In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Ken Rockwood. Professor Rockwood is a geriatrician, a professor of geriatric medicine at Dalhousie University and leads the Frailty and Eldercare Network fo Nova Scotia Health. As an international leader on frailty, he has more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and nine books to his credit. They discuss his career, understanding frailty, frailty assessment tools, hospital acquired deconditioning and lots more.
For more information from discussion points:
Prof Rockwood’s Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Rockwood
Clinical Frailty Scale: https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr/our-tools/clinical-frailty-scale.html
Pictorial Fit‑Frail Scale: https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr/our-tools/pictorial-fit-frail-scale.html#:~:text=The%20PFFS%20evaluates%20a%20person's,levels%2C%20languages%2C%20and%20cultures.
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ALONE, Ageism & Ageing in Place
In this episode, Edel talks to Seán Moynihan and Dr. Sarah Donnelly about a range of topics including ageing in place, loneliness, ageism and the work of ALONE. Sean is the CEO of ALONE (www.alone.ie) , a national organisation that enables older people to age at home. Dr Sarah Donnelly, previously worked as medical social worker and is now an Associate Professor in Social Work and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, in UCD. Sarah will present the ALONE Willie Bermingham lecture at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
For more information from discussion points:
Learn more about Alone www.alone.ie
Read Sarah’s research and publication https://people.ucd.ie/sarah.donnelly/about
Link to register for the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/igs-71st-annual-and-scientific-meeting
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Age Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms
In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Andrea Wershof Schwartz and Dr. Kirstyn James about Age Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms – Mobility, Mentation, Medication and What Matters. Dr. Schwartz is a geriatrician at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Boston and Associate Director for Clinical Innovation in the New England Geriatric Research
Education and Clinical Center. Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Kirstyn James, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital and Alumnus of the RCPI Quality Improvement Scholarship and the Harvard Medical School Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.
For more information from discussion points:
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Age Friendly Health Systems Initiative: https://www.ihi.org/networks/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems
US Veterans Affairs Age Friendly movement: https://marketplace.va.gov/communities/age-friendly
Mobility Assessment:
Mobility Assessment in Older Adults- NEJM
One Step at a Time: Improving Gait Speed Measurement in a Geriatric Medicine Clinic
Medications: Optimizing Medications: An
Age-Friendly Approach | Drugs & Aging (springer.com)
Age Friendly Education: An interprofessional workshop based on the 4Ms for an age‐friendly health system - JAGS
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Dr. Diarmuid O' Shea
In this episode, Edel talks to Dr. Diarmuid O’Shea. Dr. O’Shea is a consultant Geriatrician in St. Vincent’s Hospital, previous
President of the Irish Gerontological Society and the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI). They discuss what drew Dr. O’ Shea’s to geriatric medicine, his career to date, the evolution of the specialty of geriatric medicine and his advice for others starting out in their career.
For more information from discussion points:
Knowledge and skills framework for healthcare
professionals working with older people https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/ncps/older-people/resources/knowledge-skills-framework-for-hcps-working-with-older-people.pdf
National Frailty Education Programme https://tilda.tcd.ie/ppi/frailty-education/
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Gerontological Simulation with Professor John Cooke
In this episode, Edel talks to Professor John Cooke about gerontological simulation. Professor Cooke is a consultant geriatrician in the University Hospital Waterford, National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP) and South/South West Hospital Group Clinical Director for
Education and Training as well as Clinical Professor in University College Cork and Clinical Associate Professor in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
Professor Cooke will be part of a gerontological simulation education session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting. They discuss his career in geriatric medicine and education, gerontological simulation, it’s role in education, research in the area of simulation and practical tips on how to introduce sim in your setting.
For more information from discussion points:
WICOP Simulation Youtube Channel https://youtube.com/@wicopsim?si=lBbgBrMf9jKzUVsF
WICPOP Twitter Account @WICOPSIM
The National Simulation Office https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/national-simulation-office
To register for the ASM and learn more: https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/igs-71st-annual-and-scientific-meeting
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The Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) podcast is a conversational podcast of interviews each with a unique theme or topic. The podcast content is designed to be of interest to those working in the area of gerontology while also delivering information in a way that it is easily accessible by the general public. The podcast is hosted by IGS HSCP Representative Edel McDaid.
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