TUH_CHO7_PDEMS

Specialist Post-diagnostic Dementia Education, Mentoring & Support Network - for those living with dementia, their family & friends in Tallaght & surrounds

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

Join us at Tallaght Library, tomorrow, June 3rd (1pm-3pm) for a Dementia Awareness Day Café. Meet TUH Dementia Services, national memory services & community partners. Stay on for Café Memoir with the Dublin Gospel Choir. #DementiaAwareness #TUHCommunity

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

📢DRNI are thrilled to announce our in-person North-South Dementia Research Symposium, the first of what will be an annual event!

🧠Our inaugural theme is "Brain Health on the Island of Ireland".

🗓️Friday, 05 June
📍@tcddublin
📝& ℹ️: https://t.co/7eR0C7ujwr

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

🚨DRNI& @DementiaTrials are thrilled to announce our webinar "Dementia - Research, treatments and trials updates". Join @IracemaLeroi GBHI, @AntoinetteOCon TUH, & @darraghpobrien @UniofOxford & chair Dr Rónán O'Caoimh:

🗓️Fri 24 April
⌚️11.00

➡️Register: https://t.co/4iVtGDnMvw

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

Only 2⃣ days left to go! Details to register below ⬇️

[PSI Division of Neuropsychology @DONPSI]

Great to hear this podcast featuring our committee member @mcdermgl. This podcast series from the Institute of Memory and Cognition at @TUH_Tallaght has been great so far in telling us about dementia diagnosis and what it's like at a memory clinic

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

🎙️Check out the ninth podcast in our new series on dementia.

In this episode, we rejoin CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST DR ANTOINETTE O’CONNOR and NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST DR GARRET McDERMOTT, who emphasise the importance of early diagnosis. https://t.co/q6O4Bn9Rbq

#TUHDementiaAwareness

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

In the eighth episode of our new dementia podcast series, we hear more from our SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPISTS about how they can work with patients to help maintain their ability to communicate after diagnosis. ✨ https://t.co/bIPe4ptr56

#TUHDementiaAwareness #DementiaCare

[TUH_CHO7_PDEMS @TPdems]

BH & Dementia event @civictheatre @IracemaLeroi focusses on vital consideration of impact of 🦻hearing and 👁 visual loss and links with cognitive decline, loneliness & social isolation @GBHI_Fellows @drnire @alzheimersocirl

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

🎙️Check out the seventh podcast in our new series on dementia.

In this episode, we rejoin our OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS to hear more about their role in the process of reaching a diagnosis and in supporting patients.

https://t.co/Gqb3L8bdaG

#TUHdementiaawareness

[TUH_CHO7_PDEMS @TPdems]

Fantastic talk by @RRocheNeuro at BH & Dementia @civictheatre event- findings from studies re power of reminiscence esp in form of 'place', joined with exercise to enhance semantic and episodic memory and mood- lots of food for thought 👏🧠 @MaynoothUni @Irish_Research @drnire

[TUH_CHO7_PDEMS @TPdems]

🚨@civictheatre BH /dementia event. Vital spotlight on lived experience and importance of supporting a sense of belonging, ⬆️ community awareness, importance of @IrishDementiaWG @alzheimersocirl amazing supports @hrbireland @drnire @alzheimersocirl @dementiaoffice @SPKennelly

[TUH_CHO7_PDEMS @TPdems]

🧠 Kicking off 'Brain Health & Dementia - understanding and connection' @SPKennelly from @TUH_Tallaght in @civictheatre
@drnire @alzheimersocirl

[Lewy Body Dementia Association @LBDAssoc]

In “Hallucinations and Delusions: Making Sense of Psychosis in Lewy Body Dementia” on Feb. 24 at 2pm ET, Dr. Greg Pontone of the @UF will discuss psychosis in LBD, current treatment options, and how research is deepening our understanding.

🔗: https://t.co/8mB0SSAv9k

[Sean Kennelly @SPKennelly]

🚨 🧠 Vaccination with two doses of shingles vaccine was associated with a 51% lower risk of dementia. aHRs were comparable across age, and racial and ethnic groups, but the risk reduction was stronger in females compared to males. ⁦@drnire⁩ ⁦⁦ https://t.co/e3us8rRQW2

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

Our Hospital’s new dementia podcast series is already attracting high-profile media attention🎙️ See below 👇

[Sean Kennelly @SPKennelly]

Episode 4 is out: “There’s always hope.” We talk through real clinic issues (mimics like delirium/low mood, responsive behaviours, sensitive risk factors) then we’re introduced to fantastic Breda who is living with Posterior Cortical Atrophy variant of AD https://t.co/5RMI7qWNq9

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

UTV has given fantastic coverage to our new podcast series on dementia.
Thanks to former CNN and RTÉ journalist Fionnuala Sweeney for sharing her family’s personal experience.
Read more here: https://t.co/JaSh0IgZWW

[The Alzheimer Society of Ireland @alzheimersocirl]

🧠 Speaker Highlights: We’re excited to share some of the experts joining our Brain Health & Dementia Public Research Day – with more to be announced soon!
📍 Civic Theatre, Tallaght
📅 Feb 25
🎟️ Free registration: https://t.co/gYkJG4jmMU
@drnire @hrbireland @SPKenelly @houghtoncath

[Sean Kennelly @SPKennelly]

Episode 2 of “The Many Faces of Alzheimer’s” series is now live. With Dr Aoife Fallon, Dr Naomi Davey & Cathy McHale we discuss MCI, brain health, “memory nuisance vs memory problem”, our diagnosis disclosure + 6–8 week post-diagnostic support clinics. https://t.co/nyamRoBXyv

[Dementia Research Network Ireland @drnire]

🤝Yesterday @ninacarberry MEP & DRNI hosted an event focusing on dementia & brain health in women.

✨Sincere thanks to @ninacarberry for her strong commitment to dementia research & support! Thanks also to our fantastic speakers, & all those attending in person and online.