Thursday Three - 11 December 2025 - Final for 2025

 

  • AAG National Office closure December / January
  • Changing patterns of referrals in response to the SPICE Program: A final member research spotlight for 2025
  • Pride in Our Work Survey – there’s still time to participate!

 

Australian Healthcare Week (AHW) is returning 11-12 March 2026 at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney)! AAG is a proud community partner of AHW26.

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Register for free and enter the draw to win free accommodation!

AAG National Office closure December / January

What a year it has been at AAG!

From a Victorian mini-conference in Ballarat to hosting 37 in person and online events, and, of course, the 58th AAG Conference in Alice Springs – 2026 sure has a lot to live up to!

We sincerely thank all those who have generously given their time, participated in our special interest groups, partnered with us on projects, joined our Buzz Sessions, and shared valuable feedback to shape our 2025 reports and submissions. The AAG truly represents a vibrant hub of ageing and aged care expertise – bringing together leading voices from across Australia – while nurturing the next generation of ageing thought leaders through our student and early career group and AAG Research Trust grants.

The National Office Team will take a well-earned break, with our office being closed from:

Wednesday, 24th December (midday) to Friday, 2nd January

We look forward to connecting with everyone again from Monday, 5th January!

Thursday Three e-news returns Thursday, 15th January.

Until then, if you need more good AAG vibes, you can watch the 2025 AAG Conference Recap Video or view all the conference happy snaps posted to the AAG Community.

Have a safe and peaceful New Year. See you in 2026! 

Changing patterns of referrals in response to the SPICE Program: A final member research spotlight for 2025

We round out 2025 with a research spotlight featuring AAG member collaboration on the Changing patterns of referrals in response to a multicomponent rehabilitation program for people with dementia and their care partners.

The brief report examines referral types and patterns over the first 30 months of a new multicomponent rehabilitation program for people with dementia and care partners: the Sustainable Personalised Intervention for Cognition Care and Engagement (SPICE) program.

Led by AAG Life Member and former AAG Board Director Prof Diane Gibson, the article includes contributions from AAG members from the Centre for Ageing Research Translation (CARAT) at the University of Canberra: Dr Georgina Chelberg, Ms Lara Wiseman, Prof Stephen Isbel, Prof Kasia Bail, and A/ProfNathan D'Cunha, with Nathan and Georgina speaking about the process evaluation and effectiveness of the SPICE program recently in Alice Springs at AAGConf25.

Read the full report in the Australasian Journal on Ageing. Find out more about the SPICE program on the University of Canberra website.



58th AAG Conference delegates from the University of Canberra. Back row from left: Abdeljalil Lahiouel, Kasia Bail, Robyn Lewis, Isobel Sanger, Nathan D’Cunha. Front row: Clare Stephenson, Elizabeth Low, Alice Pashley, Georgina Chelberg, Nina Bala, Stephanie Monk, Kelly Marriot-Statham. Photo credit: Oliver Eclipse Photography, official conference photographer

Pride in Our Work Survey– there’s still time to participate! 

Are you working or volunteering in residential aged care?

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This survey is open to anyone who works, volunteers, is on placement, or regularly attends to patients in a residential aged care setting in Australia.

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