Public Epilepsy Meeting: The Young Adult with Epilepsy: Looking Forward to the Future

Public Epilepsy Meeting organised by Brainwave The Irish Epilepsy Association & the Royal College of  Physicians
Wednesday, March 10, 2010: 6:30 p.m.
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

To mark Brain Awareness Week 2010, Brainwave and The Royal College of Physicians have come together to organise a public meeting on epilepsy on Wednesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at RCPI, No 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

The meeting will specifically focus on the challenge young adults face in managing their condition as they move from adolescence to adulthood. Issues of particular include social stigma, educational and employment disadvantage, psychological and emotional issues, the inconvenience of frequent healthcare use and impaired quality of life. The meeting will provide information on how best young adults can control and manage epilepsy to live a full and health life, and discuss the social and psychological effects of epilepsy.

Programme
The programme will consist of four 15-minute presentations, followed by a 60-minute questions and answers session from the audience. The meeting will be chaired by well known broadcaster Sharon Ni Bheolain.

Speakers:

Dr Dan Costello, Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital

Ms Maire White, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Epilepsy, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Dr Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Ms. Emma Beamish, Brainwave member & Irish international

Q&A Session

Booking your place
The meeting is free and open to the public, but attendance is by ticket only. For more information on booking, call Brainwave at 01 4557500 or see http://www.epilepsy.ie/index.cfm/spKey/events.brainwave/spId/FFB61D14-05... or call
 
Webcast
The meeting will also be available as a live webcast. To register for the webcast, simply email college@rcpi.ie.