Thursday Three - 11 04 2024

  • RM Gibson grants - 4 x $10,000 up for grabs
  • Australasian Journal on Ageing 43 (1) - March issue
  • UN Convention for older people - #AgewithRights

RM Gibson grants now open

We are pleased to advise that the AAG Research Trust RM Gibson grant program is now open. These grants support a broad range of projects, including qualitative and quantitative research, small implementation and/or evaluation projects, dissemination of findings, stakeholder analysis and policy briefs. In this way, they are designed to:

  • Facilitate early career learning and growth by providing seed funding for a standalone project, or a discrete piece of work within an existing project; and
  • Help build a grant track record.

In 2024, the RM Gibson program is offering:

  • Up to three grants of up to $10,000 (inc GST) each; and
  • A possible additional grant of up to $10,000 (inc GST), for applications with a substantive dementia focus, through our partnership with the Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF).

The RM Gibson guidelines and a new set of FAQsare available via the RM Gibson page or under AAG Resources. Applications must be made using the application form, through the link on the RM Gibson page.

Applications close at 10 am AEDT on Monday 27 May 2024.

Australasian Journal on Ageing Volume 43 (Issue 1)



The March issue of the Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) is now live.

As always, AJA’s contents continues to reflect the comprehensive range of research being conducted across gerontology and geriatric medicine. Practitioner readers may be interested in the Invited Editorial on hip fracture care, and Taylor and colleagues’ article on hip fracture care trends (AJA’s recent Virtual Issue also contains a collation of research published about falls and fall-related injury: ascertainment, risk and prevention).

This issue also presents a timely review by Turcotte and colleagues entitled ‘Factors influencing older adults' participation in telehealth interventions for primary prevention and health promotion’. Miller, Wilding and colleagues report on how organisational culture impacts technology adoption and sustained uptake. As we move to greater use of IT and AI, recognising end user perceptions of healthcare and wellbeing technologies is vital.

Tan and colleagues examine the rationale for ordering endocrinological blood tests in geriatric medical inpatients and discuss potential cost savings. Mellow and colleagues report the results of a nationwide survey of food, nutrition and dining practices in aged care facilities.

Call for UN convention for older people

From 8 to 14 April 2024, campaigners from around the world will gather for a ‘Global Rally’ on the rights of older people. Their message for governments convening in May for the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) is ‘It’s time to start drafting a convention on the rights of older people.’

Annually, OEWGA brings together UN member states, national human rights institutions, and non-governmental organisations to consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons, and identify possible gaps and how to best address them.

The Global Rally was established in 2021 as a component of the Age with Rights Campaign organised by the Global Alliance on the Rights of Older Persons (GAROP).

We encourage you all to find out more about the campaign, sign the global petition, write to your local and national government representatives, and raise awareness through social media.