Biography

Eileen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick. Prior to entering academia, Eileen worked as a Registered Nurse (Intellectual Disability), with people with intellectual disabilities and their families in a variety of contexts and settings. Eileen is a BSc. (Nursing Studies) graduate of the University of Limerick, a PG Dip. (Nurse Education) and MSc. (Advanced Nursing Studies) graduate of the University of Ulster and a Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) graduate of Trinity College, Dublin.Eileen's research interests focus on developing quality practices to implement evidence-based approaches and initiatives facilitating health and wellbeing of older adults especially those growing older with intellectual disabilities. Specific topic areas have focused on autonomy and assisted decision-making.

Research Interests

Eileen's research interests focus on explaining how humanistic, legalistic, psychological and sociological factors impact the health and wellbeing of adults, especially those growing older with intellectual disability. Specific topic areas have focused on person centred planning, autonomy, choice, control, informed consent, decision-making and inclusive research. Eileen has undertaken research studies to describe and analyse structures and processes of person centred planning utilised in residential service for people with intellectual disabilities and research inclusive of adults with intellectual disabilities, to explain daily realities for participants as they respond to issues of choice and control. Eileen has been involved in a national Leadership Programme for Nursing and Health Care Managers in Intellectual Disability Services educational and research project and is currently leading a national research project reviewing placement opportunities accessible to students undertaking a BSc Nursing (Intellectual Disability) degree programme in Ireland. Eileen is a member of the Ageing, Research and Intellectual Disability Group and the Health Research Institute at the University of Limerick.

Professional Activities

Committee

  • 2024 Healthy Ageing and Aged Care ,
  • 2023 Post Graduate Course Board ,
  • 2019 National Education Sub Committee Implementation Group Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland, The role of the group is to identify, guide and support the implementation of the education recommendations emanating from the report ‘Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland: Supporting people with an intellectual disability to live ordinary lives in ordinary places' with the ongoing development of the nursing profession in Intellectual Disability in Ireland.
  • 2018 Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee , The Research Ethics Committee is charged by the University to consider the ethics of proposed research projects which will involve human subjects and to agree or not, as is the case, as to whether the projected research is ethical.
  • 2015 Undergraduate Course Board , Review the implementation of undergraduate programme

Education

  • 2016 Trinity College Dublin - PhD

Employment

  • University of Limerick - Lecturer

Association

  • Member, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
  • Member, Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing Academic Network (LIDNAN)
  • Member, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities IASSIDD

Peer Reviewed Journals

Books

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Book Chapters

2019

Chapter 14 Informed Consent

Carey, E. and Ryan, R. (2019) Chapter 14 Informed Consent . Baton Rouge, LA, USA : Springer Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice :221-245

Edited Books

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Other Journals

Conference Publications

Conference Contributions

Published Reports

2021

Report on the design, management, and evaluation of a Clinical Leadership Programme for Persons in Charge (PIC) from Intellectual Disability Support Services for Adults and Children in the Republic of Ireland

Doody, O., Carey, E., Ryan, R., O Halloran, M. (2021) Report on the design, management, and evaluation of a Clinical Leadership Programme for Persons in Charge (PIC) from Intellectual Disability Support Services for Adults and Children in the Republic of Ireland. Limerick : University of Limerick and National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, HSE

Editorials

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Other Publications