Dear Nathan

This is an update on news and events related to ageing in Queensland that might interest you. We hope you enjoy it!

AAG Queensland Division news – March 2020

Division news

Queensland Division Chair Katrina Radford will give a plenary presentation at the LASA Queensland conference on the Gold Coast in April. Kat will speak about the innovative models for future workforce.

Policy, research, and industry news

Opportunities to contribute

• Brisbane City Council is changing Victoria Park into a public parkland. They want your feedback. Have your say by completing the online survey before 28 April 2020. Victoria Park Draft Vision (PDF - 7.6Mb) and Victoria Park Draft Vision (Word - 3.9Mb).

Industry and policy news

• Australian Ageing Agenda reports that service and education provider Churches of Christ in Queensland has partnered with home care provider Community Vision Australia and its subsidiary Fortis Consulting to take a dementia-training tool to Western Australia. 
• The first North Queensland Regional Plan has now been finalised. The North Queensland Regional Plan has a 25-year vision for the region and will come into effect in March 2020. View the plan at qld.gov.au/PlanNQ.
• For those in Brisbane an interested in community design, Brisbane's Better Suburbs Initiative has been established to investigate opportunities for renewal in suburbs that are outside the city's inner five kilometres. The first pilot project area for the Better Suburbs Initiative to identify opportunities is within Moorooka. You can subscribe to keep updated here.
• QCOSS' A Queensland Renewed: Priority Action Plan 2020 has been released. It sets out the key priorities and actions QCOSS members consider most important for the state government to deliver on over the next 12 months and more.
   

Research and teaching news

• Those who know Professor Helen Bartlett from her UQ days will be interested to hear that she is leaving Federation University to take up a new position as Vice-Chancellor at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
• Intergenerational care practice may offer future career pathways according to Griffith University researchers. Professor Anneke Fitzgerald and Dr Katrina Radford from Griffith Business School said their findings recommended a training qualification for such a career. 
• Joanne Edgar, an Honours student from the School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), is conducting a research project examining the attitudes of Australian adults toward leaving a bequest to charity in their Will.  Further details on the study can be found here.  
• Receiving occupational therapy at home has been found to be effective for people living with dementia, according to a UQ-led study. Read more
• A roundup of recent publications involving Queensland colleagues includes:
  • Ageing as part of the curriculum for health‐care professionals: A Queensland Survey - Jacki Liddle, Elizabeth Beattie, Brenda Gannon, Sally Bennett, Nancy A. Pachana. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12775
  • Petriwskyj, A. & Power, S. (2020). Supporting staff as change leaders in consumer engagement in aged care: Learnings from action research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12968
  • A systematic review of the evidence for the efficacy of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in community-dwelling older adults - Michael David Cory O’Brien, Anne Pamela Frances Wand. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz175
  • Outcomes for patients with delirium receiving hospital‐in‐the‐home treatment: An Australian perspective - June Chia, Eamonn Michael Eeles, Kym Tattam, Stephanie Yerkovich. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12768
  • Tai Chi Combined With Resistance Training for Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: A Systematic Review - Qi, Meiling, Moyle, Wendy, Jones, Cindy, Weeks, Benjamin. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000218
  • Improving the sustainable retirement village framework: From theory to practice – Xin Hu, Bo Xia, Heap-Yih Chong, Martin Skitmore, Laurie Buys. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119290
  • Exploring the prevalence and management of wounds for people with dementia in long‐term care - Christina N. Parker, Kathleen J. Finlayson, Helen E. Edwards, Margaret MacAndrew. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13325
  • An integrated approach to palliative care for frail older people living in the community: exploring a model of multidisciplinary collaboration. - Carmont, Sue-Ann Sonya PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2020.125
  • Health, well‐being, and social support in older Australian lesbian and gay care‐givers - Beatrice Alba, Anthony Lyons, Andrea Waling, Victor Minichiello, Mark Hughes, Catherine Barrett, Karen Fredriksen‐Goldsen, Samantha Edmonds. DOI:10.1111/hsc.12854

• Understanding variability in discharge planning processes for the older person – Elizabeth Buikstra, Edward Strivens, Robyn Clay-Williams. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.08.026

• The effects of offering flexible work practices to employees with unpaid caregiving responsibilities for elderly or disabled family members - Hugh T. J. Bainbridge, Keith Townsend. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22007

• The application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to identify frailty within a residential aged care administrative data set - R. C. Ambagtsheer, N. Shafiabady, E. Dent, C. Seiboth, J. Beilby. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104094

• Efficacy of a computer-tailored web-based physical activity intervention using Fitbits for older adults: a randomised controlled trial protocol - Stephanie Alley, Jannique GZ van Uffelen, Stephanie Schoeppe, Lynne Parkinson, Susan Hunt, Deborah Power, Mitch J Duncan, AG Schneiders, Corneel Vandelanotte. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033305
  • Hutchinson, Matthew James (2019) Housing for an ageing Australia: What next? PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology. DOI: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.134162
  • Edwards, Niki, King, Julie, Hair, Sara, & Walton, Kate (2019) Articulation of a best practice model of guardianship advocacy services: For older people and people with cognitive disability at risk of abuse or neglect. Report prepared for Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia) https://eprints.qut.edu.au/134654/

Do you have a paper coming out, a new project starting, some interesting conference learnings, or some research outcomes you’d like to share? Email Andrea [email protected].

Events and announcements

Funding

• Ten grants of $1000 are on offer for story ideas that challenge stereotypes of ageing. The story ideas will be selected and made into short documentaries for the B.OLD 2020: be B.OLDer short film series. The Queensland Government have created some promotional materials, including posters, social media shareables and a signature block, for you to distribute through your networks. They are looking for older people who are active and engaged in community life, such as volunteers, Elders, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs or employees. The stories could also: feature individuals, groups and activities in regional and remote settings, explore intergenerational connections, celebrate different cultures and experience. Their crews will work with local individuals and organisations to create the short documentary films to be screened around the state as part of Seniors Month in August. The B.OLD 2020: be B.OLDer promotional resources and more information can be found at www.qld.gov.au/boldfilms. Entries close on Monday 30 March 2020.
• A reminder that Seniors Month subsidy application are open! Funded by the Queensland Government and coordinated by COTA Queensland, the program provides $100,000 to subsidise events and activities held during Seniors Month. Organisations and groups can apply for up to $1000 for an event. Seniors Month subsidy applications will open Monday 3 February at 9am and close Sunday 15 March at 11:59pm. Visit https://qldseniorsmonth.org.au/apply-for-a-subsidy/

Events and Training

• Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education (CPCRE) 2020 Update Symposium: Supportive Care of the Older Person will be held 27 March 2020 Chermside, Brisbane Registrations open
• A reminder that Dementia Australia is hosting a masterclass with Professor Dawn Brooker. Dawn developed the VIP’s care framework used internationally to assist organisations assess the extent to which their practice is person-centred. The Brisbane masterclass is on Thursday 26 March 2020. These practical masterclasses are specifically run for managers and healthcare professionals responsible for the implementation of the new Aged Care Quality Standards.
• The LASA State Conferences 2020 will focus on Ageing Well - from policy to practice. The Queensland State Conference will be held 1-2 April 2020 on the Gold Coast. Find more information and register here.
• QCOSS' State Budget Breakfast will be held on Friday 1 May at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. https://www.qcoss.org.au/
• Health Consumers Queensland Annual Forum 2020: Partnering with meaning will be held 26–27 May 2020 on the Sunshine Coast. http://www.hcq.org.au/

Do you know about an event, project, or piece of news other AAG Qld members should know about? Send an email to Andrea Petriwskyj [email protected].

Kind Regards,
Dr Katrina Radford