Successful Ageing

New Blog Post To live independently as we get older, we need to stay strong, walking is not enough!

See this month's blog about staying strong and ageing well

New Blog Post To live independently as we get older, we need to stay strong, walking is not enough!

We are looking for people aged 65 years and older, living in Australia who are receiving home care services or have been assessed for home care services and are waiting to receive them.
We would like to interview you about your thoughts on living a good life, independently in your home. Particularly people in regional Australia, we would love to hear your perspective.

Thank you to everyone who completed our successful ageing survey 2 years ago. Here is the first article from the survey, you can read it free online.

Older adults setting personal goals rather than goals simply because they are injured or unwell and health professionals are working with them https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-024-05017-x

Goal setting in later life: an international comparison of older adults’ defined goals - BMC Geriatrics Background Studies of goal setting in later life tend to focus on health-related goal setting, are pre-determined by the researcher (i.e., tick box), and/or are focused on a specific geographical area (i.e., one country). This study sought to understand broader, long-term goals from the perspective....

This months blog looks at the importance of being up to get up off the ground independently. Finds some tips and if you enjoy it hit the subscribe button so you receive the blogs each month in your inbox

Elissa's New Blog Post When was the last time you lay on the ground looking up at the sky?

If you are 65 or older, living in Australia and want to live independently in your home for as long as you can we would love to interview you for our research project.
We are also looking to interview people receiving home care services or have been assessed and are waiting to receive their home care services.
Please message me if you are interested.

My latest blog is available now. This month is about preventing falls, there may be some tips you can try or consider speaking to your parents or grandparents about them.
Click here to read the blog https://shoutout.wix.com/so/ceOxFkzAf?languageTag=en

New Blog Post - Elissa Burton Healthy Ageing

New Blog Post Dementia – Can we prevent it?

My new blog is out, click here to read it

Elissa burton's healthy ageing New Blog Post We all know physical activity and exercise are good for us, but what is best as we get older?

It's always good to keep moving, new article about older adults receiving home care services in Ireland and encouraging them to move more to gain benefit

Embedding CTM within home care services | JMDH Our findings suggest that embedding CTM within home care services is feasible and that older adults enjoyed engaging in CTM.

Thank you to everyone who completed the Successful Ageing survey. It has now closed and we had 4,247 people click on the link, 3,102 provided consent. 1,997 survey respondents provided enough information to be included.
Data cleaning and analysis is now well underway. Watch this space for more information and results coming soon!

Thank you everyone who has completed the survey, it is a great result. We are needing more participants from the USA or CANADA. If you have friends and family 65 years and over please share it with them so that we can hear their opinions too!
https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

Thank you everyone who has completed the survey, it is a great result. If you have friends and family 65 years and over please share it with them so that we can hear their opinions too!
https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

Great quote for any aspect of life

Great response to the survey so far, thank you everyone who has completed it. If you have friends and family 65 years and over please share it with them so that we can hear their opinions too!
https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

Health care providers recommended physical activity to just over half of adults with functional limitations, opportunity here

Physical activity recommendation by health care providers to adults with and without functional limitations Adults with functional limitations are more likely to be physically inactive than those without functional limitations, despite evidence that regular …

‘Snacktivity™’ to increase physical activity: Time to try something different? Evidence demonstrates that participation in regular physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality. However, current PA guidelines…

This article is available to everyone, moving more each day is safe and beneficial to health

Consensus statement on the benefits of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions

If you are 65 years and older and would like to share your views on successful ageing please complete the survey below

We have a survey for adults aged 65 years and older about successful ageing and what it means to you.
We would love to hear your opinion, click on the link below to complete the survey
https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

Thank you everyone who completed the successful ageing survey. if you would still like to please click on the link https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

We have a survey for adults aged 65 years and older about successful ageing and what it means to you.
We would love to hear your opinion, click on the link below to complete the survey
https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blbvm1t7I3F2EAu

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