After 30+ years AUT University I begin life's next phase in retirement today. My pin board images were a constant reminder of what matters. It has been an exciting journey @Stephen_Neville Eleanor Holroyd ; now time to create the next inspiring journey.

Lockdowns, elections, demonstrations, fires, floods - and the occasional lighter moments in New Zealand life. RNZ's photographers and reporters were witness to a tumultuous year in 2020. Here is a selection of our favourite images. 🔗 tinyurl.com/RNZ2020-in-pic…

Interesting article: 'A longitudinal analysis of loneliness, social isolation and falls amongst older people in England' #AgeingWellNZ ow.ly/5vwp50CNFzt

Our new paper has just been published ～IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Can Individual Attitudes toward Aging Predict Subsequent Physical Disabilities in Older Taiwanese Individuals? A Four-Year Retrospective Cohort Study mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/1…

Oldest living Olympic champion Agnes Keleti to turn 100 dlvr.it/Rq60WH

Check our December 2020 Issue Information here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj… Ralph Hampson Dr Sharon Andrews A/Prof Jed Montayre @ProfGerMed Morag Taylor

The Knitters' Picnics are back for 2021! Organised by Sue Elliott with support from the Albert-Eden Local Board, these are some Monday evening picnics in some beautiful Auckland Parks. Free entry, loads of fun, see you there!

A fine choice of Editor-in Chief AusJAgeing

What makes community‐based physical activity programs for culturally and linguistically diverse older adults effective? A systematic review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj… A/Prof Jed Montayre @Stephen_Neville Val Wright-St Clair

Launching our Old Frame New Picture Campaign! Billboards up in all 10 GM boroughs! Online exhibition open! gmopn.org.uk/old-frame-new-… Judging complete for our photography competition! Here's the winning image by Darren Robinson. See older people differently #valuablenotvulnerable

Read more about remotely delivered information, training, and support for informal caregivers of people with #dementia in this new Cochrane Dementia systematic review, which includes 26 studies with 2,367 participants. buff.ly/2LsYR5G

"The unpaid sector ... in almost every country where I’ve ever seen the data, is the single largest sector of the nation’s economy.” Watch Marilyn Waring's full TED Talk here: t.ted.com/i2FAyjG

Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Thanks for circulating this #activeageing test @MegLowryPT . My yoga teacher introduced it to her class. Easier said than done. I tried multiple times before I succeeded down and up.

Consumer NZ calls out major retirement villages for 'unfair' treatment of elderly residents tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-z…

Strength Training Alters The Trajectory Of Ageing. Read about the study that was pivotal and probably changed our understanding of how exercise, and specifically strength training, could change the way our bodies age. fitgreystrong.com/strength-train…

J Collis's AUT Research Taylor & Francis Research Insights finds adults' everyday occupations operate as a driver of recovery, offer ready-to-hand challenges, invite intentional doing and habituate the wrist to movement after surgery for distal radius fracture doi.org/10.1080/096382…

Finally it’s here! My very first paper & proudly made it! in ‘The Gerontologist’ -The Making of Age-Friendly Universities: A Scoping Review academic.oup.com/gerontologist/… Della Maneze Yenna Salamonson @AlphiaPossamai Ageing & Aged Care Research Group

Our newly accepted paper reported the rural-urban disparities in the WHO healthy ageing five domains of FA by analyzing a national longitudinal study in China. Wonderful job team! ⁦A/Prof Jed Montayre⁩ ⁦Benjamin Ho⁩ ⁦Dr P Saravanakumar⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…