More than 100 participants of the tenth national Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) conference gained insights into the latest dementia research trials.
Healthy ageing more important than aged care, expert says. New article published in the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia's Dialogues journal by Professor Kendig and Professor Browning.
Professor Hal Kendig, Director of the Ageing Work and Health Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, chaired an Ageing Roundtable for the NSW government.
Australia's population is ageing, presenting an economic challenge to look after the most vulnerable members of our society. The Conversation spoke to Hal Kendig, Professor of Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney.
Prof Hal Kendig says it is time for action to implement the 'landmark blueprint' for aged care reforms recommended by the Productivity Commission's recently released Caring for Older Australians report.
Professor Hal Kendig, Director of the Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, writes on the implications of the Productivity Commissions' Caring for Older Australians Report.
Professor Deborah Black will develop life-saving recommendations for aged-care patients during her innovative research project into heatwave responses, which was recently awarded a Climate Change Adaptation Research Grant.
The Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit invites you to attend a seminar titled New Zealand's 'silent epidemic': Hazardous drinking in older adults and its association with health and health service use presented by Dr Andy Towers from the New Zealand Longitudinal Study of Ageing at Massey University.
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) offers exceptional opportunities for suitably qualified applicants to join a multi-disciplinary research team committed to transforming thinking about population ageing and establishing Australia as a world leader in the field.
The Productivity Commission has released draft recommendations for an overhaul of aged care, and the sector should strongly support this "landmark blueprint", rather than allowing debate to degenerate into partisan arguments.
They are the generation that changed the social landscape, reshaping - and at times revolutionising - how we live, work and play. Now the boomers have reached a new milestone.