2017 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2017 Annual Report highlights programs and achievements for the year. NARI 2017 Annual Report cover

2017 Annual Report

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Government must fund significant structural reforms to aged care

NARI has welcomed the final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and supports its call for a new human-rights based Act, but says Government must fund structural changes to ensure the Act can be implemented to its full intent.
Esther Tan

Esther is a Research Assistant working on the PITCH project in the Aged Care Division within NARI. She also provides administrative support to the Education team to coordinate weekly seminars and educational workshops.
Seminars in Ageing: Design Ethnographic Research Approaches with Ageing People

Dr Melisa Duque Hurtado from Monash University presents: "Design Ethnographic Research Approaches with Ageing People."
Co-designing research with older people

Join us on 22nd March to learn about conducting co-design research with older people. This interactive half day online workshop is suitable for researchers and aged care professionals.

2020 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2020 Annual Report.
2019 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2019 Annual Report.
2018 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2018 Annual Report.
2016 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2016 Annual Report.

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Seniors exercise parks improve physical and mental health of older people: research

Older people who do regular physical activity at Seniors Exercise Parks show significant improvements in physical and mental health and wellbeing, new research shows.
Indigenous Cognitive Assessment: Regional and Urban KICA

The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.
Falls risk for older People in the community: FROP-Com

The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or screening of falls risk.
2021 Public Lecture Series - Professor John Beard

Join us on 9th March for the first NARI Director's Lecture of the 2021 series as Professor John Beard presents The Decade of Healthy Ageing: 2021-2030 - What does it mean for you?
2020 Annual Report

The National Ageing Research Institute's 2020 Annual Report.
BEFRIENDAS

BEFRIENDAS investigates the impact of befriending on levels of depression, anxiety, social support and loneliness in older people living in residential aged care when provided by trained volunteers.
Government must fund significant structural reforms to aged care

NARI has welcomed the final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and supports its call for a new human-rights based Act, but says Government must fund structural changes to ensure the Act can be implemented to its full intent.
Seminars in Ageing

Dr Amit Lampit from AUPOA presents: "Maintaining cognitively active lifestyle in lockdown: Lesson from cognitive training research."
How do Australians' responses to COVID-19 vary by socio-demographic factors?

NARI is conducting a longitudinal study examining the impacts of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of people residing in Australia during the pandemic. This first report looks at the responses of Australians to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they varied according to sociodemographic factors.