Over four Tuesdays throughout the school term period, six Year 10 Emmanuel College students, with accompanying teachers, visited Seachange Emerald Lakes Aged Care home to interview three Seachange Emerald Lakes Senior residents in pairs.
Our member Rose Connors Dance Coordinates a wonderful project which is gaining traction and lots of media attention nationwide. The Centenarian Portrait Project celebrates intergenerational relationships with our oldest generation. The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers is a community arts project that promotes intergenerational friendships, celebrates life at 100 (in all its forms) and fights the
Centenarian Portrait Project – Embraced Read More »
Stories are central to human connection, communication and cognition. They are integral to our culture and identity and enable us to learn, celebrate, heal and remember. They link us together with others and with things that are important to us.
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Almost 250 people assembled on the Gold Coast on 24 June to attend the Mayoral Intergenerational Forum. Eva Milic from Channel 9 Gold Coast News was the MC for the day, introducing a great line up of speakers. Mayor Tom Tate kicked off the forum with a heart-warming speech about the benefits of intergenerational practice
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Sisters and Early Childhood Teachers Anna and Fiona Glumac set up an intergenerational care facility in Victoria that will provide interactions between children and parents in elderly care.
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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded $3.7 million over 5 years to intergenerational researchers across University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Griffith University, University of Queensland and other areas to conduct clinical trials to see if community-based intergenerational practice effectively reduces frailty in our ageing population. Frailty has been described
INTErGenerational Intervention to Reduce fraIlTY (INTEGRITY) trial in full swing Read More »
Griffith University was delighted to host Her Excellency the Ambassador of Uruguay, Dianela Pi at their Nathan campus on Tuesday 24 May. Griffith University was represented by Professor Peter Binks, Vice President of Engagement, Professor Fabrizio Carmignani, Pro Vice Chancellor of Griffith Business School, and the Dean of Engagement GBS, Professor Ruth McPhail, along with
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Global Intergenerational Week was held from 25 April to 1 May; the ideal time to celebrate a pioneering, Australian-first intergenerational project right here in Adelaide. Echoes Montessori is an early learning and care environment embedded into the vertical village of Encore Apartments independent retirement living. In this innovative space the children and their elders not only share
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Valma Fell‘s life was touched by dementia three times; first, when her brother-in-law was diagnosed with the “new illness” of Alzheimer’s in the 1960s, again when another brother-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimers decades later, and finally when her own husband, former Illawarra Mercury General Manager, Ian Fell, was diagnosed in 2006. “We had very different
‘We deserve dignity’: Figtree woman’s bid to put joy back into aged care Read More »
While our oldest and youngest generations may seem worlds apart, new ageing well initiatives are bringing them together in a timely move to create meaningful connections. Picture this: A group of young kids crowd around a pool table while an older man takes the first shot of the game, promising to show them “how it’s
An unconventional meeting of minds Read More »