Ageing Well - March 2023 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - March 2023 Expand This edition of Ageing Well has an international focus, with NARI’s researchers forging new links in Asia and hosting a visiting scholar, Professor Sigrid Nakrem, from Norway. There are many similar challenges associated with demographic ageing faced by countries throughout the world and it is important both to learn from and contribute knowledge to each other. In this edition we also look at the four projects NARI has been awarded with over $3.5 million in grants funding from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to undertake - IDC-IMPROVE, MindCare, BEFRIENDING with GENIE and Move Together. We also celebrate the opening of a new senior's exercise park in Frankston - the 6th park of the NARI ENJOY MAP for HEALTH. Ageing Well - March 2023
Ageing Well - December 2022 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - December 2022 Expand It has been an exciting few months for the NARI team as we return to face to face events, including the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference in Adelaide, with 12 NARI presentations and a busy NARI booth. We were also delighted to welcome back our research volunteers for the volunteer Thank You Day, held at the Treacy centre on 8 December, for the first time in 3 years. NARI has also received two significant funding grants from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), to support continued research into improving the nation’s health and aged care systems, and an Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) grant with Silverchain, to support the advancement of in-home care. Ageing Well - December 2022
Ageing Well - September 2022 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - September 2022 Expand NARI has been proud to launch several multimedia resources over the past two years that are very useful to a wide range of professional and community audiences. Our most recent video resources include the “Art Centres – supporting our elders” film launched during NAIDOC week on SBS, animations to support dementia literacy in CALD communities, and live performances capturing the experiences of people with prolonged grief through poetry and music. NARI has also launched a new open online training course: Caregiving, dementia and incontinence aimed at improving the quality of care for people living with dementia who experience difficulties with continence. The course runs until December. Ageing Well - September 2022
Ageing Well - June 2022 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - June 2022 Expand NARI’s work has continued apace despite the ongoing disruptions caused by COVID 19. It is with a great deal of honour and pleasure that we will be hosting Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, AC to provide our Annual Public lecture, Conversations in Ageing on 22 June.It is also the time of year when we approach our supporters and friends to donate to NARI through our Winter Appeal. This helps us continue some of our important and innovative research to help improve the lives of older people regardless of their situation. We are very grateful to our donors and all our sponsors for their ongoing investment in NARI. Ageing Well - June 2022
Ageing Well - March 2022 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - March 2022 Expand Whilst it hasn’t been the seamless start to the new year we may have hoped for, it has been fantastic to get back to work and back to meeting and learning from fellow industry experts face-to-face after two years almost completely online. Highlights have included our education program — which has been oversubscribed, continuing our research, and participating in the 7th National Elder Abuse Conference in Hobart. Ageing Well - March 2022
Ageing Well - October 2021 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - October 2021 Expand NARI was very pleased to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons on October 1, and Australia’s first Ageism Awareness Day. NARI’s vision is “a world where older people are respected, healthy and included”, and part of our approach to achieving this vision is to combat ageism in all its forms. Ageing Well - October 2021
Ageing Well - August 2021 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - August 2021 Expand As many of us head into lockdowns across Australia, or continue to be locked in or locked out, it is high time for a good news story. That is exactly what we heard on Friday 6th August with the launch by the Hon Ken Wyatt, Minister for Indigeous Australians, of the good news story of the Arts Centres: Supporting our Elders project. Ageing Well - August 2021
Ageing Well - April 2021 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - April 2021 Expand The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has made it clear the Government needs to act swiftly and comprehensively to provide a fit-for-purpose aged-care system, and NARI has much to offer aged care reform. Ageing Well - April 2021
Ageing Well - December 2020 NARI's newsletter Ageing Well - December 2020 Expand NARI's 2020-2024 Strategic Plan captures our passion for making a difference to the lives of older people, and focusses specifically on impact. Ageing Well - December 2020