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Founder and Director
Dr. Kathleen McLoughlin
With more than 25 years’ experience working in the health and social care sector, Kathleen had demonstrated her ability to lead, collaborate and drive change. A psychologist, academic, entrepreneur and former charity CEO, Kathleen has won national and international awards for her work. She was named 2014 CMG Irish Healthcare Person of the Year, 2015 European Association of Palliative Care Early Researcher of the Year and also served as an expert advisor to HIQA. Kathleen is a skilled, experienced mixed methods, pragmatic researcher with exceptional facilitation and communication skills. Often described as a ‘can-do’ person, Kathleen has a unique ability to quickly understand what is required, formulate solutions and distil information. She has a strong interest in using tech to engage and connect and an eye for detail. A strategist, with strong project and people management expertise, Kathleen has secured more than €1.5m external funding for new service development initiatives in recent years.
Qualifications
PhD Psychology
Alt MBA
BA (Hons) Psychology
Advanced Communication Skills Trainer
SPSS
Logistic Regression
Advanced Questionnaire Design and Analysis
Cochrane Review Trained
Designated Safeguarding Officer
Awards & Professional Bodies
2014 Irish Healthcare Person of the Year
2015 European Association of Palliative Care Early Researcher of the Year
2020 Vice President Research - Eurocarers
Significant Achievements
2021 Scholarship participant – AltMBA (commencing July 2021)
2021 Dare to LeadTM Practitioner Certified – Helen Sanderson Associates
2021 Trained in Positive, Productive & Tactical Meetings – Helen Sanderson Associates
2020 Elected Vice President Research – Eurocarers
2017 Cochrane Systematic Review Training
2005-2021 Secured more than €1,500,000 in external funding for new service initiatives. Full details available. 2008-2017 Guest lecturer on 7 under/postgraduate health and social care programmes in Universities.
2017 Chairperson of Psychological Society of Ireland’s SIG on Death, Dying and Bereavement.
2017 and 2013 Brought 2 international conferences to Ireland and managed their delivery.
2015-2017 Irish Representative for Public Health and Palliative Care International.
2015 European Association of Palliative Care Researcher of the Year.
2015-2017 Member of the Roscrea Age Friendly Steering Committee.
2014 CMG Irish Healthcare Person of the Year.
2013-4 Expert Advisor to HIQA for focused themed inspections in nursing homes across Ireland.
Book Chapters
McLoughlin, K. and Rhatigan, J. (2015). Join Bill United! Compassionate Communities in Ireland in Wegleitner, K., Heimerl, K., & Kellehear, A. (Eds.). Compassionate communities: case studies from Britain and Europe. Routledge. (Invited chapter).
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2012). Unsettling assumptions around death, dying and palliative care. Chapter in Fook, J. and Gardener, F. Using critical reflection: Scientific applications in health and social care settings.
Systematic Reviews
Coffey, A., Savage, E., Leahy-Warren, P., Mulcahy, H., Wills, T., McCarthy, V., Fehin, P., O’Doibhin, D., McLoughlin, K., Benefield, L. E., O’Sullivan, B. and Hegarty, J. (2017). Systematic literature review and national focus groups to support the development of a strategic vision and educational framework for Gerontological Nursing. Dublin: HSE.
McLoughlin, K., Foley, T., Boyle, S., Jennings, A., Thackeray, K., Fitzgerald, S., Coffey, A., Collins, C., Lynch, M., de Siun, A. and Ford, E. (2016). Audit and diagnostic coding of dementia in general practice: a rapid knowledge synthesis. PROSPERO CRD42016054063 Available from http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42016054063
Coffey, A., Hegarty, J., Wills, T., McCarthy, V and McLoughlin, K. (2016). Leadership development needs of Directors of Nursing in Older Peoples Nursing Services. Based on a survey completed by the National Leadership & Innovation Centre (NLIC). UCC.
Leahy-Warren, P., Mulcahy, H., McLoughlin, K., Kelly, M., Phelan, A., Savage, E., Benefield, L., Bradley, C., Coffey, A., Donohoe,, A., Fitzgerald, S., Frawley, T., Healy, M., Meagher, C., McCarthy, B., O’Connell, R., O’Mahony, A., Paul,, G., Stokes, D., Walsh, J. and Healy, L. (2016). An Evidence Review on Current Models of Registered Nursing and Midwifery Practice in the Community to Inform Policy Development.
Department of Health; Dublin.
McLoughlin, K., Furlong, M., McGilloway, S., Rhatigan, J. and Callinan, J. (2015). Title registration form – Campbell Collaboration Systematic Review – Community-led practical and/or support interventions for adults living at home with palliative and end of life care needs.
Hegarty, J., Savage, E., Cornally, N., Flynn, M., Henn, P., Byrne, S., McLoughlin, K. and Fitzgerald,
S. (2015). A systematic literature review to support a framework for the development of standards for clinical practice guidance. Commissioned by and submitted to the Department of Health.
National Strategy
McEvoy, R., McLoughlin, K and Bulger, J. (2008). The national strategy for service user involvement in the Irish Health Service. HSE; Ireland.
Site Content
Commissioned Reports
Mc Loughlin, K. (2018) Enhancing adult bereavement care across Ireland: A study. Dublin: The Irish Hospice Foundation.
McLoughlin, K. (2017). Have Your Say. Results from the national survey. IHF.
Mulligan, C., McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2016). Retrospective evaluation of Milford Care Centre’s Advanced Communication Skills Programme. Unpublished report funded via HRB Summer Studentship.
McLoughlin, K. (2014). Hearing the Voice of Bereaved Relatives. IHF.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Milford Care Centre’s Compassionate Communities Programme: An Evaluation. MCC: Limerick.
McLoughlin, K. (2012). Establishing a Childhood Bereavement Network in Ireland: A Scoping Study. IHF: Dublin. http://hospicefoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Irish-Childhood-Bereavement-Network-supporting-those-working-with-grieving-children-and-young-people.pdf
National Guidance Documents
McCarthy, J., Campbell, L., Dalton-O'Connor, C., Andrews, T. and McLoughlin, K. (2016). Palliative Care for the Person with Dementia. Guidance Document 6: Ethical Decision Making in End-of-Life Care and the Person with Dementia. Dublin: Irish Hospice Foundation.
Cornally, N., McLoughlin, K., Coffey, A., Weathers, E., Buckley, C., Mannix, M., Browne, J., Molloy, D.W. and Timmons, S. (2016). Palliative Care for the Person with Dementia Guidance Document 5: Pain Assessment and Management. Dublin: Irish Hospice Foundation.
Hartigan, I., Robinson, S., O'Sullivan, M., McLoughlin, K., Gallagher, P. and Timmons, S. (2016). Palliative Care for the Person with Dementia. Guidance Document 4: Management of Hydration and Nutrition. Dublin: Irish Hospice Foundation.
Lehane, E. McLoughlin, K., Mannix, M., O’ Caoimh, R., Hickey, M. McCague, P.,Coffey, A. and Gallagher, P. (2016). Palliative Care for the Person with Dementia Guidance Document 7: Medication and Dementia – Palliative Assessment and Management. Dublin: Irish Hospice Foundation.
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Sinnott, C., Foley, T., Horgan, L., McLoughlin, K., Sheehan, C. and Bradley, C., 2019. Shifting gears versus sudden stops: qualitative study of consultations about driving in patients with cognitive impairment. BMJ Open, 9(8), p.e024452.
Jennings, A., McLoughlin, K., Boyle, S., Thackeray, K., Quinn, A., O’Sullivan, T. and Foley, T., 2019. Development and evaluation of a primary care interprofessional education intervention to support people with dementia. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 33(5), pp.579-582.
McLoughlin, K., Pope, L., Walsh, E., Jennings, A. and Foley, T., 2018. The MRCGP Clinical Skills Assessment: an integrative review of evidence. Education for Primary Care, pp.1-7.
Sinnott, C., Foley, T., Forsyth, J., McLoughlin, K., Horgan, L. and Bradley, C.P., 2018. Consultations on driving in people with cognitive impairment in primary care: A scoping review of the evidence. PLoS one, 13(10), p.e0205580.
Flores, S.L., Molina, E.H., Díez, F.D., Moralo, M.J.R., Rodríguez, C.C., McLoughlin, K., Abel, J., Garcia, T.J., Díaz, M.Á.L., Lara, I.T. and Guerra-Martín, M.D., 2018. Development and Management of Networks of Care at the End of Life (the REDCUIDA Intervention): Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 7(10).
Foley, T., McLoughlin, K., Walsh, E.K., Leggett, P., O'Reilly, M., Owens, M. and Jennings, A.A., 2018. The candidate perspective of the clinical competency test (CCT) of the MICGP examination: a mixed- methods study. BJGP open, 2(3), p.bjgpopen18X101605.
Leahy-Warren, P., Mulcahy, H., Benefield, L., Bradley, C., Coffey, A., Donohoe, A., Fitzgerald, S., Frawley, T., Healy, E., Healy, M., Kelly, M., McCarthy, B., McLoughlin, K., Meagher, C., O’Connell, R., O’Mahony, A., Paul, G., Phelan, A., Stokes, D., Walsh, J. and Savage, E. (2017). Conceptualising a model to guide nursing and midwifery in the community guided by an evidence review. BMC Nursing, 16(1), p.35.
McLoughlin, K. and Collins, C. (2017). Why not audit something dementia related? FORUM. ICGP Members Publication.
Cornally, N., Coffey, A., Daly, E., McGlade, C., Weathers, E., O’Herlihy, E., O’Caoimh, R., McLoughlin, K., Svendrovski, A. and Molloy, W. (2016). Measuring staff perception of end-of-life experience of older adults in long-term care. Applied Nursing Research, 30, pp.245-251.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., McGilloway, S., Kellehear, A., Lucey, M., Twomey, F., Conroy, M., Herrera-Molina, E., Kumar, S., Furlong, M. and Callinan, J. (2015). INSPIRE (INvestigating Social and PractIcal suppoRts at the End of life): Pilot randomised trial of a community social and practical support intervention for adults with life-limiting illness. BMC palliative care, 14(1), p.65.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., McGilloway, S., Keevey, A., Richardson, M and Lloyd, R. (2015). Walls, Wisdom, Worries and Wishes: Engaging Communities in Discussion About Death, Dying, Loss and Care Using Café Conversation. Invited submission to special edition of Progress in Palliative Care. Online First.
McLoughlin, K. (2015). EAPC Early Researcher Award 2015 – reflections on winning. Article in European Journal of Palliative Care 22(5):253-256.
Callinan J, McLoughlin K, Rhatigan J, Richardson M (2013) Attitudes and experiences towards setting up a bibliotherapy service for the bereavement support service, National Institute for Health Sciences Research Bulletin, 6(4):53.
Bracken, B., McLoughlin, K., McGilloway, S., & McMahon, E. (2011). Use of dependency & prioritization tools by clinical nurse specialists in palliative care: an exploratory study. IJPN 17(12) pg. 599-606.
Bracken, M., McLoughlin, K., McGilloway, S. and McMahon, E. (2009). Measuring Patient Dependency for Clinical Nurse Specialists Working in Specialist Palliative Care in the Community. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 5 (1) p12-13.
Glynn, K., Trimble, B. and McLoughlin, K. (2009). Wound Care Practices and Procedures in a Health Care Facility - A Comparative Study. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 5(1) p14-16.
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2008) Tackling Barriers to Palliative Care - A Health Promoting Approach. National Institute of Health Sciences research Bulletin 4 (3) p14 – 16.
McLoughlin, K and McGilloway, S. (2008). Health Promotion in Palliative Care: Identifying and Responding to Attitudinal Barriers to Service Use. National institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin. Volume 4; 3; June 2008.
Purtill, E. and McLoughlin, K. (2003). Effectiveness of a commercial weight loss programme: 32 week follow up after a 9 week course. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 123, 12-19.
Hayes, B., Molloy1, K. and Canavan, A.G.M. (1998). “Does your computer depress you?” The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management. March 1998. Volume 15. Number 2.
Other Publications
McLoughlin, K. (2017) Audit and coding of dementia. FORUM – ICGP members magazine.
McCarthy, J., Keegan, O. and McLoughlin, K. (2016). Implementation and Evaluation of an End-of-Life Ethics Educational Intervention (EduEthics). University College Cork: Cork.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J. and McGilloway, S. (2015). Compassionate Communities Volunteer Training Manual: Good Neighbour Partnership. Available via Milford Care Centre.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Death of a Goldfish: Social Experience or Medical Event? European Association of Palliative Care Blog. http://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/death-of-a- goldfish-social-experience-or- medical-event/
Murray, E. Foley, S. and McLoughlin (2013). Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland: What the Data Tells Us. IHF: Dublin. http://hospicefoundation.ie/wp- content/uploads/2013/06/Access- to-specialist-palliative-care-services-place-of-death-in-Ireland.pdf
Connaire, K., Cooley, M.C., Hayden, D., Larkin, P., Lynch, G., McDonnell, S., McLoughlin, K., Moore, A.M., Smullen, H., Sweeney, B., Ui Dhuibhir, P. (2011). A Resource Pack for End of Life Care Link and Associate Nurses: Pilot. Dublin: St. Francis Hospice.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J. and Richardson, M. (2010). Compassionate Communities: Living with Dying. Milford Care Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
McLoughlin, K. (2010). Advanced Communication Skills in Palliative Care: An Evaluation. Milford Care Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
Holmes, J., McLoughlin, K., Moran, S., Mulcahy, L., Whiriskey, C. and Wright, M. (2010). Evaluating the Effectiveness of the ‘Patients Own Drugs Scheme’ (PODS). Milford Care Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
McLoughlin, K. (2006). Assessment of smoking cessation programmes available in Europe. Written for the Irish HPH Network for the European Smoke Free Hospitals Network. Available on-line at : http://ensh.aphp.fr/IMG/pdf/Assessment_of_Smoking_Cessation_Training_Programs_in_Europe_REP ORT.pdf
McLoughlin, K. and Gunning, M. (2006). First European Directory of Smoking Cessation Training Courses. Written for the European Smoke Free Hopsitals Network. Available online at: http://ensh.aphp.fr/index.php?id_rubrique=10&id_article=617&langue=2
Croke, E. and McLoughlin, K. (2005). Attitudes of mental health nurses to promotion and management opportunities in the Midland Health Board. Health Service Executive, Midland Area. Ireland.
Cass, A., Hernon, C., McLoughlin, K., Lawlor, P.J., Robinson. M. (2002). Evaluation of a Weekend Out of Hours Community Mental Health Nursing Project: A Pilot Project One Year On. Health Service Executive Midland Area. Ireland.
Egan, J. and McLoughlin, K. (2002). An Evaluation of the Primary Care Counselling Pilot Project: Satisfaction with the Counselling Services Provided by Counsellors in Training. Health Service Executive Midland Area, Ireland.
Hayes, B., Molloy, K. and Canavan, A.G.M. (1998). Investigating the psychological effect of Tecno AO on VDU Users. Electromagnetic Biocompatibility at Workplace: protection principles, assessment and tests. Results of an EMF Protective Compensation Technology in Humans and Animals. Tecnolab.
1999.
Published Conference Abstracts
Boyle, S., Quinn, A., Thackeray, K., Mcloughlin, K., Jennings, A. and Foley, T., 2017. 223development and Evaluation of a Dementia Education Workshop for Primary Care Teams in Ireland. Age and Ageing, 46(Suppl_3), pp.iii13-iii59.
Mcloughlin, K., Horgan, L., Foley, T., Collins, C., Rock, B., Bradley, C. and Sinnott, C., 2017. 272 ‘it’s Tricky’. General Practitioners’(gps’) Experience of Talking to Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment about Fitness to Drive in Ireland. Age and Ageing, 46(Suppl_3), pp.iii13-iii59.
McLoughlin et al. (2016). The Development and Impact of a Training Programme for Volunteers Supporting People Living at Home with Advanced Life Limiting Illness: A Pilot Study. Palliat Med June 2016 vol. 30 no. 6.
McLoughlin et al. (2016). ‘There’s a Spring in her Step that Just Wasn’t there before’ The Experience of Volunteers Delivering an Intervention to Meet the Social and Practical Needs of People with Advanced Illness. Palliat Med June 2016 vol. 30 no. 6.
McLoughlin et al. (2016). ‘Death by Chocolate’: Engaging the Public in Discussion about End of Life through Community Café Conversation. Palliat Med June 2016 vol. 30 no. 6.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M., & Lloyd, R. (2015). OA38 From service delivery to community enablement: a public health approach to palliative care. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 5.
Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M., & McLoughlin, K. (2015). OA37 Compassionate classrooms: supporting teachers to support children living with grief and loss. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 5, A12-A12.
Lloyd, R., McLoughlin, K., McGloughlin, C., Macken, C., Richardson, M., & Rhatigan, J. (2015). OA39 Digging a hole… planting a seed… water it and watch it start to grow, grow, grow. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 5(Suppl 1), A12-A12.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., McGilloway, S., Callinan, J., Wright, M., Kellehear, A., … & Bailey, C. (2015). WA40 The good neighbour partnership: why do we need it? who is going to do it? how on earth are we going to evaluate it?. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 5(Suppl 1), A13-A13.
Richardson, M., Kennedy, N., Hoey, R., Rhatigan, J., Lloyd, R., & McLoughlin, K. (2015). OA41 How can we support people living with death, dying, loss and care using animation? Social workers reflect on the compassionate communities’ let’s talk’ films. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 5, A13-A13.
McLoughlin, K., McKeown, K., Bowen, M and Ryan, K. (2013). An Opportunity to Press the Pause Button: Audit and Review of End of Life Care. Irish Journal of Medical Science Volume 182 Supplement 6. DOI 10.1007/s11845-013-0985-z.
McLoughlin, K. (2010). Dying to talk: Unsettling assumptions toward research with patients at the end of life. Palliative and Supportive Care, 8 (3) p 371-375.
Callinan, J., McLoughlin, K. and McCarthy, P. (2010). Analysis of library associated information needs of staff in a specialist palliative and gerontological care centre in Mid-West Ireland. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 27 (4) p286-294.
McKay, E., Taylor, A., Armstrong, C., McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., McMahon, E., Conroy, M., Mainstone, P., Bailey, M., Gallagher, M.B. and Graham, M. (2010). Evaluating a ‘Hospice at Home’ Service – The Case of Milford Care Centre. National Institute for Health Sciences Bulletin 5(6) p16-17.
Media Coverage In Other Roles
What do Seville, Limerick and Bradford have in common? EAPC Blog July 2016.
Limerick first in line for Compassionate City status. Limerick Post. January 2016.
Pilot study assesses new model of palliative support in the community.
Dr. Kathleen McLoughlin From Ireland Wins EAPC Early Research Award
Researchers Learn From Limerick Care Model
Milford Community Project Awards Seed Grants
Justice Catherine McGuiness thanks the People of Limerick
Compassionate Communities addresses palliative care
Milford Care Centre brings communities together
Milford project gives bereaved in Limerick chance to deal with their loss
Conference Presentations
McLoughlin, K. (2021) Invited Plenary Moderator. Children’s Rights Policy Development in Europe. International Young Carers Conference, Brussels.
McLoughlin, K. (2020) Invited panelist discussing Future of Long Term Care at the European Social Network Conference Quality in Ageing and Care 2020.
McLoughlin, K., Foley, T., Horgan, L., Begley, E., Bradley, C. and Sinnott, C. (2017). Fitness to drive: An important, but often difficult conversation for GP's and people with mild cognitive impairment.
National Office for Traffic Medicine (NOTM) Health, Mobility and Road Safety Research Day, RCPI, Dublin.
McLoughlin, K., Foley, T., Horgan, L., Begley, E., Bradley, C. and Sinnott, C. (2017). Talking about fitness to drive in patients with cognitive impairment: Current approaches and possible improvement strategies for a general practice setting. AUDGPI Conference. Limerick.
McLoughlin, K. (2017). The INSPIRE Study (INvestigating Social and PractIcal suppoRts at End of life): The story so far…with an ending in General Practice? AUDGPI Conference, Limerick.
McLoughlin, K. (2017). Communication skills training for healthcare professionals in palliative and end-of-life care: What works and where to from here? INMED Conference, RCSI.
McLoughlin, K., Foley, T., Horgan, L., Begley, E., Bradley, C. and Sinnott, C. (2017). Talking about fitness to drive in patients with cognitive impairment: What works in a General Practice setting?
INMED, RSCI.
Mullingan, McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2017). A mixed methods retrospective evaluation of a hospice- led, continuing professional development, Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) programme in palliative and end of life care. INMED, RCSI.
McLoughlin, K. (2017). Making a Compassionate City Real. Care and Solidarity in our City – The International Compassionate City Movement Vienna, Austria. Hosted by Austrian Red Cross and IFF Vienna. Invited Keynote.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Compassionate Communities in Action. International Working Group on Death,
Dying and Bereavement. Scotland. Invited Evening Address.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). When Good Neighbours Become Good Friends. International Compassionate Cities Summit. Limerick, Ireland.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Be INSPIRED! Making a Difference: Measuring the Difference. Milford Hospice Conference. Invited Keynote.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Compassionate Communities. Norwegian Palliative Medicine Conference. Invited Plenary Address.
Mulligan, C., McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2016). Retrospective Evaluation of Milford Care Centre’s Advanced Communication Skills Programme. Psychological Society of Ireland 47th Annual PSI Conference.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Compassionate Communities and The Good Neighbour Partnership. SCEPAL, Seville. Invited Speaker
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Compassionate Communities and Hearing the Voice of the Bereaved Relatives. National Healthcare Assistants Conference. Marymount Hospice, Cork. Two Invited Plenary Sessions.
McLoughlin, K. (2016). Compassionate Communities: The Milford Model. Compassionate Communities Conference. Derry. Northern Ireland 18th February. Invited speaker.
McLoughlin, K. (2015). Hmmm…Compassion. The soft fluffy stuff? Beaumont Hospital End of Life Care
Conference, November 2015. Invited speaker.
McLoughlin, K. (2015). Milford Care Centre’s Compassionate Communities Model. Macmillan Policy Hack, Belfast. Invited speaker.
McLoughlin, K. (2015). Health promoting palliative care. Think Tank. Irish Hospice Foundation. Invited speaker.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., McGilloway, S. et al. (2015). The Good Neighbour Partnership: Why do we need it? Who is going to do it? How on earth are we going to evaluate it? One Hour Symposium Presentation. 4th Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Bristol, UK. May 13th 2015.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M., and Lloyd, R. (2015). From Service Delivery to Community Enablement: A Public Health Approach to Palliative Care. One-Hour Symposium Presentation. 4th Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Bristol, UK. May 13th 2015.
Richardson, R., Kennedy, N., Hoey, R., Rhatigan, J., Lloyd, R. and McLoughlin, K. (2015). How Can We Support People Living with Death, Dying, Loss and Care using animation? Social Workers reflect on the Compassionate Communities ‘Let’s Talk’ Films. 4th Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Bristol, UK. May 15th 2015.
Lloyd, R., McLoughlin, K., McGloughlin, C., Macken, C., Richardson, R., Rhatigan, J. (2015). Digging a hole…planting a seed…water it and watch it start to grow, grow, grow. 4th Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Bristol, UK. May 16th 2015.
Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M. and McLoughlin, K. (2015). Compassionate Classrooms: Supporting Teachers to Support Children Living with Grief and Loss. 4th Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Bristol, UK. May 14th 2015.
McLoughlin, K. (2015). My Contribution to Palliative Care Research. Plenary Speech in Receipt of the Early Researcher Award. European Association of Palliative Care. Copenhagen, Denmark. May 9th 2015.
McLoughlin, K. From Service Provision to Community Enablement: A Public Health Approach to Palliative Care. IAPC Annual Conference. November 2014.
McLoughlin, K. Changing Minds: End of Life Care for People with Dementia. Delivering Health and Care Services for an Ageing Population. CMG Event. June 2014.
McLoughlin, K. Audit and Review of End of Life Care for People with Dementia. IHF Conference, Limerick, March 2014. Invited speaker.
McLoughlin K. Audit and Review of End of Life Care in the Community. Invited speaker. Primary and Palliative Care Conference May 2014.
McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M., Macken, C. and McLoughlin, C. Compassionate Communities: Supporting People to Talk More Openly About Death, Dying, Loss and Care. IAPC, February 2014.
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. Identifying and changing attitudes toward palliative care: an exploratory study. IAPC, February 2014.
McLoughlin, K., Ryan, K., Lovegrove, M. and McKeown, K. Implementation of the National End of Life Care Audit and Review System: Lessons Learned. IAPC 2014.
McLoughlin, K. Promoting excellence in end of life care. Invited speaker for Nursing Homes Ireland Seminar and for HIQA focused themed inspection seminars x 2 February 2014.
McLoughlin, K. (Invited Speaker, Launch of Irish National Audit of Dementia). The Waiting Room: Promoting Hospice Friendly Hospital Principles in Acute and Residential Care. UCC January 2014.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Clinical Audits for Nursing Home Operators. National Nursing Home Development & Operations Conference 2013. Invited Speaker.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Reflections from the Goldfish Bowl. 3rd International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Invited Closing Address 26th April 2013.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Palliative Care? An Extra Piece of TLC That Will Be The Death of Me. 3rd International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference. Invited Keynote Address 26th April 2013.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). An opportunity to press the pause button: Piloting an audit and review system for end-of- life care. Poster at IAPC Conference Irish Society of Gerontology Scientific Meeting.
McLoughlin, K. (2013). Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care. HIQA Focused Themed Inspection Workshops for Residential Care Services for Older People. September 2013, Dublin and Cork. Invited Speaker.
Callinan J, McLoughlin K, Rhatigan J, Richardson M. (2013) Evaluation of a bibliotherapy service for bereavement support. Oral Presentation 3rd International Conference on Public Health and Palliative Care, Limerick, 25th-27th April 2013.
McLoughlin, K. (2012). Auditing and Reviewing End of Life Care. Clinical Audit 2012. Invited Speaker.
McLoughlin, K. (2012). Invited Speaker: Moving Points Conference. Health Promoting in palliative care: Join Bill United!
McLoughlin, K. (2012). Health Promoting Palliative Care: Alive & Well in Limerick. Presentation to the AIIHPC / OLH. February 2012.
McLoughlin, K. (2011). Join Bill United! Presentation at Forum on End of Life, Dublin.
Callinan, J., McLoughlin, K., Rhatigan, J. and Richardson, M. (2011). Attitudes and experiences towards setting up a biblotherapy service for the bereavement support service. Accepted for EAHIL Workshop: Active Learning and Research Partners in Health, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. July 5th – 8th 2011 (Oral).
Clifford, M., Rhatigan, J., Richardson, M., Moran S., Mulcahy, L., O' Neill, B. Sheridan, J., Mainstone, P., Conroy, M. and McLoughlin, K. (2011). How Can We Improve Formal Family Meetings? A Survey of Staff in Two Specialist Palliative Care Units. EAPC Congress, 19th May2011 (Oral).
Moran, S., Holmes, J., McLoughlin, K., Mulcahy, L., Whiriskey, C. and Wright, M. (2011). Evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘Patients Own Drugs Scheme’ (PODS) in a Specialist Palliative Care Unit. IAPC Education and Research Seminar. February 2011. Dublin: Ireland. (Oral).
Rhatigan, J, McLoughlin, K and Richardson, M. (2011). Developing a Health Promoting Palliative Care Approach: building on strong foundations. 2nd International Conference on Palliative Care & Public Health, 21st January 2011, Bangladesh. (Oral)
Richardson, M and McLoughlin, K. (2011). Cancer Tales. 2nd International Conference on Palliative Care & Public Health, 21st January 2011, Bangladesh. (Oral)
Quillinan, B., Bailey, M, McLoughlin, K. and Rhatigan, J. (2009). Cancer Tales - Communicating in Cancer Care: A Reflective Journey. 15th International Reflective Practice Conference, Comhrá, Transforming healthcare practice through reflective dialogue. 26th June 2009. University of Limerick, Ireland. (Oral)
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2009). Changing attitudes toward palliative care. Forum on end of life. 25th March 2009. Dublin, Ireland. (Oral).
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2008). "The Journey to End of Life Care: More than a Dead End", Science Speak Regional Final at NUI. Maynooth on April 4th 2008 (3rd Prize Winner - Oral).
Hughes, S., McLoughlin, K., and Macken, A. (2008). Implementing the recommendations from Clinical Audit Projects. Clinical Audit 2008, London (Oral).
McLoughlin, K. (2007). Working to improve palliative care and end of life care: Challenging the attitudes of health care professionals. IAPC Nursing Advisory Forum Biannual Seminar in Mullingar, Westmeath invited to speak on 28th September (Oral).
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway S. (2007). Working to improve palliative care and end of life care: Challenging the attitudes of health care professionals. EAPC, Budapest. 6th – 9th June 2007 (Poster).
McLoughlin, K and McGilloway, S. (2007). Just an extra bit of TLC? Exploring the attitudes of health professionals toward palliative care”. Psychology, Health and Medicine. April 13th 2007.
McLoughlin K and McGilloway, S. (2007). Investigating Irish Health Professionals Attitudes toward Palliative Care. Oscailt. Dublin. 11th – 12th April 2007. (Poster).
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2007). The attitudes of health professionals toward palliative care: an Irish perspective. IAPC Education and Research Seminar, Feb 1st 2007 (Oral).
McLoughlin, K. and McGilloway, S. (2006). The fear and stigma of palliative care: Personal Construct Psychology meets Health Promotion. PSI Annual Conference, Galway, Ireland (Oral).
McLoughlin, K. (2006). “European Code of Smoke Free Hospitals: Evaluating compliance and monitoring the progress of 9 European countries (10 regions) using a Self -Administered Audit Questionnaire”. 5th International Conference on Management and rehabilitation in Stressa, Italy 25th March 2006. (Invited Oral)
McLoughlin, K. (2005). “Implementation of Health Promoting Hospitals in Southern and Northern Ireland”. Summer School 2005 Evidence-Based HP in Hospitals, part of the European Health Promoting Hospitals Annual Conference. Dublin, Ireland (Invited Oral)
Purtill, E. and Molloy2, K. (2002). Effectiveness of a commercial weight loss programme. 32 week follow up after a 9-week course. 9th World Congress on Clinical Nutrition, London.
Martin, L., Whelan, C. and Molloy K. (2001). Audit of Care Pathways in Psychiatry of Later Life. National Health Promoting Hospitals Conference. September 2001. Galway, Ireland.
Molloy, K. and Ward, T. (1998). Investigating nurses constructs of dementia. 4th European Personal Construct Psychology Association Conference. 6th – 9th April, 1998. Chester, England.
Hayes, B., Molloy, K. and Canavan, A.G.M. (1998). Investigating the psychological effect of Tecno AO on VDU Users. Presented at NIR 99 the Annual NON-IONIZING RADIATION Conference – Living with it at work and in the environment – organised by Fachverband fur Strahlenschutz e.V. (FS). International Radiation Protection Association. 27th September – 1st October 1999. Cologne, Germany.
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