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Occupational Therapist, Pathfinder Cork

Joined October 2021
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Fantastic presentations by Brian Gillespie and Dearbhla Burke on the value of investing in Community Paramedicine and Pathfinder respectively at the @AmbulanceNAS @hselive Alternative Care Pathways forum in Dublin this morning.
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Delighted to have presented along side my colleague @BredaMeagher about the Cork Pathfinder service and falls prevention to the Cobh Active Retirement group this week. A fabulous group and an amazing social resource for the people of Cobh. @BurkeDearbhla @AislinnGriffin1
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Great to complete a workshop with the 3rd year OT UCC students yesterday focusing on frailty, falls and delirium @CUH_OT_Dept @BredaMeagher
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Representing the Cork Pathfinder Team at the @irishgerontsoc conference last weekend. Fantastic learning all around and great to share our work on falls assessments and patient feedback. @AislinnGriffin1 @BredaMeagher @BurkeDearbhla
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Great day at @AssocEmergMedIE conference yesterday, delighted to present our pilot service, providing timely OT/PT follow up to older adults discharged from the ED, a collaboration between Cork Pathfinder, CUH and Mercy FIT @AislinnGriffin1 @BredaMeagher @Brid_OD @IsweriPillay
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Breda Meagher retweeted
Congratulations to our OT, Fiona Condon, on her presentation at the #AOTI2024 Conference! A fantastic opportunity to demonstrate a data review of MCI in Older Adults and the impact of re-presentations to ED! Well done @FionaC_ 💚🎉🎊 @AOTInews @CUH_OT_Dept @CUH_Cork
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Congratulations to Ellen Coakley, our Senior OT in FIT, on her presentation today on older adults patient experience times in the ED at the @AOTInews Conference! Demonstrating the importance of HSCP’s role within the ED! @CUH_OT_Dept @CUH_Cork 💚💚💚
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#ACPIN 2024 @EmerMusgra61269 Vestibular Service @CUH_Cork @cuh_hscp
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Celebrating our 1 year anniversary of Cork Pathfinder, a fantastic year working with such a dynamic group of therapists and advanced paramedics @Brid_OD @AislinnGriffin1 @BredaMeagher @tossy911
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Excellent presentations on Pathfinder collaboration #ICIC24 @AinemCarroll @AmbulanceNAS
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ℹ️⚕️An Initiative funded by @CorkKerryCH means that patients with minor injuries can go directly to @AffideaIreland for treatment, open 7 days 10am-8pm @ Elysian T12 KTD1. Treating minor injuries & illnesses this will operate until Jan 31. Consider all healthcare options 🏥
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Star athlete Louise Galvin is a clinical specialist physiotherapist with the HSE Kerry Pathfinder Team. The Pathfinder team respond to 999/112 calls for older people in their homes following a fall or minor illness. Watch her discussing her career here ➡️bit.ly/3Oev9P3
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Breda Meagher retweeted
Great work Kerry Pathfinder ⁦@PathfinderACP⁩ 👌
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Good #caregiving is more than patience, it is empathy. #Alzheimers #dementia #quote
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This week we share an extract from a patient on their experience with our Pathfinder service, an initiative that aims to safely keep older people who phone 999/112 in their homes rather than bringing them to a hospital emergency department. #OurPeopleOurServices #TeamULHG
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What an inspiring morning in the OT dept inaugural quality improvement presentation day. Thanks to our QI working group @AislinnGriffin1 @ellyog @AislingDeasy1 and all the fantastic presenters..."Trojan mice" the lot of ye! A 🧵
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Find out more about the HSE National Ambulance Service led service called Pathfinder, which is designed to safely keep older people who phone 112/999 in their own home rather than taking them to a hospital emergency department.
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A great day of learning @PHECC research conference this week. Great to meet up with our Cork Pathfinder colleagues and huge congratulations on their winning poster. @BurkeDearbhla @AislinnGriffin1 @vondizzle1 @PathfinderACP @AmbulanceNAS
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