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25.01.2022 Register now to take advantage of the Early Bird Rates https://2020.aagconference.aag.asn.au/registration

24.01.2022 AAG is a member of the Assistive Technology For All (ATFA) Campaign to advocate for better access to assistive technology for people who are excluded from the NDIS. If you or someone you know is affected by this issue, then please join the new ATFA Facebook Group and get involved! The ATFA Facebook Group will: Provide a platform for people to talk about barriers to accessing assistive technology outside the NDIS Connect people who are passionate about improving access to... assistive technology for people who are excluded from the NDIS Help to shape the direction of the Assistive Technology For All campaign ATFA website: https://assistivetechforall.org.au/ ATFA Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/assistivetechforallatfa/ #disabilityrig #inclusion #equalAT

24.01.2022 The preliminary program for the 2020 AAG Conference is now available The 53rd AAG Conference - Digital has seen a record number registering fort he digital format already. If you haven’t already registered, the AAG Conference has a ‘September Special’ price to give all the opportunity to connect and collaborate. Register today to secure these special low rates 30th September. visit https://bit.ly/2CTuOA3

24.01.2022 AAG supports the ANUHD submission on the regulatory impact statement about the possible inclusion of accessibility requirements for housing into the National Construction Code. You can read the AAG and ANUHD submissions here:

23.01.2022 This National Carers Week you can show your support for the 2.65 million carers in Australia who provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends b...y visiting the National Carers Week website https://zcu.io/rvhq Carers Australia #WhyWeCare #Carers2020

22.01.2022 Whats the impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of older Australians? An important research opportunity to have your say!

22.01.2022 AAG is proud to announce that Jane Caro AM, author, award winning advertising writer, social commentator and Walkley Award recipient will be providing the opening keynote address and a be a panellist on the ABC RN Big Ideas program plenary session at the 53rd AAG Conference. We are delighted to welcome back Paul Barclay host of RN’s Big Ideas to run the fourth broadcasted plenary session in partnership with AAG. Jane sits on the steering committee on the EveryAGE Counts Cam...paign, which aims to tackle ageism against older people, which AAG is also a member of. Jane sees links between feminism and ageism. Where she draws a lot of parallels between what has worked for feminism and what we should probably be thinking about doing with ageism. Her hope is to see an end to the stereotyping of different generations Jane will provide the 2020 AAG Conference’s opening keynote on Wednesday 18th November from 9.15am. The following day she will join other panellists Professor Maggie Walter (leading Aboriginal scholar) and Professor Vasi Naganathan (ANZSGM President Elect and AAG Fellow) on the RN plenary with the theme, ‘A climate for change in Ageing’ - Thursday 19 November 2020 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Click here for more information https://bit.ly/2TrRgop

20.01.2022 Visits to aged care homes are banned at most facilities in a bid to stop COVID-19 infecting our most vulnerable. But a Croydon facility has come up with an unlikely way for residents to see their families. Latest: 7news.link/coronavirus #7NEWS

20.01.2022 Many of the AAG Divisions are offering a number of fully funded 2020 AAG Conference Digital Passes to support your attendance at the 53rd AAG Conference that runs from 18th to 20th November with collaborative forums and workshops on being held from 9th,10th & 17th November. For applicants who are accepted, conference registration fees will be paid directly through the Division. Depending on your division, scholarships/bursaries are being offered for people who are: ~ Student ...and Early Career Members ~ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ~ Maori ~ Retiree members ~ AAG members experiencing financial hardship Bursaries to attend the 2020 AAG Conference Digital. Click here to find out more information on what the following AAG Divisions are offering in bursaries to attend the 53rd AAG Conference in November. https://www.aag.asn.au/n/bursaries-to-attend-the-conference

18.01.2022 We are looking forward to the annual President's Symposium with our Immediate Past-President & #AAGConf20 Chair, Christine Stirling @CMStirling1 This year's session features Professor Karin Anstey Kaarin Anstey @AgeingFutures and Dr Joanne Lynn (USA) @DrJoanneLynn Altarum on #ageingwell and #dyingwell

16.01.2022 We are delighted to introduce our 2020 Gary Andrews International Fellow, Prof Michel Poulain from Belgium, in conversation with Keryn Curtis family life in old age which living arrangements support living to 100? #aagconf20

16.01.2022 It’s the world we live in- being able to adapt. Our Lunch (virtual) with the Stars in partnership with Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) taking advantage of technology. Thank you to all our Stars and ECR/Ps that were involved - I am sure you got a lot out of it.

14.01.2022 Rounding off day 2 with our Live ABC RN Big Ideas Broadcast with Paul Barclay, Jane Caro, Fiona Armstrong, Prof Maggie Walter and Prof Vasi Naganthan, now on #aagconf20

13.01.2022 Let's go, AAG 53rd Conference kicks off with Jane Caro AM Join in the conversation or follow all the action from this year’s 'A climate for change in #ageing' Australian Association of Gerontology Conference at #AAGConf20

13.01.2022 Happy International Day of Older Persons! Today we mark the critical contribution made by older people around the world and acknowledge the work we need to do t...o ensure we all age well. We are particularly excited this year as today marks the first day of the WHO’s International Decade of Healthy ageing. As one of its top priorities WHO has committed to undertaking a global campaign to combat ageism. And that’s where we come in with your help! Join us to end ageism. If you haven’t already done so, go to everyagecounts.org.au to sign our pledge and encourage one more person to do so. Or, why not bring an organisation you’re connected with to the campaign? Maybe a sporting club, cultural or community organisation. Adding your name, or your organisation’s name, to the EveryAGE Counts pledge is a simple but powerful thing you can do right now do to show you believe in a fairer, more equitable Australia: a place where everyone is valued, respected and has the opportunity to participate fully in our society. And don’t forget to send us a photo! See more

10.01.2022 Despite the challenges expected venturing into this unknown, with mini-breakdowns since March, that’s a wrap! Although it was a very different AAG Conference it still managed to capture the magic and camaraderie participating online, as clearly seen here in our Living Logo!

08.01.2022 More than 459,000 Australians living with dementia and the almost 1.6 million Australians involved in their care. Although projection methods vary, the number of people with dementia is projected to triple between 2011 and 2050, to reach around 900,000 in Australia and 131.5 million worldwide by 2050. September is Dementia Awareness Month and from 21-27 September 2020 it is Dementia Action Week. AAG are proud to present this special recording of Dr Sarah Cope on her presentat...ion on Dementia and Dementia Care for Dementia Action Week. Sarah was an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Canberra and previous secretary of the ACT AAG Division in 2016-17. Sadly in 2018, she passed away at the age of 44 after experiencing with the illness for just over two years. Sarah was well known for her energy and passion for aged care nursing by all she taught and interacted with. This lecture was provided as an introduction into Dementia and Dementia Care for undergraduate nursing students. It is a small testament to her enthusiasm and skills in the topic. As a sit down online lecture it doesn’t show her singing and dancing which were sometimes a feature of her lectures, to the surprise and delight of many students. Thank you to Sarah’s husband Ian for allowing AAG to present her lecture during Dementia Action Week 2020. Visit https://bit.ly/3kENIej for more information

07.01.2022 It's time to stay home again. It's for my health. It's for your health. It's for our health. If we follow the health advice we can get on top of COVID-19 and k...eep everyone well and out of hospital. We might be apart, but we are all in this together. Learn more and help us share this vital message in 18 languages: https://nwmphn.org.au/staysafe

05.01.2022 AAG today released a statement responding to the Covid-19 spread in Victorian aged care facilities, and a media release entitled: ‘More than ‘hospital’ versus ‘aged care’ in the COVID Victoria blame game’, an excerpt of which follows. ‘Some critical core principles - including the fundamental human rights of the people who are at the heart of it - are at risk of being forgotten in the debate raging in Victoria around the medical care provided to residents of aged care homes, ...according to the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG). Professor Christine Stirling, President of the AAG says the current COVID-19 crisis, characterised by blame shifting and finger pointing among groups claiming to ‘know best’, oversimplifies the issues and fails to acknowledge important, if inconvenient, considerations. Speaking on the day when Victoria’s new cases hit 723, Professor Christine Stirling commended the work of frontline workers, service providers and governments in trying to address the spread of COVID-19 through Victorian residential aged care facilities. However, she said it was vital to understand there were no simple, ‘correct’ solutions.’ To continue reading and for the AAG Statement: Responding to COVID-19 spread in Victorian aged care facilities https://bit.ly/2PalU3v

04.01.2022 On this Aged Care Employee Day AAG says thank you to all individuals, families and carers, aged care providers, staff members and consumer groups, who are working hard for change and improvement in aged care - even more so in these crazy times. #ThanksForCaring

02.01.2022 The AAG Rapid Evidence Assessment LGBTI Ageing Research on Housing Needs and Preference was launched on Friday for World Homelessness Day.

01.01.2022 Episode 1: Friendship Ever considered what you’d do for a friend? Even though he wasn’t much of a letter writer, Ian Chappell wrote to a former teammate in jail and he reveals the importance of that friendly act.