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Cocooning - Primary Issues & Considerations

Cocooning - Primary Issues & Considerations

FromBetween The Lines With Andrea Gilligan


Cocooning - Primary Issues & Considerations

FromBetween The Lines With Andrea Gilligan

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week's 'Between the Lines' programme, Andrea is joined by a number of experts to talk through the primary issues and considerations when it comes to cocooning.
Together they discuss the is main issues facing individuals currently cocooning either at home and in care homes, how people in nursing care facilities might best guard against contracting Covid-19, and what measures have been put in place thus far to enable healthcare professionals to adequately support those most at risk from the disease.

Patricia Rickard-Clarke, Chair of Safeguarding Ireland
Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland
Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Head of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin & Principal Investigator for TILDA, the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

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