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The Roscommon Frailty Intervention Team (RFIT) have received the President’s Award for the Best Poster Presentation at the annual conference of the Irish Gerontological Society as well as Best Platform Presentation at the British Geriatric Society (BGS) Autumn meeting in Glasgow.

Occupational therapist, Simone Ryan, is looking for individuals living with early-to-middle-stage dementia to take part in a research study. Simone is completing this research as part of her master’s degree in the University of Galway.

At the heart of Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s march to a third consecutive currentaccount.ie All-Ireland senior club championship title against Ballymacarbry at Croke Park earlier this month were three families that helped to make up a large chunk of their playing and managerial personnel.

Former Rose of Tralee Hannah Daly is on a mission to spread awareness about dyslexia, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder and other learning differences that neurodivergent people experience, in a world that doesn’t value them.

Former Rose of Tralee Hannah Daly is on a mission to spread awareness about dyslexia, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder and other learning differences that neurodivergent people experience, in a world that doesn’t value them.

Galway University Hospital (GUH), Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) and Community Healthcare West are implementing further initiatives this Winter to support hospital admission avoidance and promote patient flow across all acute and community healthcare facilities through an integrated approach.

Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) with support from the National Dementia Office launched ‘Seo Is Mise - This is Me’ in the hospital recently.

A new initiative aimed at dementia patients, which is designed to empower both them and their families to make effective decisions and choices regarding their future care, has been launched at Portiuncula University Hospital.

Older people and visitors stand to benefit just as much as those with disabilities if proper accessibility infrastructure is put in place to make Westport town fully accessible for all.

The Westport Chamber is the management organisation on-site within the Leeson Enterprise Centre (LEC), which housed its first entrepreneurs in 2017 and was officially opened in May 2018. Westport Chamber sponsor a Community Employment Scheme and Geraldine Horkan is the Community Employment Supervisor. As part of the CE remit, Geraldine, with the administrative support of CE participants, manages the Centre on behalf of the joint venture. Geraldine is one extremely busy lady. Surrounded by up-and-coming, established and expanding entrepreneurial businesses, she is centre-stage in a fired-up environment where development, growth, support, networking, success, setbacks and picking yourself up from setbacks - are the order of the day. Geraldine sees it as a privilege to share close quarters with the inspiring people behind the individual enterprises, as she gives the Mayo Advertiser just a flavour of the workings at the LEC.