The Institute supports palliative care research by facilitating national and international collaboration, resource sharing, capacity building, information sharing and knowledge transfer.
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All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
Episode 14 – Dr Una Molloy: How palliative care is understood in older person residential care
Interviewed by Dr Karie Dennehy (Marymount University Hospital and Hospice & UCC) - Dr Una Molloy outlines her current role as Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) at St Francis Hospice in Palliative Care for Older People, and her research career including her PhD. Una’s PhD thesis focused on how palliative care is understood in older person residential care.
12 Sept 2022
Episode 12 - Dr Daniel Nuzum: What Matters to you - Pastoral Care in Palliative Care
Dr Daniel Nuzum, Chaplain, and member of the Pastoral Care team at Marymount University Hospital and Hospice in Cork talks to Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC about the kind of supports they provide to patients with life-limiting conditions, their families and those close to them. These supports can help them to face the difficult challenges of their illness, to communicate better about their own personal needs and wishes.
12 Sept 2022
Episode 13 - Ann Marie Casey: Carer Health and Wellbeing, Foyle Hospice
Ann Marie Casey, Nurse Manager, Community Team in Foyle Hospice talks to Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC about the new Carer Health and Wellbeing Facilitator role that has commenced in Foyle Hospice. Annmarie talks about how the need for this role was identified and the supports they provide for carers so that their personal needs are met, while they are caring for their loved ones.
12 Sept 2022
Episode 11 – Valerie Smith: Think Ahead
Valerie Smith, Public Engagement Lead at the Irish Hospice Foundation talks to Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC about the Irish Hospice Foundation’s Think Ahead programme. Think Ahead is a practical tool and customisable guide for advance care planning and end of life. It helps people to document their healthcare choices and personal wishes.
In this podcast, Valerie talks through the different documents and resources that make up the plan and what information each can be used to record, so that when the time comes to make those important and often difficult decisions, guidance is there. Think Ahead allows people to be involved and make decisions about their own care and record their own wishes. The resources have recently been updated to make them easier to use. They can be downloaded or ordered at www.thinkahead.ie (http://www.thinkahead.ie)
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12 Sept 2022
Episode 10 – Dr Regina McQuillan: The Use of Opioid Drugs in Palliative Care
Dr Regina McQuillan talks to Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC about the use of opioid medications (such as morphine) for pain relief from cancer pain and pain from other conditions, and how is it sometimes used in the treatment of other symptoms such as breathlessness. Dr McQuillan addresses how these medications are commonly used and their effectiveness. The conversation also focuses on some of the common concerns that people have who are prescribed them and managing the side effects.
15 Aug 2022
Episode 09 – Wei Qi Koh: Pet Robots: A New Path for Dementia Care
Wei Qi Koh is an Occupational Therapist, Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellow, and PhD student working with the DISTINCT (Dementia & Technology) collaborative partnership Project in NUI Galway. ECRF committee member, Rachel McCauley, talks to Wei about her work, which explores the use of technology in dementia care for older adults. Wei discusses novel ways in which the social health of older adults with dementia is being addressed and improved. Wei's recent research focuses on the use of pet robots in nursing homes, their effects on social health of older adults with dementia, and the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of this novel technology.
Find out more at https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co (https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co)
12 Apr 2022
Episode 08 – Gwen Stevenson: How art can support palliative care work
Gwen Stevenson is a freelance digital media artist working in socially engaged, interdisciplinary, community and health care art projects in Northern Ireland and beyond. In this podcast, she discusses her own work, and her collaboration with palliative care community project, The Heart of Living and Dying.
22 Dec 2021
Episode 07 - Dr Stacey Power Walsh: Preparing for a PhD viva during COVID-19
In this episode of the AIIHPC podcast, Rachel McCauley interviews Dr Stacey Power Walsh about writing up her PhD thesis ‘Experiences of pregnancy with major fetal anomalies’, and shares her experiences and advice on preparing for a PhD viva.
Stacey is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD. She is a registered Children’s and Intellectual Disability Nurse, and her background is in children's palliative and complex care in the community and hospice setting.
Duration: 19 minutes 55 seconds
Find out more at https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co (https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co)
1 Jun 2021
Episode 06 - Dr Karie Dennehy: Research into attitudes of clinical nurse specialists who provide children’s palliative care in the community
This episode of the ECRF Palliative Care Podcast features Dr Stacey Power Walsh chatting with Dr Karie Dennehy, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services, and Palliative Care Consultant in St James's Hospital. Karie speaks about her research into attitudes of clinical nurse specialists who provide children’s palliative care in the community.
Find out more at https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co (https://ecrf-palliative-care-podcast.pinecast.co)
1 Jun 2021
Episode 05 - Deirdre McKenna: Research into advanced care planning in Northern Ireland
Episode 5 - Deirdre McKenna
Dr Stacey Power Walsh chats with Deirdre McKenna, a social worker in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, about her research into advanced care planning (http://www.professionalpalliativehub.com/heart-living-and-dying-facilitators-guide-health-and-social-care-professionals).
1 Jun 2021
Episode 04 - Dr Marita Hennessy: Experience of a parent receiving palliative care
Episode 04 - Dr Marita Hennessy
Dr Stacey Power Walsh speaks with Dr Marita Hennessy, a postdoctoral researcher in INFANT Centre, in UCC, about her experience of her father receiving palliative care.
1 Jun 2021
Episode 03 - Dr Deirdre Kelleher: Experience of living with palliative care needs and the challenges of COVID-19
Episode 03 - Dr Deirdre Kelleher
Dr Stacey Power Walsh talks to Dr Deirdre Kelleher about her experience of living with palliative care needs and the challenges of COVID-19.
Sadly, Deirdre died shortly after making this podcast. We would really encourage you to listen to her words of wisdom on research and palliative care and we thank her for her generosity of spirit.
1 Jun 2021
Episode 2: Dr Mary Nevin: Experiences of providing end of life care to patients in their homes during Covid-19
Episode 02 - Dr Mary Nevin
Dr Mary Nevin is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University. During this episode, Mary reflects on her experiences of providing end of life care to patients in their homes during Covid-19. We hear of the challenges she faced during this time and how she overcame some of these challenges.
1 Jun 2021
Episode 01 - Claire Quinn: Experiences of supporting education and research in Palliative Care
Episode 01 - ‘Experiences of supporting education and research in Palliative Care’
Claire Quinn, lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, talks to Dr Stacey Power Walsh about her role in educating future specialist nurses in palliative care for both adults and children.
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