News & Events
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HD & Volunteering Week at Bloomfield
Many thanks to our amazing volunteers from the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) who came to Bloomfield during what was both National Volunteering Week and Huntington's Disease Awareness Week. The NTMA volunteers worked away (on a rare sunny day in Rathfarnham) to create a new Sensory Garden Area for all Bloomfield residents in our Wicklow Way courtyard. The new area includes...
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Happy Birthday, Bloomfield!
On March 16th 1812, the Bloomfield Retreat, as it was then known, welcomed the first patient through its doors. We marked this birthday in 2019 with a small celebration in memory of all the staff, volunteers and residents who have been part of the Bloomfield family over the last 207 years.
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Rehabilitation Symposium at Bloomfield
On the 1st February 2019, Bloomfield hosted a Rehabilitation Symposium - “Contemporary Rehabilitation Mental Health Services”, followed by a research session “Key Performance Indicators in Rehabilitation Mental Health Services”. The address was given by Professor Helen Killapsy from the Division of Psychiatry of the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College, London. The...
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Happy 100th Birthday, Desmond!
We recently celebrated the 100th birthday of Desmond Cunningham, one of our many beloved residents in New Lodge Nursing Home. In addition to receiving the best wishes of our President, Mr Michael D Higgins, Desmond was congratulated by all his friends and carers throughout Bloomfield and beyond. He is pictured here with his daughter, Geraldine (R), and Claudia Musca (L), Person-in-Charge of New...
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Bloomfield Remembrance Service
On Tuesday the 27th of November Bloomfield held a Remembrance Service to celebrate the lives of those residents, patients, staff and directors who passed away over the last few years. Many thanks to all the families and friends who joined us in honouring the memories of those we cared for. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís.
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ESB Fund supports new Bloomfield initiative
We are most grateful to the ESB Energy for Generations Fund who recently donated €10,000 to help fund Bloomfield’s planned Outreach & Support Service. Seen in the photo are Michael O’Connor and Tony Merriman presenting the cheque to Brendan Phelan of Bloomfield. This new Outreach service will make an enormous and positive impact, particularly for those with Huntington's Disease and Early...
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BBQ at Bloomfield draws the crowds
On Sunday 19th August, the weather-forecasters got it wrong thankfully because the sun shone in Rathfarnham. After a few years' absence, the Bloomfield BBQ was back! Over the course of the afternoon, musical entertainment was provided by Mikey Smyth, who played guitar and sang sing-a-long tunes for hours, to the delight of his audience. Magical entertainment was provided for children by...
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Catering team at Bloomfield awarded the Q Mark Awards
Well done to the Compass Catering team at Bloomfield, who were awarded the Q Mark Awards for quality and hygiene standards! The National Q Mark awards are widely recognised as the Oscars of Business Excellence – celebrating the success of businesses over various sectors, which are operating to best practice standards. These Q Marks are awarded by the Excellence Ireland Quality Association...
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Bloomfield sign new and expanded MoU with TCD
Bloomfield Health Services are pleased to announce that they have signed a new and expanded Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Trinity College Dublin. The new MOU further broadens Bloomfield’s commitment to education, teaching and research and recognises that Bloomfield is a designated clinical placement site for students of Trinity College Dublin in the disciplines of Medicine, Nursing,...
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National Brain Awareness Week
National Brain Awareness Week is an annual initiative co-ordinated by the NAI aimed at increasing public awareness of neurological conditions. National Brain Awareness Week occurred in 5th - 11th March 2018. During this week, the NAI conducted a social media campaign, to raise awareness of what it’s like to live with a neurological condition. People affected by neurological conditions...
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