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Call for brain donors as scientists receive £1m boost for dementia research

Janet Harkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:36:49 +0100

Dementia research in Manchester, Newcastle and Cardiff are to receive a boost as scientists launch brain banks to help combat the disease.

Call for brain donors as scientists receive £1m boost for dementia research

Janet Harkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:36:49 +0100

Dementia research in Manchester, Newcastle and Cardiff are to receive a boost as scientists launch brain banks to help combat the disease.

Chief inspector of GPs to be created

Janet Harkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:28 +0100

A chief inspector of GPs is to be appointed as part of a push to improve services outside of hospitals, ministers are set to announce.

Irish Times: Nursing home used CCTV ‘as substitute for supervisory staff’

Janet Harkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:09 +0100

Writing in the Irish Times Elaine Edwards reports on the Data Protection Commissioner's comments about CCTV and workers in care homes, upon publication of the latest breach of data protection laws

Charity WRVS drops 'women' from its name to attract men

Janet Harkin — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:37:44 +0100

A charity set up by women to help efforts on the home front during World War II has changed its name in an effort to attract more male volunteers.

Dublin boys win Lego award for robot reminding people to take medicines

Janet Harkin — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:41 +0100

A team of schoolboys from Dublin have won a European award for building a robot and app to remind people to take vital medicines regularly.

Call for papers - Transforming Policy & Politics: The Future of the State in the 21st Century

Janet Harkin — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:28:15 +0100

Start: 01/06/2013 - 00:00

Transforming Policy & Politics: The Future of the State in the 21st Century

Venue: Marriot Hotel, Bristol

Nursing Homes Ireland launches national campaign for Forum on Long-Term Residential Care

Janet Harkin — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:37 +0100

All politicians across Ireland are to be visited by nursing home providers as part of a Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) campaign to have a Department of Health-led Forum on Long-Term Residential Care e

Why are the old unable to borrow?

Janet Harkin — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:54 +0100

As the old adage puts it, you're only as young as you feel. Unless, of course, you are talking to a financial adviser.

Most people expect to be worse off than parents in retirement – except Chinese

Janet Harkin — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:20 +0100

Survey finds Chinese optimistic about their retirement years, while French, Germans and Spanish are pessimistic

Final Call for Abstracts: TCD Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference & Student Colloquium

Janet Harkin — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:40:38 +0100

Start: 31/05/2013 - 09:00

Welcome to the 14th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference (HIRC) and Student Colloquium hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin.

Retirement villages the future?

Janet Harkin — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:39 +0100

One of the biggest challenges facing the health service is where to accommodate older people, especially those suffering from dementia.

Work Longer, Live Healthier: The relationship between economic activity, health and government policy

Janet Harkin — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:45 +0100

A ground-breaking new study has found that retirement has a detrimental impact on both mental and physical health over time.

Why retirement can be bad for your health

Janet Harkin — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:25:22 +0100

Retirement is often seen as a time when people can kick back and enjoy holidays or hobbies they haven't been able to indulge in during their working lives.

ESRC Seminar series: Ageing, race and ethnicity

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:49 +0100

Start: 17/07/2013 - 09:30

End: 17/07/2013 - 18:30

British Society of Gerontology

IAHSA’s 10th International Conference

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:27:45 +0100

Start: 17/11/2013 - 00:00

End: 21/11/2013 - 00:00

International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA) conference co-sponsored by the China Association for Homes and Services for the Aging.

System for looking after elderly people is dysfunctional and getting worse, says care minister

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:36 +0100

System for looking after elderly people is dysfunctional and getting worse, says care minister

Older patients face month long waits for hospital transfer

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:22 +0100

Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned.

Experts to give advice and guidance on managing pain among older adults

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:05:46 +0100

Older adults living with chronic pain, as well as their families and carers, have the opportunity to give their views to health experts at the University of Greenwich.

Increase in the number of people 60 and over facing homelessness

Janet Harkin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:02:12 +0100

The number of old people facing homelessness according to a national debt charity has risen.