Irene Blackberry
@IreneBlackberry
Professor, John Richards Chair of Rural Ageing, Director of Care Economy Research La Trobe University. Past President, Australian Association of Gerontology VIC
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http://www.latrobe.edu.au/jrc 13-11-2016 21:11:13
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Silver tsunami 'threatens economy' as seniors outnumber children - Daily Mail Australia #CareEconomy apple.news/APXQabopbTZucD…
Congratulations to our alliance members awarded NHMRC Investigator Grants on Thursday. Historical moment, with more funding awarded to female researchers. nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/news-…
WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
Peter Mac Cancer Centre University of Melbourne
ONJ Cancer Research Institute (via University of Melbourne and La Trobe University)
Study protocol for two stepped-wedge interventional trials evaluating the effects of holistic information technology-based patient-oriented management in older multimorbid patients with cancer: The GERONTE trials geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-… Hans Wildiers William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO Supriya Mohile
Did you know rural healthcare shift workers complete more hours on average each week than their metropolitan counterparts? Some important findings in this recent study, published in Australian Journal of Rural Health, by La Trobe Rural Health School researchers #ruralhealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…
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Plant-based diets & T2 diabetes Risk: Which Foods, What Mechanisms?
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'Stop talking and start doing.' Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy and treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism - The Conversation AU #careEconomy apple.news/A6HyKnROwRdeXy…
My thoughts: We’re only using a fraction of health workers’ skills. This needs to change theconversation.com/were-only-usin… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Our manuscript on the priorities of older patients regarding outcomes in cancer care is out in ACS Journal Cancer.
Here , we studied which outcomes were more important for older adults starting chemo. #gerionc City of Hope Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation
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Proud to have Dr Carmela Leone graduating today Dr Rachel Winterton La Trobe Rural Health School #JRC #dementia
Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio Variability in People With Type 2 Diabetes: Clinical and Research Implications
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Irene Blackberry Dianna Magliano OAM Peter van Wijngaarden Baker Institute #VisualAbstract
Geriatric assessment-identified impairments and frailty in adults with cancer younger than 65: An opportunity to optimize oncology care geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-… Mackenzi Pergolotti PhD OTR/L Smit Giri MD MHS Grant R. Williams, MD, MSPH William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO Supriya Mohile Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc #GeriOnc #OlderAdults #OncoAlert
Do goals of care documentation reflect the conversation?: Evaluating conversation-documentation accuracy. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
Mind the baby, Boomer: How more grandparents are ending up on the childcare frontline - The Sydney Morning Herald #CareEconomy apple.news/AxIKOZfi9TIujW…
GreenConnect Dementia Project launch at the Atisha Centre. Congratulations to Sandra Slater, Heathcote Health, Heathcote Dementia Alliance, John Richards Research Centre and La Trobe University University. Great project for those with dementia and their careers