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    • Facets of social innovation in higher education 

      McDonnell-Naughton, Mary; Păunescu, Carmel (Springer, 2022-01-01)
      Emphasis on social engagement and innovation for the higher education sector is a priority, despite the various challenges that have arisen as result of Covid-19, for third level providers. It is a conversation that continues ...
    • Pathways from ageism to loneliness 

      Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon; Shemesh, Jonathan; McDonnell-Naughton, Mary (Springer, 2018-05-23)
      Many older adults in our society suffer from loneliness – a painful, distressing feeling arising from the perception that one’s social connections are inadequate. When loneliness is experienced over prolonged periods of ...
    • Social capital and its contribution to the wellbeing of the older person in the Midlands Region Ireland. 

      Cooney, Anne; Gaffney, Lorraine; McDonnell-Naughton, Mary; Murphy, Pearse; O'Regan, Myra; O'Flynn, Jeremiah (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2016)
      BACKGROUND The literature generally describes Social Capital as a characteristic of social structures made up of a network of relationships between residents of neighbourhoods and communities, focusing on levels of ...
    • “Thinking outside the box”: social innovations emerging from academic nursing-community partnerships 

      Zlotnik, Cheryl; McDonnell-Naughton, Mary (Springer, 2022-01-01)
      Nurses comprise the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. Increasingly, nurses in higher education institutions are collaborating with not-for-profit and community-based organisations to devise programs, projects ...