Spring 2011 newsletter
Welcome to the Spring 2011 edition of the TRIL newsletter. These newsletters will keep you informed of the latest news and developments at the TRIL Centre.
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Dear Diary in March/April Engineers Journal
‘Dial-a-doctor – how a phone call may help detect cognitive decline’ describing the 'Dear Diary' technology TRIL has developed over the last 4 years feature in Engineers Ireland March-April 2011 journal. An unabridged version of the article, 'A simple telephone call could one day help detect cognitive decline', is available on the TRIL website. Read the full article
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Technology Feature: Stepping Stones
Research has shown that regular and ongoing participation in physical exercise can provide significant health benefits, particularly for maintaining physical and mental health later in life. Stepping Stones is an exercise programme, developed by TRIL researchers, designed specifically to be carried out in short, regular intervals. Read more
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TRIL Special Award winners at the 2011 BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition
Congratulations to Roisin Dunbar & Chloe Reid from F.C.J. Secondary School, Bunclody, Co Wexford on winning the TRIL Special Award at BT Young Scientist Exhibition 13-15th January 2011. Read more
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Recent TRIL Publications
Estimation of minimum ground clearance (MGC) using body-worn inertial sensors, McGrath, D, Greene BR, Walsh, C, Caulfield, B.
Is inefficient multisensory processing associated with falls in older people? Setti A, Burke KE, Kenny RA, Newell FN.
Seasonal variation of serum vitamin D and the effect of vitamin D supplementation in Irish community-dwelling older people, Romero-Ortuno, R, Cogan, L, Browne, J, Healy, M, Casey, MC, Cunningham, C, Walsh, JB, Kenny, RA.
Fear of Falling and Older Adult Peer Production of Audio-Visual Discussion Material, Bailey, C, King, K, Dromey, B, Wynne, C.
Recruiting and retaining older persons within a home-based pilot study using movement sensors, Bailey, C, Buckley, V.
Perceptions, Preferences and Acceptance of ICT in Older Adult Community Care: a case-study and ranked care programme analysis, Walsh, K, Callan A.
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Researcher profile: Dr Áine Ní Mhaoláin, TRIL Clinic Doctor
Dr Áine Ní Mhaoláin is the TRIL Clinic Doctor, based in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. Áine is a clinical research fellow in old age psychiatry, with an interest in falls and frailty as part of the ageing process, and its link to cognitive changes. She
graduated from UCD in 2004 and is a member of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland. Áine completed basic specialist training in Psychiatry on the Mater/UCD rotational psychiatry programme between 2005 and 2008. She obtained a position as Research Fellow and Honorary Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry in the Mercer’s Institute for Research in Ageing in 2008 and spent 18 months working in the area of cognition and dementia within the Memory Clinic, a specialised service for people with memory loss, before joining the TRIL project in March 2009. She is currently pursuing a PhD project on Frailty in Alzheimer’s Disease, the impact on caregivers and care-recipients. She has completed post-graduate diplomas in both Health Economics and Health-Services Management and is undertaking a Masters in Healthcare Management. Her research interests include cognitive impairment,
depression in later life, dementia caregiving, frailty and quality of life for older people. Áine has published articles in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, the Psychiatric Bulletin and the Irish Journal of Medical Science.
Dr Áine Ní Mhaoláin's publications
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Other news
View excerpts from RTÉ's The End of Ageing documentary narrated by TRIL's Prof Rose Anne Kenny.
TRIL research and technology at European Research and Innovation Conference (ERIC) 2010
TRIL Scholar wins first prize at AAL Forum 2010
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Dates for your diary
8th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference**, NUI Galway, 4th April
7th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) European Regional Congress**, Bologna, Italy, 14-17 April
Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society, Bethesda, Maryland, 26-29 April
5th International IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 27 April - 1 May
British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Glasgow, 4-6 May
British Geriatrics Society Spring Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, 4-6 MAy
CHI2011**, Vancouver, B.C., 7-12 May
The 16th IASTED conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI2011), Washington D.C., 16-18 May
The 5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologie for Healthcare**, Dublin, 23-25 May
Body Sensor Networks, Dallas, Texas, 23-25 May
International Conference for Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement**, Glasgow, 24-27 May
**TRIL will have posters and presentations at these conferences
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In the next edition
Read how TRIL researchers are using technology to improve diagnosis of deficits in combining sensory information during ageing – and how this could impact the incidence of falls in older people.
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About TRIL
The TRIL (Technology Research for Independent Living) Centre is an international research centre set up to define and profile the ageing process, in order to develop technologies to allow more successful ageing. Founded in 2007, it has succeeded in raising the agenda for ageing research both nationally and internationally. The TRIL Centre seeks to enable people to live independently at any age by advancing the understanding of behavioural markers of disease, and how technology can be applied to produce positive interventions.
The TRIL Centre is a collaboration between Intel, GE Healthcare, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
w: www.trilcentre.org e: info@trilcentre.org
tel: (+353) 1 716 5306
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