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 – November 2020

Division news

Queensland is next up to host the AAG National Conference in 2020. We are looking for Queensland members to get involved! If you would like to be part of the conference committees or keen to support the 2021 conference in any way, please get in touch with Kat Radford on [email protected].

Policy, research, and industry news

Opportunities to contribute

• The Queensland Accessible Transport Advisory Council (QATAC) will provide independent and strategic advice to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and Queensland Rail (QR). This advice will involve strategic policy and technical accessibility advice on significant products, services, information and infrastructure projects across the Queensland Government transport portfolio, to deliver an integrated transport network accessible to everyone. They're looking for subject matter experts who are also representatives of marginalised community groups and/or people with lived experience. Closing date 16-Nov-2020 https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QRON-353511
• The recent Parliamentary inquiry by the Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee determined that the majority of the Queensland community, including health practitioners, is supportive of the introduction of voluntary assisted dying legislation in Queensland. The Queensland Law Reform Commission has been asked by the Government to develop an appropriate legislative scheme for voluntary assisted dying in Queensland. The Commission has released a Consultation Paper (WP No 79) outlining key issues and inviting written submissions in response to a series of questions detailed in the paper. You can make a submission following the guidelines in the Consultation Paper.
   

Industry and policy news

• Queensland has passed new residential park regulations to protect residents from rent increases during COVID.
• QCOSS released their 2020 Living Affordability in Queensland report.
• New versions of the Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) and Advance Health Directive (AHD) forms have been approved for use from 30 November this year. The new forms and accompanying explanatory guides are available here. The current versions of the forms will remain online until 30 November 2020.  
• Justice and Attorney-General has approved new Queensland Capacity Assessment Guidelines 2020. The capacity guidelines provide general information about capacity, capacity assessment and the legal tests of capacity in Queensland. Additional information about the guidelines is available online.
• To celebrate National Carers Week (11-17 October), Palliative Care Queensland launched a new downloadable e-book aimed at supporting carers looking after loved ones approaching their end of life -  Palliative Caring; Information for families and carers who are caring for an older person with a life-limiting illness in Queensland 
• Carers Queensland's Your Caring Way is a new program for carers wanting to pursue their own goals, like training, education, volunteering, or employment. Its services and training are free of charge, though some higher-level qualifications may require a small contribution fee. The program aims to inspire positive change by connecting people to real opportunities.  Find out more
   

Research and teaching news

• The University of Queensland is the first university in the Southern Hemisphere to join the global Age Friendly University Network, recognised by the WHO as part of its "Age Friendly World" initiative. https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/afp/age-friendly-university-global-network/.
• A QUT PhD candidate is seeking participants for a research project (QUT Ethics Approval Number 2000000814) exploring what is needed to create a happy, healthy, flourishing (or eudaemonic) home. If you are 65-80 years old, living alone in Greater Brisbane, wishing to age-in-place, “tech familiar”, and interested in participating, please contact [email protected] for more information.
• A roundup of recent publications involving Queensland colleagues includes:
  • Creating Great Places: Evidence-based Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing - Debra Flanders Cushing, Evonne Miller.
  • Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing - edited by Lisa Scharoun, Danny Hills, Carlos Montana-Hoyos, Fanke Peng, Vivien Sung
  • New tricks? When COVID forces a bridge club online, what becomes of their community? Polly Fong, Alex Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Tegan Cruwys,
  • “There’s a Bit of a Ripple-effect”: A Social Identity Perspective on the Role of Third- Places and Aging in Place - Polly Fong, Catherine Haslam, Tegan Cruwys, S. Alexander Haslam
  • DISSERTATION - Influence of Age on the Cerebrovascular Responses to Exercise - Understanding the role of blood pressure - Timo Klein
  • Editorial - Supportive and palliative care in the age of deferred death: primary care’s central role - Geoffrey Mitchell Scott A Murray
  • General practice nurses and physicians and end of life: a systematic review of models of care - Geoffrey Mitchell, Michèle Aubin, Hugh Senior, Claire Johnson, Julia Fallon-Ferguson, Briony Williams, Leanne Monterosso, Joel J Rhee, Peta McVey, Matthew Grant, Harriet Nwachukwu and Patsy Yates
  • Lifestyle Risk Factors and Cognitive Outcomes from the Multidomain Dementia Risk Reduction Randomized Controlled Trial, Body Brain Life for Cognitive Decline (BBL‐CD) - Mitchell McMaster, Sarang Kim, Linda Clare, Susan J. Torres, Nicolas Cherbuin, Catherine DʼEste, Kaarin J. Anstey
  • Comparison of in-person and telegeriatric follow-up consultations - Georgia Betkus, Shannon Freeman, Melinda Martin-Khan, Shell Lau, Frank Flood, Neil Hanlon, Davina Banner-Lukaris
  • Preparing students for intentional conversations with older adults: Putting Story Theory into action - Margaret McAllister, Leanne Dodd, Colleen Ryan, Donna Lee Brien
  • Public reasoning about voluntary assisted dying: An analysis of submissions to the Queensland Parliament, Australia - David G. Kirchhoffer, Chi‐Wai Lui
  • Association Between Region of Birth and Advance Care Planning Documentation Among Older Australian Migrant Communities: A Multicenter Audit Study Craig Sinclair, Marcus Sellars, Kimberly Buck, Karen  M. Detering, Ben White, Linda Nolte
  • Getting to know you but also to know me: changes in self-perceptions of aging among aged care workers after a Virtual Dementia Tour - L Farina, J Asnicar, OH Chan, NA Pachana 
  • “It’s Huge, in a Way.” Conflicting Stakeholder Priorities for Managing Hearing Impairment for People Living with Dementia in Residential Aged Care Facilities - Anthea Bott, Carly Meyer, Louise Hickson, & Nancy A. Pachana
  • Stakeholders’ perspectives on adapting the World Health Organization iSupport for Dementia in Australia - Lily D Xiao, Sue McKechnie, Lesley Jeffers, Anita De Bellis, Elizabeth Beattie, Lee-Fay Low, Brian Draper, Petrea Messent, Anne Margriet Pot
  • Prevention of Delirium in Older Adults With Dementia: A Systematic Literature Review - Linda Schnitker, Adam Noviʽ, Glenn Arendts, Christopher R. Carpenter, Dina LoGiudice, Gideon A. Caplan, Donne Fick, Elizabeth Beattie
  • Needs of Older People Attending Day Care Centres in Poland - Justyna Mazurek, Dorota Szcześniak, Elżbieta Trypka, Katarzyna Małgorzata Lion, Renata Wallner andJoanna Rymaszewska
  • Adaptation of the CarFreeMe driver retirement intervention to provide driving cessation support to older people living with dementia Theresa L. Scott, Jacqueline Liddle, Raychelle Sidhu, Geoffrey Mitchell, Elizabeth Beattie, Louise Gustafsson and Nancy A. Pachana
  • Interim guidance for health‐care professionals and administrators providing hospital care to adult patients with cognitive impairment, in the context of COVID‐19 pandemic - Melinda Martin‐Khan, Kasia Bail, Mark W. Yates, Jane Thompson, Fred Graham, Cognitive Impairment and COVID‐19, Hospital Care Guidance Committee
  • What are older people and their families looking for in an aged care services provider? - Lynne Parkinson, Annie Banbury, Wendy Hillman, Julie Lee
  • Factors that affect health‐care workers’ practices of medication administration to aged care residents with swallowing difficulties: An Australia‐wide survey study - Aida Sefidani Forough  Esther T. L. Lau  Kathryn J. Steadman  Greg J. Kyle  Julie A. Y. Cichero  Jose Manuel Serrano Santos  Lisa M. Nissen
  • Elder abuse and the legal framework: QLS continues advocacy for reform - Joubert, Anke
  • Pedagogical practices in health promotion: health-related bodily practices for adults and older people - Heidi Jancer Ferreira,David Kirk & Alexandre Janotta Drigo
  • A dynamic microeconomic analysis of the impact of physical activity on cognition among older people – Sabrina Lenzen, Brenda Gannon, Christiern Rose
  • Development of Voluntary Assisted Dying Training in Victoria, Australia: A Model for Consideration - Ben P. White, Lindy Willmott, Eliana Close, Jayne Hewitt, Rebecca Meehan, Laura Ley Greaves, Malcolm H. Parker, Patsy Yates
  • Older lesbian and gay adults’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to accessing health and aged care services in Australia - Beatrice Alba, Anthony Lyons, Andrea Waling, Victor Minichiello, Mark Hughes, Catherine Barrett, Karen Fredriksen‐Goldsen, Samantha Edmonds
  • The Human Rights of Older Persons: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Elder Law - Bridget Lewis, Kelly Purser, Kirsty Mackie
  • Cost comparison of different models of palliative care delivery - Tracy Comans, Kim‐Huong Nguyen, Fiona Stafford‐Bell, Meera Agar

Events

• Palliative Care in Queensland Summit (Virtual) - 18 November 2020 Register online
• Community Legal Centres Queensland (CLCQ) annual state conference (online) - 10 to 12 November. The CLCQ State Conference 2020 is for community legal workers, centre directors, lawyers, social workers, volunteers and decision-makers. Find out more
   

Do you have a paper coming out, a new project starting, some interesting conference learnings, or some research outcomes you’d like to share? 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