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!

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

@bsgcarehomes.bsky.social Reflections on past present and future of care homes research - not one size fits all to improve care in care homes - need priority setting and service design with care homes - great message from @hdemcop.bsky.social #BSGcarehomes

Now we hear from our special guest speaker @hdemcop.bsky.social

Just about to start our AGM with special guest speaker @hdemcop.bsky.social #carehomes #research

. @crbrownwilson.bsky.social @laurajebrown.bsky.social @idurosaiye.bsky.social

What a start to #May - from #student to #mentor - so proud of @stephcraigrn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk #Congress25

So proud of my #PhD students presenting their research @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social joint #Doctoral #conference with UU - what a great day!!

A fantastic #CareHomes #conference @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social organised by @stephcraigrn.bsky.social and Gary Mitchell MBE - delighted to launch our #free #Dementia #Relationships resource- check it out 👉https://www.dementiarelationships.org.uk

Delighted to visit Fakeeh College of Medical Science in #Jeddah at the end of April to support #nursing #education- loved sharing our ideas on all things #Curriculum - a great partnership for @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

I don’t often do challenges but this year I’ve signed up for Miles in May for a local #Dementia charity I work closely with - #DementiaNI please support me 👇 dementiani.enthuse.com/pf/christine...

A great opportunity to #improve your #BrainHealth - with a #SeriousGame #CoDesigned with #Nursing #Students @ehendersonrn.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - 5 £20 vouchers to be won!! Play the game 👉 brainhealth.focusgames.com

A fantastic Day 2 #Codesign for #dementia #education and #training for a regional approach in #NorthernIreland @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ehendersonrn.bsky.social

So excited to see @stephcraigrn.bsky.social in a project led by Prof. Kevin Brazil, is in the #Netherlands for the 2025 General Assembly Consortium Meeting of the €7.5M @InTouchEU project. @GaryMitchellRN @DrJulieDoherty

A day of #Celebrations with #StaffexcellenceAwards @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social -proud to nominate colleague Gary Mitchell for outstanding #leadership in #nursing with @ehendersonrn.bsky.social @stephcraigrn.bsky.social

A great way to end the week celebrating our #nursing #students #achievements @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social with @ehendersonrn.bsky.social @stephcraigrn.bsky.social

Honoured to lead our #Regional #Codesign event for #Dementia #Education and #training hosted by @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - thanks to everyone who made the day such a success!! @ehendersonrn.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Lots of great comments from our 140+ symposium participants today about the benefits of introducing #music in all its forms to #care settings and mobilising the "musical expertise" of both residents and care staff to encourage and enable everybody's participation and engagement

Gary concludes with more key questions for us all:

Our latest @BSGcarehomessig online #symposium "Music in Care Homes" has just started with our fantastic speakers Prof Gary Ansdell (Care for Music project) and Douglas Noble (Music in Health, Live Music Now) #music #therapy #dementia

So excited for @bsgcarehomes.bsky.social #Spring online symposium with over 💯 participants for #Music in #CareHomes

Today #AgeingBites videos are like busses, you wait for one & two show up at once. 🚌 Our Ageing, Business & Society SIG hosted a virtual workshop, Big Bets, Bright Futures: Navigating Investment and Innovation Decisions in the UK Healthy Ageing Market. Check it out: youtu.be/eCys8KIOun8?...