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15.01.2022 SMRG member Anthony McCosker led a team to co-design a peer support platform for people with low vision and blindness. Read about the findings here:
09.01.2022 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day changing the story As part of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on 15 June 2020, Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) and Swinburne University helped to change the story about older people by releasing new videos of older people who had previously featured in the OPERA project. ECLC and Swinburne University spoke to some active older Australians about the impact of COVID-19 on them and how they are taking care of themselves and others ...during the lockdown. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, older people were encouraged to isolate themselves from their friends and family. For many older people, isolation from family and friends can take a toll on their physical and mental wellbeing. Aboriginal elder Aunty Janet, who features in one of the new videos, said she’s finding the dependence on an economic system that provides us with money to keep the economic wheels turning is emotionally and physically unsatisfying along with the psychological impact of constantly going from one thing to the next. There is something inherently wrong with this system. For me, the positive is somewhere we had to slow down. The interesting thing I’m seeing is the panic about what we do next. I’d be interested to see in 12 months what we’ve done, said Aunty Janet. https://vimeo.com/428363617
07.01.2022 How are dating apps defined as 'public health problems' in news reporting? What can health promotion organisations learn from 'online first' publications like Buzzfeed? These questions and more are answered in the first article from the 'Safety, Risk and Wellbeing on Dating Apps' project: https://www.tandfonline.com//abs/10./14461242.2020.1777885
07.01.2022 Diana Bossio spoke to some active older Australians in Melbourne's East about the impact of COVID-19 and how they took care themselves and others during the lockdown. Please enjoy the OPERA project - COVID-19 edition! Made by Swinburne University using Zoom! Check out the four stories here: https://opera.eclc.org.au
02.01.2022 SMRG member Kath Albury was part of a stellar Swinburne team looking at how technology could catalyse system transformation for vulnerable young parents and their children. You can now read the findings here:
