Thursday Three - 14 11 2024

  • #AAGConf24 is a go!
  • #AAG Pre-Conference Workshop Highlight "Listening with images"
  • #AAG Meet the Member with Dr Claudia Meyer
 

#AAGConf24 is a go!

 

[Pictured: Outgoing AAG President Dr Claudia Meyer, Andrea Kelly Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner, AAG CEO Renu Borst, and Ell Finlay, AAG First Nations Policy and ATSIAAG Officer]

What a great start to the week with our pre-conference workshops setting the tone for an exceptional week of #ThoughtLeaders on #ageing from across Australia and the globe, connecting, learning and collaborating! Did you get in early to check out the Generations Connect or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing pre-conference workshop streams? If so, tell us what inspired you on the AAG Online Community Discussion board or pop your comments on the AAG Social Wall in the conference app now!

#AAG Pre-Conference Workshop Highlight -"Listening with images"

 


Facilitated by Trish King, participants in the Emerging Researchers in Ageing (#ERA) / #AAG Student and Early Career Group (#SECG) sponsored workshop "Listening with Images" explored the use of photographic methods in research with older adults, specifically the power of visual storytelling to elicit experiences, memories and perspectives. Groups of participants went on an explorative photo walk during the workshop to record, share and compare their own subjective experiences along the coastal streets of Hobart, whilst learning techniques for integrating photography into their own research.

#AAG 'Meet the Member' with Dr Claudia Meyer

 

AAG is pleased to release Episode 2 in our 'Meet the Member' series. This month, Christina sits down with Dr Claudia Meyer, AAG National President and 2024 #AAGLifeMember awardee. 

Claudia is a Research Fellow at the Bolton Clarke Research Institute in Melbourne. Bolton Clarke is a large not-for-profit organisation providing services across the spectrum for at-home support, retirement village living and residential care across Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. Claudia combines her skills as an experienced physiotherapist with her research expertise, moving research into action f or community-dwelling older people and their carers, specifically in the areas of equity in healthcare, falls prevention and dementia care. She draws upon her expanding network in the community care, hospital and academic sectors to drive her belief in reducing the gap between research and clinical practice. In addition to her role a National President at #AAG, Claudia is the immediate Past President of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (#IAGG) Council of Student Organisations and current Asia-Oceania representative.

Click on the image above to watch AAG Meet the Member and learn more about Claudia, her career and research journey on ageing. If you missed last month's episode featuring Ilsa Hampton, Chair, AAG Victorian Division Executive Committee, you can catch up on Episode 1 here.

2024 AAG Conference social media kit

 

Here is the 2024 AAG Conference social media kit. Making it easier than ever to share the buzz. This handy kit includes eye-catching social media tiles and suggested wording for content. Members can access it easily access it in the AAG Community library.