IGS Podcast

IGS Podcast

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IGS Podcast episodes

  • ASM Special: Íde O'Shaughnessy

    In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, Edel talks to Íde O'Shaughnessy. Íde talks about her role on the IGS committee, the HSCP event at the ASM and her research interests including the findings from her recent publication "Effectiveness of acute geriatric unit care on functional decline, clinical and process outcomes among hospitalised older adults with acute medical complaints: a systematic review and meta-analysis"

    Article Link: https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/51/4/afac081/6575883?login=false 

    19 min
  • ASM Special: Dr. Liz Moloney

    In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to Dr. Liz Moloney about the ED Geriatric Medicine Special Interest Group, what to expect from the group's session at the ASM and some helpful learning resources for MDTs working in GEM. 

    Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 on Twitter to keep up with the event on Nov 3rd and 4th. 

    Links to resources Liz mentions in the episode:

    The Case.Report Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ufA2GFqicIOT5nJhlSZ0G?si=04d6572ebe334346

    The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine IAEM https://iaem.ie/ 

    Mater FIT Team Podcast https://soundcloud.com/user-604553057 

    National Frailty Education E-learning https://www.icpop.org/nationalfrailityeducation#gref 

    11 min
  • ASM Special: Professor Priscilla Harries

    In the run up to the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Edel talks to one of the ASM keynote speakers, Professor Priscilla Harries about her career, interests and what we can expect from her presentation. Follow the hashtag #IGS2022 to keep up with the ASM on Twitter as it happens. 

    More information on the conference- www.irishgerontology.com 

    Podcast related queries - [email protected] 


    18 min
  • The National Dementia Office

    To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, in this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Kate Brennan, Fiona Foley and Mairead Bracken-Scally from the National Dementia Office.

    Feedback, questions and comments always welcome via [email protected]

    Links to resources discussed in the podcast:

    • Dementia: Understand Together https://www.understandtogether.ie/
    • Dementia Pathways website: https://dementiapathways.ie/
    • National Dementia Office Education and Resource Programmes: http://dementiapathways.ie/permacache/fdd/cf3/354/66ab8fb0598a61c093695382f68dcfbc.pdf
    • Second Irish National Audit of Dementia in acute hospitals (INAD-2) report: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/irish-national-audit-of-dementia-care-in-acute-hospitals.pdf
    • National Clinical Guideline No. 21 (Appropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication for non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia): https://healthservice.hse.ie/filelibrary/onmsd/appropriate-prescribing-of-psychotropic-medication-for-non-cognitive-symptoms-in-people-with-dementia.pdf
    • Guidance document on non-pharmacological interventions for non-cognitive symptoms of dementia: https://healthservice.hse.ie/filelibrary/non-cognitive-symptoms-of-dementia-guidance-document.pdf
    • 38 min
    • Age Proof with Professor Rose Anne Kenny

      In this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Professor Medical Gerontology Trinity College and St James Hospital, Director MISA, founding PI TILDA Irish longitudinal study on Ageing and of course the President of the IGS. Rose Anne discusses her passion for gerontology, research on ageing and her recent book "Age Proof". 

      Feedback, questions and comments always welcome via [email protected]

      37 min
    • Ageing with Pride

      In this episode, Edel talks to Damian McGrath, James O' Hagan & Aoife Dillon about ageing as a member of the LGBT+ community and the importance of providing inclusive healthcare for older people in Ireland. 

      Information about the services & resources available from LGBT Ireland including the Champions training programme run by James (that Aoife & Damian have both done!) is available at www.lgbt.ie 

      The Invisible Threads podcast hosted by James (with a guest appearance by Damian in episode 8) is available here https://open.spotify.com/show/23eFeezLub8yp3rYwKO56O?si=655a691ee019425e 

      Feedback, suggestions & comments welcome to [email protected] 

      37 min
    • Irish National Audit of Stroke with Dr. Ronan Collins

      In this episode, Edel McDaid (IGS HSCP Rep) talks to Dr. Ronan Collins, Consultant Geriatrician in Tallaght University Hospital and Clinical Lead for the Irish National Stroke Programme. They discuss the Irish National Audit of Stroke (INAS) and the recent report released May 2022 as well as updates from the National Stroke Strategy.

      Link to INAS Report 2021: https://www.noca.ie/documents/inas-organisational-audit-report-2021 

      Link to National Stroke Strategy: https://iicms.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/stroke-strategy-2020-2025-Final-for-Consultation-Nov-2020.pdf 

      Feedback, questions and comments welcome to [email protected] 

      34 min
    • Life After Retirement

      This episode features a recording from a recent IGS public lecture on "Life After Retirement" by Professor Eamon O'Shea. 

      54 min
    • Abstracts & ASMs

      The first episode of the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) Podcast! Prof Rose Galvin (IGS Vice President) talks to Edel McDaid (HSCP Rep) about the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) and more specifically gives her advice on preparing an abstract for submission. The ASM will be November 3rd & 4th in Slieve Russel Hotel, Co. Cavan and details about the event and the abstract submission window can be found on www.irishgerontology.com 

      Get in touch with the Podcast by emailing [email protected] 

      19 min

    About IGS Podcast

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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.