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Prior to our existence, several international organisations that promote service development and best practice in care and support for older people already existed, but they are generally based in countries with more developed economies and social conditions. There was no organisation which had an established presence or had been able to build substantial relationships in […]

At the end of 2022, we said a fond farewell to our founding director and CEO Klaus Zimmermann, and Board director, Samantha Bowen. With well over 30 years of experience in the aged care sector, Klaus has been on the CommonAge journey since the was first discussed in 2013. He began working in aged care

In March 2013, our Founder and Chair, Andrew Larpent commenced a week of immersion in the challenges and opportunities facing communities from Commonwealth countries living in the UK, following his offer of a place on the Commonwealth Study Conferences Leaders (CSC Leaders) programme. This was a programme for Commonwealth leaders that ran between 2013 and 2019. It

Applications for this bursary is now closed, and we will be announcing successful recipients shortly We are inviting applications for travel bursaries for delegates from lower and middle income nations of the Commonwealth to attend the 2023 Global Ageing Network’s (GAN) biennial conference, Glasgow, Scotland 7 – 8 September 2023 with a pre-conference CommonAge meeting on 6 September

This thought leadership article by CommonAge Board Director Dan Levitt was first published in The Vancouver Sun Op Ed January 25 2023 Opinion: We need more housing options for seniors in established neighbourhoods that are too often out of reach for older persons — forcing them to live far afield from where they grew up, raised their families

Kenya is to get its first private care home thanks to our Ambassador in Kenya, James Mbatia Kinuthia. James, the Founder of SJ Remedial Care Homes has been a pioneer and healthy ageing advocate for over 20 years in Africa’s Social Care Sector, so we were delighted to offer him a our QCS bursary to attend our inaugural

Following two years when much activity was curtailed due to the pandemic, 2022 was a year of significant progress for us. New team members We welcomed Reneta D’Souza, based in India to the team in the position of part-time Executive Assistant. Her administrative support is greatly welcomed, and we acknowledge with thanks the support of

Following the completion of her PhD at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, we are thrilled to learn our Ambassador Blessing Ugochi Echeme-Ojembe, is now Dr. Blessing Ugochi Echeme-Ojembe. As one of our QCS bursary recipients to our inaugural Commonwealth Elders Forum in 2018, Blessing’s interest focuses on addressing the taken-for-granted assumptions and marginalisation that older adults across their life course

We were delighted to be a part of the launch of an exciting new initiative in South Africa to help combat elder abuse and enable elders to enjoy a sense of safety and dignity. On 23 November, The Association for the Aged (Tafta) launched a Toll-free National Elder Abuse Helpline. As well as enabling older

Our Ambassadors are an integral part in the CommonAge network, and their support is vital to our campaigning. As a recipient of our scholarship fund to enable our professional colleagues from developing countries of the Commonwealth to join us in Perth at the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September, 2015, Anderson Simfukwe is our Ambassador for Zambia. Anderson