RTÉ Today Show 2024
Watch our recent ‘Meet the Medical Expert’ features on RTÉ’s Today Show where the HSE’s National Dementia Services Clinical Lead, Dr Seán O’Dowd and Dr Rónán O'Caoimh, Consultant Geriatrician at MUH discuss the importance of social inclusion for people with dementia, changes we can all make to help reduce our risk of developing dementia and improve our brain health.
Radio Interviews 2024
We recently partnered with IRS local radio stations across Ireland. People with dementia, family members, carers and community champions spoke about their experiences, changes they see in the Irish dementia landscape and the things that make a difference to them in their local dementia inclusive community.
Community Champions 2023
Community Champions Get-Together May 2022
Brain Health Week 2022
As part of Brain Health week, the Today Show featured three segments on brain health and dementia.
Radio Interviews 2021
The Dementia: Understand Together campaign recently partnered with IRS local radio stations. Twenty interviews took place across ten stations with people living with dementia, carers and people working to support them.
South East Radio - Wexford Dementia Alliance
Wexford Dementia Alliance has published a new information leaflet on local dementia services.
Health Matters with Susan Mitchell
Health Editor Susan Mitchell is joined by Prof. Sean Kennelly, consultant geriatrician and the director of memory services at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin and Prof. Suzanne Timmons, consultant geriatrician and the clinical lead of the HSE's National Dementia Office
Community Champion Networking Event June 23rd 2021
National Partner Event 2020
The Dementia Understand Together in Communities team held a virtual partner event on July 8, 2020.
Dementia Champions' Virtual Meet-Up - September 2020
Radio Interviews 2020
The Dementia: Understand Together campaign partnered with IRS local radio stations in 2020. Twenty interviews took place across ten stations with people living with dementia, carers and people working to support them.
Learn Listen Link
Watch the “Learn Listen Link” video and find out more about dementia and the steps you can take as an individual, business/service provider and Community Champion to make your community dementia inclusive.