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@MakingHayKaren
Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health | Co-Founder Lewy Body Ireland | Founder Making Hay Theatre | Volunteer NearFM Radio | My own views

Wonderful achievement Kevin, we are all so proud of you💕


@LizK1988 Honestly folks, im usually a quite smiley person






Quite a gathering of #AtlanticFellows @GBHI_Fellows community at #AAICSatellite! Thanks to all participants, presenters, supporters & our beautiful host city, Cape Town. We are inspired by the amazing efforts underway to advance Alzheimer’s & other dementia research in Africa 👋





Sun is shining for the @alzassociation & @GBHI_Fellows conference in Cape Town! ☀️🇿🇦 Emerging dementia research in Africa & beyond #AAICSatellite @atlanticfellows 👉alz.org/satellite-symp…

So delighted that @RTESunMisc has chosen a piece I wrote for @CreativeBrainWk. I will read The Sound of Dementia on Sunday morning @RTERadio1Music @FMNchoir might make an appearance @GBHI_Fellows @Pat_Shortt @ourpatrick @JayashreeDasgu2 @ProfLawlor @karenmeenan3 @RTECeiliHouse




Thrilled to host this amazing event in @DLR_Libraries @dlrcc @dlrLexIcon with @debs_castro @HopeGrainne @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows @NeurologyTCD @TCINeuroscience #dementia #inclusive #creative #artists

In this GBHI perspective, #AtlanticFellows @karenmeenan3 tells us about a series of talks & workshops she curated that explored how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. @DLR_Libraries @creativeirl Learn more👉 bit.ly/3t6wj8g

We are delighted to welcome @CalumAHamilton to Tea-Time with Lewy today at 4pm GMT. Please join @didemoz_12 @naomi20404758 @KevinQuaid3 @helenaquaid1 @jc_cannon13 @LewyBodyIRL @lewybodyint @LewyBodyLab @lewybodyny @lbsorg to learn more about living with Lewy body dementia

It’s official I am now a Doctor of Philosophy,thanks so much to everyone who helped me reach today



Can't wait for the 5th & final creative brainwaves workshop tonight. Huge thanks all my guests @KevinQuaid3 @helenaquaid1 @RoisinTherapy @AgustinMIbanez @ProfLawlor @ihrobertson @mikehanrahan46 @NorahCWalsh @HCarolinehyland @VannesteS @Anusha_YMohan19 @DLR_Libraries @creativeirl





Wk5: Creative Brainwaves is in @dlrLexIcon today. A fantastic programme that examines the connection between creativity and brain health. Today we have @GBHI_Fellows @karenmeenan3 Dr. Anne Marie Glynn, poet Tony Curtis, artist, Caroline Hyland. Look out for talks on our podcasts.

Another fab morning in @dlrLexIcon Huge thanks @Anusha_YMohan19 for the 'Ear Dance' (!) to @VannesteS for a great talk #tinnitus #hearingloss & Olwyn Lyons for scarf dancing for #parkinsons thanks @creativeirl @DLR_Libraries @AgeFriendlydlr @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows


I’m thrilled & honoured to host this 5-week series in @dlrcc @DLR_Libraries with @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows @ProfLawlor @mikehanrahan46 @NorahCWalsh huge thanks @creativeirl @DunLaoghaireTn @AgeFriendlyIrl @AgeFriendlydlr all welcome #dementia #inclusive #creative #arts

Amazing song and an honour to sing with you at The Mansion House @LordMayorDublin @mikehanrahan46 @FMNchoir @DeirdreHeney @DubCityCouncil @NorahCWalsh @Lime_Light_Comm



Listen Again as George Mulcahy was joined by @nearfm 90.3 Producer, Researcher and Presenter @karenmeenan3 & chatted about 2 forthcoming events helping to raise awareness for those diagnosed with Dementia and the sterling work of the Forget Me Nots Choir nearfm.ie/podcast/lifeli…

What will you do this week? You still have 7 days to apply for a year-long fellowship with @GBHI_Fellows If you are passionate about #brain #health & want to learn more about #dementia to improve the lives of those living with brain #diseases Apply now gbhi.org/apply

Thanks to @DubCityCouncil’s #WomensCommittee for supporting this initiative to acknowledge carers of loved ones living with #dementia. Carers of loved ones living with this disease are the silent #heroes of our society and we want need to acknowledge their work in our community.


