The Global Centre for Modern Ageing brings together older citizens, businesses & researchers to develop solutions reflecting the opportunities of Modern Ageing.
Adelaide, South Australia
Joined September 2018
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@ModernAgeing CEO Julianne Parkinson says we have to end the ageist attitude that people getting older are an economic and social burden
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Fabulous morning at @Aging20 event in Adelaide featuring @ModernAgeing CEO Julianne Parkinson @Parkij01 #agedcare
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Three initiatives will be presented at next week's #letstacklecoronatogether “Communities innovating around the #health systems: the reaction to the #COVID19 emergency and what will remain”
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& Galician Health Living Lab
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🔎What constitutes the 'right' place for people to age well?
👨👩👧👦A survey of 1,000 Australians by @ModernAgeing suggests we need a more human-centric approach to #housing when considering later living and care facilities.
Read more at:
thinkhouse.org.uk/site/asset… via @Thinkhouseinfo
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A study listed with @StepUp4Dementia is looking for people aged 50+ years and over to take part in a 6-week online education & cognitive training program, for improving memory & other thinking skills as well as general wellbeing. Join @StepUp4Dementia to be matched to this study!
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Great podcast on the importance of #ageing workers and proving how the “new 65” feels today
#longevity #ageingsociety
In a society with so many octogenarians, WHY DO WE STILL THINK 50 IS OLD? "Biological aging is much more important than chronological aging," notes Paul Irving. And older adults are incredibly diverse AND essential to the workforce. Thx @Paul_Irving1
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To ensure older Australians are accessing reliable, up-to-date information about COVID-19, please share this Australian Government link: buff.ly/2WC6qu4
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The @ModernAgeing is asking #Australians to undertake a survey about how they are coping with all the #coronavirus changes, which will help inform new developments and products to improve the lives of #olderpeople. #agedcare #covid19 #talkingagedcare bit.ly/39GYudU
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"For older workers, the inability to get the hours of work has become a more heightened issue..."
Despite the alarming trends in underemployment among older Australians, employment data often sidelines it's importance. Read more below.
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The older demographic attracts only 10 percent of #marketing budgets and less than one percent of #globalinnovation.
"More people are living longer and healthier. This is where the market is shifting to. You can’t ignore it."
#ageing #modernageing
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Turns out memory only declines slightly with age (one factor is older people have more memories to sort through). But explanation we give ourselves for memory lapses changes with age - not an ‘elder moment’ just internalising ageist stereotypes again.😊 nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opini…
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“I don’t think [directors] realise the value of having older people who can cross-mentor their younger workers,” says @ModernAgeing CEO Julianne Parkinson.
Read more here: bit.ly/2nj3qnd
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This is such an incredible moment between a mother living with dementia and her daughter, conversing in sign-language.
The love, kindness and affection are there for all to see ❤️
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Ageism has reached its use-by date says
@madonnamking in @smh. Read her opinion piece here: bit.ly/2XzpiIw. Madonna King was In Conversation with Ashton Applewhite at Griffith University’s Integrity 20 conference on Tuesday #AshtonAus #EndAgeism
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“Everywhere in the world the sickest of the sick and the poorest of the poor are old women of colour,” Ashton Applewhite @thischairrocks told academics in Sydney last night. See her live at @PressClubAust at 12.30pm today on the ABC News channel. #AshtonAus #EndRacism – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Adelaide consistently punches above its weight in all things thoughtful and considered. Why is that? #itsamystery #ashtonaus #endageism @CityofAdelaide @southaustralia @thischairrocks @ModernAgeing @ECH_Inc – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Longevity is a fundamental hallmark of human progress. #Ageing is not being sick, it's moving through life: Writer and anti-ageism activist, Ashton Applewhite speaking at CEDA's event today in Adelaide #futureofwork
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#futureofwork Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else today but hearing some amazing people chatting about driving out ageism for our workplaces. @ceda_news
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40% of Australian companies avoid employing people over 55, Julianne Parkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Global Centre for Modern Ageing shares at CEDA's #futureofwork event @ModernAgeing