Dr. Kieran Walsh kieran.walsh@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 353 91 495460 Location: Room 331, Cairnes Building, NUI Galway

 

Dr Kieran Walsh completed his PhD in 2004 on “The Effects of Nursing Home Institutionalisation on the Cognitive, Sensory and Sensorimotor Abilities of Low Dependency Older Adults” at the University of Limerick (UL). After completing a lecturing contract at UL, Kieran took a position as Senior Researcher in the Health Promotion Research Centre in NUI Galway, where he worked on the cross-national Health Behavior in School Aged Children project. Since joining ICSG in April 2006 as Research Officer, Kieran has worked on a variety of research projects in the areas of environmental gerontology and infrastructures of care. These have included studies on older adult community and voluntary activity, the impact of assistive technology on the lives of older people and the interaction between elements of place, technology and community. Kieran is currently responsible for coordinating the Irish field research in the ‘role of migrant health and social care workers in ageing societies’ research project. This project is a cross-national collaborative study involving the ICSG, the University of Oxford (UK), Georgetown University (US) and Ottawa University (Canada).

Kieran also teaches on the Diploma in Social Gerontology, which is run by the ICSG.

Current research interests include: older adult ability functioning and decline, older person-environment congruency with respect to institutional and community settings, intergenerational relationships and the interaction between migratory and ageing processes for older adult well-being.

Selected Publications

Walsh, K. Waldmann, T. (2008). The influence of nursing home residency on the capacities of low-dependency older adults. Ageing & Mental Health. 12, 528-535.

Walsh, K. and O'Shea, E. (2008) Responding to Rural Social Care Needs: Older People Empowering Themselves, Others and Their Community. Health and Place. 14;795-803.

Walsh, K. and O'Shea, E. (2008) Voluntary Care for Older People: Policy and Practice Concerns. Administration. 55;137-158.