Addenbrookes (ACE III) as Gaeilge Comhghairdeas Aoife, Elaine JB @DSIDCDementia, ní fhaca mé go dtí seo. agus an fáth go bhfuil sé tábhachtach.... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Importance of different language versions of cognitive screening tests: Comparison of Irish and English versions of the MMSE in bilingual Irish patients

There have been few studies comparing the effects of giving both versions of a cognitive test to bilingual subjects. This study examined the test perf…

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www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Co-decision-making is the middle of the three new tiers of support in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. It's a new and challenging concept and the capacity test for assessors is complex. My take and personal views just out..

Our take on (sometimes surreptitious) monitoring cameras in residents' rooms: it is complicated, ethically and legally challenging and no panacea for poor care. imj.ie/in-room-surv...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Comment on implications of Egawa et al (Int Urol Nephrol (2025)) which found a severity-dependent association between dysphagia and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older patients.

Dysphagia, chronic kidney disease and the risks of thickened fluids - International Urology and Nephrology

International Urology and Nephrology -

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As I read some health policies/ guidelines “When you communicate clearly, people can see your ideas might be wrong or banal,” he says. “That’s scary. So jargon becomes a shield.”

Simon Kuper@simonkuper.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I have strong views on how to write. Here I bang on about them to the excellent @catherinedevries.bsky.social, for her series on writing, Etched in Marble. Huge thanks to Catherine for the opportunity catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Really powerful article from @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and colleagues about the abuse of older people through restraints. Focuses on Italy, Spain and Portugal but occurs much more widely undark.org/2025/07/25/e...

Coercive Care: Southern Europe’s Reliance on Elder Restraints

In parts of Europe, nursing homes use physical restraints on residents, citing safety. But experts warn of harm.

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Valid informed consent requires provision of accurate and balanced information, and that agreement is given freely by someone who knows they have a choice. This is true for use of modified texture diets (MTDs) in dysphagia as for other healthcare interventions

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Why risk feeding your children?

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Our take on thickened liquid and modified texture diet #challenges. Originally @ewidera.bsky.social - and still if used correctly - a valuable role in highlighting the impact of modified diets and encouraging staff to reflect on the appropriateness of their use

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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rdcu.be/ebsDM Just out. Featuring this drawing of his own hallucination by a talented patient: “shiny, silvery” “big, deep, dark eyes, like holes” “almost stretched mouth” “a bit unusual maybe but rather pretty and graceful”.

Here's a controversy I didn't know existed! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37888960/#:~....

2015 "nip this “reaching out” nonsense in the bud before it “becomes a thing”" www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/p... Alas hasn't worked: 3 emails already today. Stop it!!

Wonderful article, and sad also in how long effective dx and Tx were delayed. Iron not a panacea - but remember when considering it's not serum iron that counts but the stores - check ferritin/ trans sats www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I clock up to 20,000 steps a night: my life with restless legs syndrome

I spent years desperate for help and exhausted from lack of sleep. But the condition is badly misunderstood – even by doctors

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Delighted to see this published. Open access .. See rdcu.be/d4ST1. @tcddublin.bsky.social @dysphagiamatters.bsky.social

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Read this brilliant and terrifying truth-to-power piece by @doctoroxford.bsky.social The UK General Medical Council is unfit for purpose. #medsky #healthpolicy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Why Britain's doctors are in revolt

To save the NHS money, the General Medical Council has been pushing the use of physician associates in place of qualified doctors—and putting patients...

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Can’t stop thinking about this @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social column on the poor quality of sound on Spotify and what other reductions in quality that might become commonplace in the future:

We’re all suffering from qualitynesia now

Borne along on the tide of technology, it is far too easy to forget that some things really were better quality in the past

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Reviewing this. I couldn’t put it down. Piller has done a fantastic and diligent job detailing individual instances of fraudulent Alzheimer research, the resulting contamination of our field and the troubling complacency of research leaders about the problem. Landmark book that will make you angry.

A new and unwelcome shower! Typos not mine Dear [me], I found your paper on X insightful. I am curious, are you still conduciting any research in this area? I am editing a theme issue focused on Rehabilitation for the official journal of the European Society of Medicine, ...

A nice summary by @charlottehuff.bsky.social of what we know and don’t know about #Alzheimer’s blood based biomarkers and amyloid antibodies. immattersacp.org/archives/202...

Alzheimer's advances pose challenges

A new test and new treatments for Alzheimer's disease may offer patients hope but could also raise more questions than they answer, with careful balancing of risks and benefits required.

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Excellent thing Klaxon! Have only just found out that all 4 series of wonderful parody series “Documentary Now” with Bill Hader and Fred Armisen among others, is on ITVx, of all places. They are very brilliant, note perfect spoofs of legendary documentaries. Highly recommended.

Imminently out of date 'Ketchup Cheetos' are on special offer at my local Costcutter. You have to wonder how special the offer is. But not enough to ask. (Also, because I think it's worth noting, this is the the kind of whimsy I stopped posting on Twitter because even this nonsense got mullered.)

“The law, I’ve always thought, is rather like an eccentric aunt — formidable, notoriously unpredictable, and with a tendency to produce unexpected letters just when you thought everything was perfectly in order.”- #Wodehouse