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StepUp Advisory Board Member Appointed Member of the Order of Australia
StepUp is delighted to congratulate our advisory board member, Professor Warren Harding, on his inclusion in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List. Professor Harding was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of his significant service to...
StepUp Advisory Board Member Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia
StepUp is delighted to congratulate our advisory board member, Professor Sue Kurrle, on her appointment earlier this year of Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for distinguished service to medicine as a geriatrician, and to research into dementia and cognitive...
Fitting Medical Research into Advance Care Planning
How many of you have spoken with your loved ones about what type of care you would like to receive if you became seriously ill or injured or unable to say what you want? Advance care planning involves arranging with friends and family about what care you would like to...
Newsletter April 2023
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Good Neighbours Could Mitigate the Negative Impact of Living Alone
How often do you say hi to your neighbours? Because doing so, might help you – and them -live a little longer. An American study published earlier this year, set out to examine whether neighbourhood dynamics influenced the health of Chinese Americans who lived by...
Quality of Life Measures Available for Use in Aged Care
How do we measure an individual persons’ quality of life? Two new consumer experience and quality of life assessment tools, designed to improve standards and transparency in aged care, are to be rolled out nationally this year. A team of researchers at Flinders...
Holdsworth Community
Holdsworth Community supports children and adults living with intellectual disabilities; families with young children; older people who may be frail, ill, lacking mobility, experiencing social isolation or living with dementia; and their families and care givers...
South Eastern Community Connect
South Eastern Community Connect (SECC) is a non-profit community organisation with 45 years’ experience providing a range of services, programs, information and advocacy to people with disability, children, older people and the wider community in the Bayside (Botany),...
Newsletter Dec 2022
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