St Patrick’s Mental Health Services will host our 2024 Founder’s Day conference on Friday, 22 November.
Founder’s Day is held to recognise and continue the legacy of our founder, Jonathan Swift, a pioneer in mental healthcare.
Communications Department email for queries - communications@stpatricks.ie
Website link: https://www.stpatricks.ie/media-centre/events/2024/november/founders-day-conference-older-adult-mental-health
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Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/founders-day-conference-unlocking-the-potential-of-later-life-tickets-1033695610397
Our 2024 Founder’s Day conference focuses on older adult mental health, and aims to share expert knowledge in this area and to create open dialogue on important issues such as proactive planning for mental health in later life, strategies to promote positive aging, and advocacy for older adults.
Founder’s Day brings together national and international researchers, clinicians, service users and more, and, as a major event in the Continuing Professional Development calendar in Ireland, is of particular relevance and interest to academics, healthcare professionals and clinicians.
The conference will take place online, beginning at 9.15am and closing at approximately 1.10pm.
Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Exeter, Ken Laidlaw, will be the keynote speaker of this event. Mary Butler TD, Minister for Mental Health and Older People, will deliver the conference’s opening address.
Other speakers joining us include:
· Dr Brian Lawlor, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry and Site Director of Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College, Dublin
· Helen Rochford Brennan, international dementia ambassador and a member of the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD)
· Dr Robert Briggs, Researcher on The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and Consultant Geriatrician in St James's Hospital
· Mary Murphy, Policy Analyst, Age Action Ireland
· Helen Fitzgerald, Assistant CEO, Sage Advocacy.
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