Professor occupational science & therapy, social gerontologist, Co-director AUT Centre for Active Ageing, researching inclusion & participation for ageing well
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined June 2015
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Our newly accepted paper reported the rural-urban disparities in the WHO healthy ageing five domains of FA by analyzing a national longitudinal study in China. Wonderful job team! @JedMontayre @muhsingho @PSaravanakumar_ sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Finally it’s here! My very first paper & proudly made it! in ‘The Gerontologist’ -The Making of Age-Friendly Universities: A Scoping Review academic.oup.com/gerontologi… @DellaManeze @salamonson @AlphiaPossamai @ACRes_Western
J Collis's @autresearch @tandfonline finds adults' everyday occupations operate as a driver of recovery, offer ready-to-hand challenges, invite intentional doing and habituate the wrist to movement after surgery for distal radius fracture doi.org/10.1080/09638288.202…
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Strength Training Alters The Trajectory Of Ageing.
Read about the study that was pivotal and probably changed our understanding of how exercise, and specifically strength training, could change the way our bodies age. fitgreystrong.com/strength-t…
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Consumer NZ calls out major retirement villages for 'unfair' treatment of elderly residents
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Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Thanks for circulating this #activeageing test @MegLowryPT . My yoga teacher introduced it to her class. Easier said than done. I tried multiple times before I succeeded down and up.
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"The unpaid sector ... in almost every country where I’ve ever seen the data, is the single largest sector of the nation’s economy.”
Watch Marilyn Waring's full TED Talk here: t.ted.com/i2FAyjG
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Read more about remotely delivered information, training, and support for informal caregivers of people with #dementia in this new @CochraneDCIG systematic review, which includes 26 studies with 2,367 participants. buff.ly/2LsYR5G
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Launching our Old Frame New Picture Campaign! Billboards up in all 10 GM boroughs! Online exhibition open! gmopn.org.uk/old-frame-new-p… Judging complete for our photography competition! Here's the winning image by Darren Robinson. See older people differently #valuablenotvulnerable
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What makes community‐based physical activity programs for culturally and linguistically diverse older adults effective? A systematic review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @JedMontayre @Stephen_Neville @vwstclair
A fine choice of Editor-in Chief @AgeingJ
.@AgeingJ is delighted to introduce our new Editor-in-Chief, Professor Debra Waters @otago @CAREageingotago
Check Debra's editorial in our latest issue:
A ‘new era’ for the Australasian Journal on Ageing onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezpr…
Val Wright-St Clair retweeted
The Knitters' Picnics are back for 2021!
Organised by Sue Elliott with support from the Albert-Eden Local Board, these are some Monday evening picnics in some beautiful Auckland Parks. Free entry, loads of fun, see you there!
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Check our December 2020 Issue Information here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @ralphhampson @shazzie00 @JedMontayre @ProfGerMed @taylor_morag
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Interesting article:
'A longitudinal analysis of loneliness, social isolation and falls amongst older people in England'
#AgeingWellNZ
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Val Wright-St Clair retweeted
Our new paper has just been published ～IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Can Individual Attitudes toward Aging Predict Subsequent Physical Disabilities in Older Taiwanese Individuals? A Four-Year Retrospective Cohort Study mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/1/98
Val Wright-St Clair retweeted
Lockdowns, elections, demonstrations, fires, floods - and the occasional lighter moments in New Zealand life.
RNZ's photographers and reporters were witness to a tumultuous year in 2020. Here is a selection of our favourite images.
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After 30+ years @AUTuni I begin life's next phase in retirement today. My pin board images were a constant reminder of what matters. It has been an exciting journey @Stephen_Neville @eleanor_holroyd ; now time to create the next inspiring journey.
