Roundtable to create CALD and dementia action plan
NARI is joining forces with the NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research (NNIDR) to develop a roadmap for CALD research.
News from NARI
Researchers use web-based videoconferencing to provide people with dementia with vital interpreting service
A $50,000 Dementia Australia Research Foundation – Victoria grant will help NARI to trial ways to improve access to interpreters.
Older people having a say in the design of research projects
Recognising the importance of engaging many different stakeholders, several of NARI’s projects are using a co-design approach.
Tapestry breaking down barriers to communication
The Transition Map is a useful visual aid in helping families understand the care journey better.
Desert Mob Symposium celebrates Indigenous older artists
Dr Frances Batchelor and Paulene Mackell recently attended the Desert Mob Symposium in Alice Springs .
From the Director
Aged care is receiving extraordinary media and political attention currently with many reviews complete and others being commissioned.
Royal Commission into Aged Care welcomed
NARI has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of a Royal Commission into Aged Care in Australia.
NARI welcomes ‘A Matter of Care’ Australia’s Aged Care Workforce Strategy
NARI commends the recent release of a significant report, A Matter of Care – Australia’s aged care workforce strategy.
NARI shares ageing research priorities at ALP Roundtable
Many of the issues raised at the NARI-led round table What Makes A Good Old Age? were shared at a recent ALP think-tank.