Research Podcasts

This page contains links to podcasts produced by AIIHPC Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN), Early Career Researcher Forum (ECRF) members, and other stakeholders. If you would like to share your experience, knowledge and/or research findings in palliative care via a podcast, please contact Marian Lovett, at mlovett@aiihpc.org.

Latest Research Podcasts

The use of opioid drugs in palliative care
Presenter: Dr Regina McQuillan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Francis Hospice;
Host: Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC, for Palliative Care Week 2022

September 2022

Pet robots: a new path for dementia care
Presenter: Wei Qi Koh, Occupational Therapist, Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellow, and PhD student
Host: Rachel McCauley, ECRF Committee

August 2022

How art can support palliative care work
Presenter: Gwen Stevenson, Artist on the Heart of Living and Dying project;
Host: Rachel McCauley, ECRF Committee

April 2022

Preparing for PhD viva during COVID-19
Presenter: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, Assistant Professor School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCD;
Host: Rachel McCauley, ECRF Committee

December 2021

Research into attitudes of clinical nurse specialists who provide children’s palliative care in the community
Presenter: Dr Karie Dennehy, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services and St James’s Hospital; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

June 2021

The heart of living and dying
Presenter: Deirdre McKenna, Southern Health and Social Care Trust; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

March 2021

A daughter’s experience of a parent receiving Palliative Care
Presenter: Dr Marita Hennessy, UCC;
Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

December 2020

Experience of living with palliative care needs and the challenges of COVID-19
Presenter: Dr Deirdre Kelleher, UCD; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

September 2020

Sadly, Deirdre died shortly after making this podcast. We would really like to encourage you to listen to her words of wisdom on research and palliative care and thank her for her generosity of spirit.

Experiences of providing end of life care to patients in their homes during Covid-19
Presenter: Dr Mary Nevin, DCU;
Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

September 2020

The heart of living and dying
Presenter: Deirdre McKenna, Southern Health and Social Care Trust; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

March 2021

Experiences of supporting education and research in Palliative Care
Presenter: Claire Quinn, NUIG; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

September 2020

Experiences of supporting education and research in Palliative Care
Presenter: Claire Quinn, NUIG; Host: Dr Stacey Power Walsh, ECRF Committee

September 2020

How palliative care is understood in older person residential care
Presenter: Dr Una Molloy, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, St Francis Hospice;
Host: Dr Karie Dennehy, ECRF Committee

May 2023

Carer Health and Wellbeing, Foyle Hospice
Presenter: Ann Marie Casey, Nurse Manager, Community Team, Foyle Hospice;
Host: Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC, for Palliative Care Week 2022

September 2022

What matters to you – pastoral care in palliative care
Presenter: Valerie Smith, Public Engagement Lead, Irish Hospice Foundation;
Host: Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC, for Palliative Care Week 2022

September 2022

Think ahead, the advance care plan
Presenter: Valerie Smith, Public Engagement Lead, Irish Hospice Foundation;
Host: Yvonne McCahill, Communications Manager, AIIHPC, for Palliative Care Week 2022

September 2022