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On Tuesday 21^st of April 2015, Siel Bleu Ireland launched the HAPPIER Study (Healthy Activity Physical Programmes Innovations Elderly Residences), during the Health Cluster lunch hosted by Boehringer Ingelheim and Ashoka Ireland. This health cluster is a support of Ashoka’s health solutions by Boehringer Ingelheim, of which Siel Bleu is one. Several of the health solutions were present: My Mind, Project Echo and Third Age and they were all given the opportunity to present each other and to attending press.

We were delighted to present the results of the HAPPIER Study, which really shows our impact on nursing homes:

• 80% of care staff believe their work conditions are improved by our programmes, especially their daily lives and the meaning of their work
• 96% of medical staff agreed that adapted physical activity is a “preventative programme” at the end of the study
• There is an improvement of 87% in participants’ moving capacity
• A reduction of 15% in the feeling that “life is empty”
• An improvement of 37% in participants’ capacity to wash themselves
• An improvement of 20% of participants’ capacity to feed themselves

Thomas McCabe, our National Manager presented the study and our impact to the group and Brand Manager Carla Piera Fitzgerald also attended the lunch. According to Caroline Daly, Public Affairs & Patient Advocacy Manager at Boehringer Ingelheim, « They both did an outstanding job bringing to life the incredible work they do », she added « it is such a pleasure working with such talented and committed people ».

“We are really proud to be a part of the Health Cluster”, said National Manager Thomas McCabe,  “and events like this lunch are fantastic for showcasing all the great solutions involved in the Health Cluster.”