplifying them across the network
7. Add additional success metrics including innovations tested, adapted & adopted in multiple places

Graphic by Ed Morrison.
Content with added inspiration from @juneholley.

[HSE Dublin and Midlands @HSEDubMidlands]

Catriona Brennan, Gail Flynn and Aileen O’Reilly from Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise on the @HsehealthW #Podcast, discussing how ALONE and the HSE’s Enhanced Community Care programme support older people to live well at home. .https://t.co/k6ovq5cjPj

[Gavin Oattes @gavinoattes]

Blown away by the reviews coming in.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘A phenomenal book that hits you with a gut punch and a hug all in one’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘It’s like a conversation with a part of your soul you didn’t know how to listen to’

Xmas Gift 👉 https://t.co/yl0mMZ1yEE

[Age Friendly Ireland @AgeFriendlyIrl]

As the first fully affiliated age friendly country in the world by the @WHO we welcome this milestone 👏👏👏

[Gail Flynn @GailaFlynn]

Exciting milestone in older persons care! 🎉 The new Blueprint to Transform Health & Healthcare for Older Adults launches today, built around the 4Ms: What Matters, Mind, Medication & Mobility. Putting Person-centred, age-friendly care at the heart of every decision.💙

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

Have you visited the BGS Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) Hub?

A clear, concise, evidence-based set of resources, freely available to all who need them on our website. https://t.co/UWyhFNkJV2

[Irish Gerontological Society @irishgerontsoc]

✨ New IGS Flashcard Released!
We’re excited to share the latest instalment in our Flashcard series. This edition focuses on Age-Friendly Healthcare Systems.
Download▶️ https://t.co/2PN8631A00
#IGS #Gerontology #AgeFriendly #Healthcare #Education #HealthyAgeing

[HSE Dublin and Midlands @HSEDubMidlands]

The new My Severe Weather Ready Guide helps older people prepare for severe weather with tips, a Weather Ready Pack checklist & info on Met Éireann warnings.
Status Red = stay at home.

📘 https://t.co/YvDrLC4JGO

#SevereWeatherReady #HSEIreland

[Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland @NMBI_ie]

Webinar for #nurses and #midwives

[Gail Flynn @GailaFlynn]

Delighted to launch the "Think Drink" initiative-Introducing coloured jugs in our hospital puts patients at the heart of hydration-ensuring every patients needs are met and making it easier for staff to monitor fluid balance. Simple tools,high impact.#patientcentredcare

[EduFIT @EduFITireland]

I am really looking forward to delivering this free webinar on Thursday 27th November at 12pm. Please register via link below if interested.

https://t.co/cY1Iop678Z

@DrDianeCooper @IrishSESA

[Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland @NMBI_ie]

We are currently recruiting for a Director of Education, Policy and Standards (EPS).

For further information please see our website 👇
https://t.co/1tXha2NTMr