NARI is seeking aged care homes for its ‘Befriending’ research project addressing #loneliness, #depression and #anxiety in residents. Prof Colleen Doyle spoke with @AgedCareWeekly about the project. More: ow.ly/4Shl50DA9oh LASA ACSA National BEFRIENDAS

The BEFRIENDAS project needs people who can speak Cantonese or Hungarian to join their volunteer group! If you are interested in being involved or would like more information, please contact [email protected] or (03) 8387 2305

Our #befrienders are doing wonderful things to keep in touch with the residents in the BEFRIENDAS study during the #VicLockdown

The BEFRIENDAS volunteer #befrienders are using some of these strategies again to keep in touch with the residents during another #VicLockdown to reduce #depression and #loneliness

Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Let’s stand together to support the nearly half a million Australians at risk of elder abuse. Click here to learn more: bit.ly/2SvfelX #elderabuse #dignityandrespect #humandrights

Many older people in aged care are experiencing intense loneliness and social isolation, exacerbated by the global pandemic. Thank you Aged Care News for this piece on NARI’s recent work, developing strategies to tackle loneliness in aged care. agedcarenews.com.au/2022/02/24/nar…

Prof Colleen Doyle, Dr Anita Goh 🧠 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 She/her. Own views. and Marcia Fearn giving a workshop today on “Strategies to tackle loneliness in people living with dementia”. Thank you to the HammondCare staff - you were all so engaged and interactive. #dementia #socialPrescribing

Improving older people's health through #physicalactivity🙏👉Keith Hill Adrian Bauman Sze-Ee Soh Tarsh_Brusco Monash RAIL Research Centre Elissa Burton (also on Bluesky & LinkedIn) Andrew Simon Gilbert Marcia Fearn NARI @CityWhittlesea Nillumbik Shire Council Wyndham City Council Hobsons Bay Council PLA Vic/Tas Region #ENJOY #MRFF #activeageing

New paper! We summarise the scales to measure depression symptoms in #OlderPeople with cognitive impairment, investigating how cognition and settings/context is related to the choice of measurement. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Authors incl: BDow Marcia Fearn Colleen Doyle