Thursday Three - 28 11 2024

• Final call to complete #AAGConf24 Survey
• Dr Karly Bartrim - Engagement models impact nutrition care
• AAG Meet the Member Episode 3 with Sharon Wall
  
  

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Final call to complete #AAGConf24 Survey

Have you had your say about #AAGConf24 in Hobart? Follow the link below to spend just a few minutes telling us what worked well, how we might improve, and anything else that comes to mind to assist with planning for next year's #AAGConf25!

#AAGConf24 feedback Survey

Please note - the conference app will remain open until the end of January so you may access the sessions on demand, posters and speaker handouts.

Dr Karly Bartrim – Engagement models impact nutrition care

This week, Australian Ageing Agenda features #AAG Member and Dietitian, Dr Karly Bartrim, who was recently interviewed at #AAGConf24 in Hobart about her research on engagement models that impact nutrition care for older people living in residential aged care facilities:

"Dr Bartrim shared the findings of her PhD research, which analysed the perceptions of 31 dietitians working in residential aged care to understand the impact employment status and engagement models have on work activities and resident care...

The key findings of the study published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing in May include:

- being an employee allows for better integration and utilisation in an aged care facility
- contract work creates a scarcity of time
- ad hoc work does not meaningfully address nutrition challenges and may not be good for resident care
- regularly scheduled visits support positive outcomes for residents. 

The study concluded that regular dietetic engagement is needed to deliver person-centred care and improve residents' nutrition care." You can read the full study findings here: Dietitians' perceptions of employment models used in Australian residential aged care facilities. 

And hear more about the pros and cons of different approaches from Dr Bartrim here.

A double congratulations to Dr Bartrim! How serendipitous that she received her conferral email right in the midst of #AAGConf24 - perfect timing for such an exciting milestone!   

AAG Meet the Member Episode 3 with Sharon Wall

This week's "Meet the Member" introduces Sharon Wall, AAG Life Member, inaugural Fellow, active member of the NSW Division, and past chair of the Illawarra Chapter. Sharon is the Director of Ageing by Caring Pty Ltd and for the past 15 years has been the Translational Research Manager of the Aboriginal Health and Ageing Team at NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia).

Click on the image below to view Episode 3 in the AAG Meet the Member series.