• Palliative care needs in Parkinson’s disease: focus on anticipatory grief in family carers 

  Fox, Siobhán; Azman, Atheerah; Timmons, Suzanne (AME Publishing Company, 2020-02)

  Methods: Family carers of people with moderate to advanced PD (Hoehn & Yahr stages 3-5) were invited to complete a survey, including demographic questions and three questionnaires: Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI); 16-item ...
• Accuracy of consumer-level and research-grade activity trackers in ambulatory settings in older adults 

  Tedesco, Salvatore; Sica, Marco; Ancillao, Andrea; Timmons, Suzanne; Barton, John; O'Flynn, Brendan (PLoS, 2019-05-21)

  Wrist-worn activity trackers have experienced a tremendous growth lately and studies on the accuracy of mainstream trackers used by older adults are needed. This study explores the performance of six trackers (Fitbit ...
• Screening for mild cognitive impairment: Comparison of "MCI Specific" screening instruments 

  O'Caoimh, Rónán; Timmons, Suzanne; Molloy, D. William (IOS Press, 2016-03-15)

  Background: Sensitive and specific instruments are required to screen for cognitive impairment (CI) in busy clinical practice. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is widely validated but few studies compare it to tests ...
• Multiple stakeholders' perspectives on respite service access for people with dementia and their carers 

  O'Shea, Emma; Timmons, Suzanne; O'Shea, Eamon; Irving, Kate (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Gerontological Society of America, 2019-07-12)

  Background and Objectives: People with dementia and carers do not always access respite services in a timely manner, or in some cases, at all. Although carers’ perspectives on respite access have been explored, other ...
• ‘Around the edges’: Using behaviour change techniques to characterise a multilevel implementation strategy for a fall prevention programme 

  McHugh, Sheena M.; Sinnott, C.; Racine, Emmy; Timmons, Suzanne; Byrne, M.; Kearney, Patricia M. (Biomed Central, Springer Nature, 2018-08-20)

  Background: Implementation strategies are needed to ensure that evidence-based healthcare interventions are adopted successfully. However, strategies are generally poorly described and those used in everyday practice are ...

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