Clinical Specialist Dietitian for Frailty Intervention Team MMUH. Member of INDI. Older Person Nutrition Interest Group (OPNIG) Chair
Ireland
Joined February 2012
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Exciting opportunity as a a Senior Dietitian to join a care of the older persons MDT and experience working on a specialist geriatric ward. @trust_indi @emerging_indi @indi_OPNIG rezoomo.com/job/57090
@indi_OPNIG Some of your followers might be interested in our Permanent Full Time Senior Care of Older Persons job found here rezoomo.com/job/57090/ Closing this Friday the 10th of November
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Sarcopenia is a risk factor for recurrent falls and prolonged hospital admissions. Our resources can be used to provide education on the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia or to simply raise awareness. #PositiveAgeingWeek
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With rising temperatures, dehydration is a big risk in older adults. The OPNIG infographics below include some handy tips to ensure older adults are drinking enough throughout the day.
These can be accessed on the OPNIG section of the INDI website if you wish to share!
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Today we launched a Healthy Eating booklet for Older Adults. This booklet and additional resources aims to help older adults stay well, by nourishing their bodies with healthy food and by being active every day
gov.ie/HealthyEatingOver65
#HealthyEatingOver65
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A timely reminder to ensure everyone takes plenty of fluids 💦 as temperatures rise 🌞
With rising temperatures dehydration is a big risk in older adults. Please share the OPNIG infographics below with handy tips to ensure older adults are drinking enough @trust_indi @emerging_indi @LKDietitian @MaterFIT @CACorish @A_McG_Bates @mariajmck
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Focusing on joint discipline working in the area of older persons is essential. @BDA_olderpeople Can non OPSG members join? @indi_OPNIG @MaterFIT @A_McG_Bates @LKDietitian @EmmaGrantG @Lisacronin26
Along with our friends at @AGILECSP we are presenting our second joint webinar exploring joint working in practice. OPSG members check out our BDA group pages for the booking link! @BDA_Dietitians
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Congratulations to Lorna King for her award #IGS2022
for her fantastic platform presentation on Risk of Malnutrition and its Association with
Frailty Associated Factors in the Older Person.
STEP are so proud
@mariaba01464133 @ICPOPIreland @deirdrelanglang @patrickharnett2
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Osteoporosis increases the risk of fracture if you fall. Nutrition is an important factor to support bone health. The below resource is available on the INDI website #worldosteoporosisday indi.ie/images/INDI_Bone_Hea…
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Nutritional care is a human right and a threat to all patients. Fundamental to:
👉 Avoid disease-related #malnutrition
👉 Improve patients’ quality of life
👉 Reduce healthcare costs
The #ViennaDeclaration recognized #NutritionalCare as a #HumanRight.
bit.ly/Viennadeclaration
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Delighted to have commenced recruitment for my PhD doctoral research project. Details below, and please Retweet and spread the word.
@UCDFoodHealth @CACorish @HelenMRoche @katy_horner @hrbireland @APPETITE_JPI @JPI_HDHL
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Delighted to have a poster on ED pharmacist interventions for frail older adults presented @EuGMSSociety Thanks to @MaterFIT @mmuhpharmacy and @kirwan_jenny for displaying!
@CahenyO @MaterFIT, presenting his findings on pharmacist interventions for patients living with frailty who attend ED @EuGMSSociety. It is invaluable to have pharmacy embedded within our team, to complete medicine reconciliation in conjunction with CGA - well done Cian👏🏼
Delighted to have a poster @EuGMSSociety 2022 highlighting the importance of early nutrition intervention for frail adults with malnutrition. Thank you to my @MaterFIT colleagues for presenting
@MaterFIT Clinical Specialist Dietitian @ciara_pender presenting her work on nutrition interventions in the ED 🥳
@trust_indi @indi_OPNIG @MaterHSCPs
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Advances in muscle health and nutrition: a toolkit for healthcare professionals. The final version of our paper is finally out! TONS of figures for presentations/patient education materials. Can be adapted to any language -check out supplementary files. clinicalnutritionjournal.com…
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With the temperatures rising in Ireland again, it is important to remember that the older person is at higher risk of becoming dehydrated.#stayhydrated @indi_OPNIG @trust_indi @LKDietitian @NilandAoife @ciara_pender @mariaba01464133 @TippUHnursing @HrSswhg @ICPOPIreland
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Another great resource for use with older adults developed by members of @indi_OPNIG
Launching our final infographic for the year Eating Well to Support your Memory. 8 Simple tips to Mediterranean Eating Style @trust_indi @LKDietitian @EmmaGrantG @FrailtyCareBund @alzheimersocirl @BDA_olderpeople @emerging_indi
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Happy World Sarcopenia day. Today we are launching our new OPNIG infographics on “What is sarcopenia?” and “Sarcopenia and Protein” for use by all Healthcare Professionals @trust_indi @emerging_indi @LKDietitian @dietercise @BDA_olderpeople @deirdrelanglang @ProfOrtuno
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We hope you are enjoying our #CPD event tonight! & if you missed it it will be available to watch back on INDI e-learning site in the coming weeks. Thanks so much to all of our speakers @halog_hmellett @Griffin_AnneC @ciara_pender & Niamh Donnelly & of course @trust_indi 👏🏻👏🏻
