🫀Newly published: Clinician Perspectives of Barriers and Enablers to Quality Cardiogenic Shock Care: A Focus Group Study, Heart Lung & Circulation. Heart Lung Circ CSANZ ACvA Heart Foundation Western Sydney Health UOW sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Not everyone who ages will necessarily become frail. Here's the distinction. Caleb Ferguson UOW theconversation.com/whats-the-diff…

Aging better isn’t about avoiding decline altogether. It about: - Starting at a higher peak - Slowing the rate of decline - And delaying disability for longer Exercise is the key to unlocking all three outcomes. Build resilience now, thrive later.

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This Mental Health Nurses Day (21 Feb), #UOW's Professor timothy wand will be speaking at the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses webinar on the shift in mental health care, away from traditional biomedical approaches towards holistic, person-centred care. Register now. 👉 bit.ly/41b2cdJ

What’s the difference between #ageing & #frailty? Only one is inevitable… Caleb Ferguson Patricia Davidson Quin Denfeld, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FHFSA Johns Hopkins Frailty Science #FrailtyFighter ANZSSFR Australian Frailty Network UOW School of Nursing UOW

What’s the difference between ageing and frailty? One is inevitable – the other is not. ⁦Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD⁩ ⁦Caleb Ferguson⁩ theconversation.com/whats-the-diff…

Aging happens naturally but becoming frail is potentially avoidable. Despite an aging population, frail older adults are commonly excluded from clinical research, making the team’s research more important. thepulse.org.au/2025/02/18/fra… #wslhd #agedcare #research #wslhdresearch

Can an eFI be applied to a healthcare system, with incomplete data? Yes! Here we applied the VA Research VA-FI to the Mass General Brigham health record system. Congratulations Bharati Kochar Christine Seel Ritchie Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS and team! agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Andrew Clegg JAGS Brigham and Women’s Division of Aging

Social isolation is estimated to impact 1 in 4 adults & is recognised as a modern-day health crisis, associated with increased risk of death, & is a comparable risk factor to smoking, obesity and physical inactivity. ✍️ Read our new review UOW School of Nursing nature.com/articles/s4432…

A systematic review to identify assessment instruments for social isolation or loneliness in adults with heart failure | npj Cardiovascular Health Caleb Ferguson Prof Lorna Moxham Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD Dr Christopher Patterson UOW UOW School of Nursing

I'm excited to share this publication, 'An Expert Opinion on the Management of Frailty in Heart Failure from the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance National Taskforce', on behalf of the Heart Failure and Frailty Clinical Theme. Caleb Ferguson Patricia Davidson url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/fkpXCBNqBBtG…

Great #ACC25 podcast from Muthu Vaduganathan & Steve Greene - so many parallels between HFpEF and CKD Meg Jardine @[email protected] and I debated the same topic in CKD last weekend!

From nursing to research, Dr. Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD has always been driven by one goal: improving patient care. Read about how this ACvA member is Improving Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients Affected by Frailty ozheart.org/improving-outc…

📢 CLEEN Study: Cost-Savings Study shows savings of $642,010 per 1,000 patients through enhanced cleaning of shared medical equipment. Download your FREE summary today👉 form.jotform.com/250998233549874 #InfectionPrevention #IPC #GAMAHealthcare #CLEENStudy #Healthcare

New important review paper of Konstantinos Prokopidis in Advances in Nutrition, on the significance of the combined presence of malnutrition and sarcopenia in older adults. Dr Eirini Kelaiditi American Society for Nutrition Journals The paper is available in #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.advn…

Think ageing ruins your ability to recover from exercise? Think again. Because this new meta-analysis of 36 studies shows: ✅ Older adults may experience LESS muscle soreness after exercise than younger people ✅ Recovery of muscle function is just as fast in older and

🚨 Excited to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Heart, Lung & Circulation on ‘Advancing Cardiogeriatric Care and Frailty Science in Cardiovascular Disease’. ✍️ Deadline for submissions - 1st Sept 2025 Heart Lung Circ CSANZ ACvA Heart Foundation UOW

It was packed for the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Workforce Day, with topics around Indigenous Workforce Development with robust panel discussions Finishing with creative weaving with Aunty Janice Rigney. 🙏 📸 Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD Dr Anna Rolleston