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Healthy Ageing Research Project |
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The first data is being analyzed from the first longitudinal study on ageing in Ireland, a joint research project between TCD (leader Prof Des O'Neill (1983)), RCSI and Queen's University Belfast. Funding of €800,000 has been provided by the Health Research Board, and the acronym for the study (HARP) helps to identify the country of origin! Drawing on a second cohort of older people from the Republic of Ireland, as well as a cohort from Northern Ireland, the study has great potential to help understand the process of ageing in Ireland, and in particular some of the reasons why longevity has been lagging behind that of the EU 15 states. The survey looks at not only health, social and psychological variables, but also at usage patterns and perceptions of health and social services in both systems. A sub-study of the project is the examination of psychological models of coping after stroke, which is being carried out at the Stroke Service in Tallaght Hospital, the first acute service in the Republic of Ireland. As much neurorehabilitation serves as much to facilitate adaptation as to restore function, this is a key (and under-expolored) area of research. A first study from this arm of the project won the poster prize at the National Stroke Study Day in May 2005, and further publications are in preparation. |
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Health Research Board, Ireland |
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Clinical/epidemiological |
| Date from |
2002 |
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2006 |
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Irish National Stroke Audit |
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A €600,000 project, PI's Prof Hannah McGee (RCSI) and Desmond O'Neill (TCD), the work involves a national stroke audit of hospital and community stroke services for the Republic of Ireland. The objective of the audit of hospital based stroke services is to establish the current level and functioning of services available for the care of stroke patients in acute hospitals in the Republic of Ireland. The audit of hospital-based services will have two components:
i) an Audit of the Organisational Aspects of Stroke Care in acute hospitals with regard to their resources for organised stroke care: and ii) a Clinical Audit of Stroke Care involving review of clinical case notes for a selected sample of patients with stroke.
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Irish Heart Foundation/Department of Health and Children |
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Health Services Researches |
| Date from |
2005 |
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Music Therapy in Stroke |
| Summary |
A randomized controlled trial of music therapy in stroke: grant of €40,000 |
| Funding Agency |
Meath Foundation |
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Clinical Research |
| Date from |
2006 |
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2007 |
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Artists in Hospitals |
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Project to develop a training course for artists working in hospitals. Grand of €25,000 |
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Arts Council |
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| Date from |
2006 |
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2007 |
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Robotics in Stroke |
| Summary |
€250,000 |
| Funding Agency |
Health Services Executive |
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| Date from |
2008 |
| Date to |
2009 |
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| More Research Projects>>> |
| Transportation, driving, and older adults in, editor(s)M.S. John Pathy, Alan J. Sinclair, John E. Morley , Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, 5th Edition, Chichester, Wiley, 2011, [O'Neill D, Carr D] |
| O'Neill D, Have we failed in innovation and diffusion in old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine?, International Psychogeriatric Association, The Hague, 6 Sept, 2011, International Psychogeriatric Association |
| O'Neill D, Geriatric Medicine in Europe, Svensk Geriatriskt Forum, Svenska Läkaresällskapet, Stockholm, 22 Sept, 2011, Svensk Geriatrik Forening |
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