QUALITY HEALTHCARE: Tomorrow is the closing date for entries to the first National Quality in Healthcare awards.
Awards will be presented by the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare in five categories at its 10 th annual conference in September. The categories are innovations in the quality of patient safety; improving the quality of the patient journey; use of information tools; the promotion of patient participation in healthcare; and health service staff development. See www.isqsh.ie for more details.
REALITY THERAPY: Mental Health not Mental Illness is the theme of the third European Reality Therapy convention from July 6th-9th at the William Glasser Institute of Ireland at University College Dublin. The founder of reality therapy, psychiatrist Dr Glasser, will address the convention, drawing material from his most recent book, Warning: Psychiatry can be hazardous to your mental health. Booking on tel: 041-9887564 and www.wgii.ie
AGE DISCRIMINATION: Ageism is the least recognised yet most pervasive form of discrimination, according to Age and Opportunity, the charity which works to challenge attitudes of older people and promote participation.
Facilitators trained by Age and Opportunity run free half-day age equality workshops for organisations that make policy or provide services.
See www.olderinireland.ie for more details or tel: 01 8057709.
BONE UP ON OSTEOPOROSIS: A new website, www.breakingpoint.ie, highlights osteoporosis risk factors and offers information on this potentially disabling disease which affects one in three women and one in five men over 50.
The website features signs and symptoms of osteoporosis, preventative measures and lifestyle changes people can make to avoid the disease, and information on how osteoporosis can be diagnosed. The website is sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme Ireland (Human Health) Ltd.
Lifelines is compiled by Sylvia Thompson