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Privileged to watch my colleagues @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social receive their #NTFS awards from @advancehe.bsky.social in #Bristol - congratulations 🥂 to all the winners- celebrating educational innovation in HE!

World Alzheimer’s Day: Announcing the 2025 Dementia Trust Disruption Awards Winners The Dementia Trust is delighted to announce the 2025 disruption awards winners. Today, on World Alzheimer’s Day , we are proud to unveil the winners of the 2025 Dementia Trust Disruption Awards - ...

So excited - our #@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Dementia conference to start World Alzheimer’s month- @stephcraigrn.bsky.social is now ending it with an award from The Dementia Trust in partnership with Dementia NI -on World Alzheimer’s Day- dementiatrust.org/news-and-vie...

Residential Care Homes in Austria, Brazil and the United Kingdom - Care Homes Research Blog Over many years, we have had the privilege of visiting and working within a wide variety of residential care homes, referred to in some countries as long-term care institutions (LTCIs). Dr. Manuela Hö...

Read our latest SIG #blog post here: a fascinating exploration of commonalities and differences in how #residential homes are organised and how residents live in these settings across three countries: bsgsigcarehomesblog.co.uk/residential-... #carehomes #GCRF

Managing adversity: a cross-sectional exploration of resilience in social care - BMC Geriatrics Background The social care workforce in the United Kingdom plays a vital role in providing support services yet faces systemic challenges of lower priority and lack of resources. Resilience is crucial...

Delighted our paper on #resilience in #AdultSocialCare is published - thanks to our great team - @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social -Anita Mallon, Gary Mitchell and Derek McLaughlin - worth a read 👇

bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Nice, thank you. #bloodmoon

Dementia conference at Queen's - Caring for today, planning for tomorrow Subscribe NOW to Queen’s University Belfast: http://bit.ly/1Y24vux MORE from Queen’s University Belfast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/QUBelfast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QUBelfast Twitter: https://twitter.com/QUBelfast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qubelfast Study at Queen’s: View all courses: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/ Virtual Tour: https://virtualexperience.qub.ac.uk/welcome Queen’s University Belfast is a Russell Group university based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1845, we are the 9th oldest university in the UK and provide a world-class, research-led education to thousands of students from around the world each year. Based in the heart of Belfast, a vibrant UK capital city that is safe and easy to get around, and with excellent employment opportunities and support for your future career, Queen’s really is a place like no other. https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Why-Study-at-Queens/ http://qub.ac.uk/

So proud of @stephcraigrn.bsky.social in her journey from undergraduate to PhD and now academic - organising her 3rd Dementia Conference @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to kick off Dementia awareness month! Watch this video to see more 👇

Delighted to present our work on #SeriousGames in #dementia & #BrainHealth at our @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 3rd annual #dementiaconference organised by @stephcraigrn.bsky.social @garymitchell- thanks to @BBCNI and to our wonderful speakers from the island of Ireland!! An inspirational day!

Concluding 3rd #DementiaConference @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social afternoon theme of #Connections through community engagement with Sinead Devine &Eilish Brown @DEEDs Aisling Playford @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social understanding experience of people living with dementia in diagnosis,support & care

#Research making a difference for people living with #dementia
Deirdre Harkin addressing pain #DOTS Aoife Conway impacting dementia education @ulsteruni.bsky.social Jane Luega -exploring lived experience in literature @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Irene Harrington @ucc.ie value of pony therapy

Insightful presentations from Dementia NI in their engagement in governance- promoting member rights& engagement in PPI as carers with @dementiaireland.bsky.social Carmel and @QUBSONM Ashley Mcguiness @stephcraigrn.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #DementiaConference

Being seen - ‘I am still Helen’ - a powerful keynote on a journey of hope purpose and progress with Alzheimer’s from Dr. Helen Rochford-Brennan @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 3rd #DementiaConference
- support to scaffold independence, using digital tools &doing what you enjoy to live with purpose!

Great to see the inspiring work @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 3rd #DementiaConference by Dementia Service Leads Debbie Rainey and Ross Mawhinney @belfasttrust.bsky.social on #Art and #Therapeutic #gardens for people living with #Dementia- @stephcraigrn.bsky.social

Inspiring start for our 3rd annual @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Dementia #Conference organised by @stephcraigrn.bsky.social with our @QUBSONM Deputy Head- Prof. Michael Brown; Fionnuala Gallagher Dept of Health NI on improving #dementia care; @HarkinDeirdre on regional #DementiaEducation

ChatGPT 5 boasts it can function at PhD level, “ask me anything”. Spouse inputs the title of his own PhD, says please write me a PhD on this topic. ChatGPT5 immediately crashes. Recovers, then produces a page of articulate garbage citing plausible-sounding but incorrect sources.

Huge congratulations 🎉& so very proud of my colleague & friend @garymitchellrn.bsky.social awarded the prestigious @advancehe.bsky.social National Teaching Fellowship 2025 for Innovation, Mentorship, Collegiality and national influence @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 👉 ow.ly/nG9650WB9rF

A great #Pride picnic @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social organised by QUB Prism! Queer Chameleon making friends!! ( check them out on Instagram!)

We now have a LinkedIn group account - please connect with us there too! www.linkedin.com/groups/13330... @crbrownwilson.bsky.social @laurajebrown.bsky.social @idurosaiye.bsky.social

Writing impact case studies: a comparative study of high-scoring and low-scoring case studies from REF2014 - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Writing impact case studies: a comparative study of high-scoring and low-scoring case studies from REF2014

Writing an impact case study for the UK Research Excellence Framework? Make it easy to read (short sentences, no hard words), and oversimplify the causal links. (Don't shoot the messenger - not my circus).

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Low orange sunset through streaky pastel clouds and pale blue skies reflected over the sea and rocky beach

Low orange sunset through streaky pastel clouds and pale blue skies reflected over the sea and wet sandy beach

Low orange sunset through streaky pastel clouds and pale blue skies reflected over the sea and wet beach with Liz in the foreground

Pink afterglow of sunset through streaky pastel clouds and pale blue skies reflected over the wet sand, and through rocks and trees

Spectacular #sunset colours on Newborough's vast empty beach @photohour.bsky.social #NorthWales #YnysMôn ##YnysLlanddwyn

A proud moment watching Dr. @stephcraigrn.bsky.social at our #Nursing #Graduation @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social today - it’s been a privilege to be on this journey from undergrad to lecturer -Looking forward to seeing what the future brings @garymitchellrn.bsky.social @ehendersonrn.bsky.social

It’s been a great @britishgerontology.bsky.social #conference @uniofsurrey.bsky.social with @stephcraigrn.bsky.social on #DementiaFriendlyCommunities and Patrick Stark presenting on #oralhealth and from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @garymitchellrn.bsky.social

Great to hear the wonderful work from members of @bsgcarehomes.bsky.social at #BSGConf2025 @britishgerontology.bsky.social - - Anna Bryan- activities coordinators using music; Ahmed Khundakar on delirium in care homes; Isabelle Latham - implementing evidence based interventions (namaste care)

Amazing to see the breadth of #SIG foci at #BSG2025 and so much potential for inter-SIG collaboration!

If you didn't talk to us, you can join the #CreativeAgeing SIG here: britishgerontology.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Brilliant to meet up with @juliennemeyer.bsky.social at #BSGConf2025 - so interesting to hear the fabulous work from the Task force on older people’s housing.

. @idurosaiye.bsky.social @crbrownwilson.bsky.social @laurajebrown.bsky.social @bsgcreativeageing.bsky.social @bsgscotland.bsky.social @bsgtechagesig.bsky.social @bsg-era.bsky.social @bsgageismsig.bsky.social

Great to kick off the #BSGConf2025 with the #SIG marketplace @bsgcarehomes.bsky.social @bsgtechagesig.bsky.social @bsgcreativeageing.bsky.social

Great to see #PhD students from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social publishing #blogs on their work @garymitchellrn.bsky.social @stephcraigrn.bsky.social

Safeguarding LGBTQ+ Identities in Care Homes Research: Insights from the CIRCLE Project - Care Homes Research Blog Ensuring that care homes are safe, inclusive, and affirming spaces for people with dementia who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, or have other marginalised sexual orientations and gender iden...

Have you checked out our latest #blogs on our #carehomes #research blogsite? Read this one from Dáithí Clayton about why we need to include #LGBTQ+ #residents in research projects, with a focus on insights from the #CircleProject #socialjustice bsgsigcarehomesblog.co.uk/safeguarding...

Further findings from @hdemcop.bsky.social 's research about optimal #healthcare delivery in #carehomes #BSGcarehomes

Findings from @hdemcop.bsky.social 's research about optimal #healthcare delivery in #carehomes #BSGcarehomes