The issue of older peoplein Ireland and what role they have to play will be the subject of the next Irish Times/Pfizer health forum which will be held in University College Cork (UCC) tomorrow week, June 29th, at 6.30pm.
Chaired by columnist Fintan O’Toole, the panel will include Kathleen Lynch, Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People; Eamon Timmins, head of advocacy and communications, Age Action Ireland; Dr Hilary Cronin, consultant geriatrician and medical director of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA); and Prof William Molloy, the centre for gerontology and rehabilitation, UCC. Admission is free, but you must register by e-mailing healthforums@ogilvy.com or by calling Orla Dormer on 01-6690030.
PhD students from UCCwill explain their work in layman's language at the UCC Doctoral Showcase today from 11am-6pm in the Devere Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn, UCC campus. All welcome.
Aisling Curtin, psychologist and director of ACT Now Ireland, will hold free mini-workshops on Thursday, 6.30pm-8.30pm in the Maldron Hotel, Smithfield, Dublin. The workshops are based on the mindfulness techniques used in the Acceptance and Commitment Training of ACT Now Ireland. To register for a workshop, e-mail yasmin@ actnowireland.com or call 086-3729467.
An international conference, Nurturing is at the Heart of Healing, takes place on Thursday in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin. Organised by the Catering Managers Association of Ireland, it will look at the role of food in the wellbeing and recovery of the hospital patient and in the community. See cmai.ie for details.
Pedal in the Parkis a celebration of cycling in the Phoenix Park on Sunday from noon to 6pm. It will include bike tours of the park, leisure cycles, cycle maintenance and tips. See bikeweek.ie and phoenixpark.ie.
The Western branch of the Coeliac Society of Ireland is hosting a summer barbecue and food fair on Sunday from 1pm-4.30pm in the Twelve Hotel, Bearna, Co Galway. Tel: 087-6206860.
