Australian Association of Gerontology Conference 2016
Dr Kandiah Parasivam, Dr Olga Theou and Professor Renuka Visvanathan
2nd - 4th November researchers from the CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing attended the conference in Canberra.
Researchers of the CRE- Frailty and Healthy Ageing attended and presented at the 49th AAG Conference in Canberra, 2nd-4th November. The three day conference program included emerging and experienced researchers, clinicians, leaders and policy makers in a forum to reflect on and re-imagine the incredible potential of the ageing society, now and into the future.
The AAG President is CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing lead investigator Dr Helen Barrie (Feist) and conference scientific committee this year included CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing lead investigator Professor Renuka Visvanathan.
Mark Thompson
On Wed 2nd Nov international collaborator, gero-kinesiologist and CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing Associate Investigator Dr Olga Theou discussed “Grading frailty in Australian residential aged care facilities” at a table top session.
During Thursdays session on Re-imagining service provision: Health policy and Planning session CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing Masters candidate Mark Thompson gave a great presentation on ‘Frailty Prevalence in North West Adelaide’.
On Friday Nurse Practitioner with the CRE Frailty and Healthy Ageing Donna Preston attended the conference session on Re-imagining health and disease management: Falls. Donna gave a wonderful presentation about her work on ‘Dancing to avoid falls and increase happiness in residential care’.
Independent chair of the CRE-Frailty and Healthy Ageing advisory board, the Hon Mark Butler MP, also gave a presentation at the event. He gave a speech at the plenary session on ‘Re-imagining Ageing’.
The event was a really great opportunity for our team of researchers and collaborators to meet with other world class investigators to discuss ground-breaking research that will harness the great value of our diverse and ageing population for the benefit of all. We look forward to heading to the AAG Conference again in 2017.