CRE Research Fellow and PhD student Rachel Ambagtsheer recently presented her work in progress at the Aging & Society: Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference at Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 18-19 September 2018.
The special theme of the conference for this year was “Aging, Health, Well-being and Care in a Time of Extreme Demographic Change”.
Rachel’s presentation, delivered within the Medical Perspectives on Aging, Health, and Wellness stream, focused on preliminary findings from the joint CRE project on GP Attitudes, Perceptions and Experiences of Frailty and Frailty Screening based on work conducted with colleagues Dr Mandy Archibald, Dr Michael Lawless, A/Prof P. David Mills, A/Prof Solomon Yu and Prof Justin Beilby.
Despite nearly having her travel plans cancelled due to Typhoon Mangkhut, and the very wet weather in Tokyo over the days of the conference, Rachel enjoyed the opportunity to receive feedback on her research, meet many interesting people in the field of ageing and accidentally stumble across a sumo wrestling morning training session on a quiet suburban side street.
