Alcohol Consumption & Brain Health in Older Adults Across the Island of Ireland.
Aims are to:
1. Characterise and compare alcohol consumption patterns in older adults in Ireland
2. Determine associations between alcohol patterns and cognitive function
An Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Training of Health Professionals and Carers.
Aim(s): To examine the impact of VR on the understanding of emotions, cognitions and behaviours for people living with dementia among health professionals and carers.
An Exploration of Personhood in Dementia in Formal Care in Ireland
This project examined personhood in dementia within formal care provision and relationships in Ireland. The concept of personhood within the context of formal care was examined through three different lenses: formal care policy, formal care settings and formal care relationships. Each lens provides different insights and perspectives into personhood in dementia and at both the macro and micro level of formal care provision. The central research question was: How is personhood in dementia conceptualised, expressed, facilitated and actualised in formal care in Ireland?
Analysis of tiRNA and tiRNA-protein Complexes and Development of tiRNAs as Therapeutics and Biomarkers in ALS and Epilepsy.
Project Aim(s): To perform a systematic analysis of tiRNA – protein complexes in ALS and Epilepsy models as well as samples from patients.
Applied Research Projects in Dementia: Towards Resilience in Family Caregiving for People with Dementia.
Project Aim(s): To develop and promote resilience in family carers of people with dementia.
Applied Research Projects in Dementia: Validation of the Profile for Communication Abilities in Dementia (P-CAD).
Project Aim(s): To validate a cognitive communication assessment for people with dementia.
Assessing Cognitive Communication Skills in Dementia: A Scoping Review.
Project Aim(s): To review published cognitive–communication assessments to determine what psychometrically sound assessments exist that are applicable to all people with dementia.
Assessing the support/service needs of people living with dementia and their care partners
We are conducting a survey and in-depth interviews to find out what are the support/service needs of people living with different types of dementia and their care partners, i.e. what services they have or would like access to/what resources would help to improve their quality of life.
Biological Resource Analysis to Identify New Mechanisms and Phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (BRAIN-MEND).
Project Aim(s): Our overall aim is to revise existing phenotypic classifications using pathways and network analyses to generate newer more biologically classifications based on causative mechanisms, potential new therapeutic drug targets and indications, treatment response profiles and clinical sub-phenotypes.