Mr. Amit Vaidya, Director at UCC Care Pvt. Ltd. will be travelling from India to Perth on a CommonAge scholarship to join other commonwealth delegates at the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September. Although he is a trained architect, Mr Vaidya has been leading his company’s foray in senior living since 2009, and he has developed and […]
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ACC is proud to announce a new partnership relationship with CommonAge to promote and disseminate learning, experience and best practice in aged care services in Commonwealth countries. This partnership builds on ACC’s existing relationships with key members of CommonAge and the organisation’s approach to collaboration for innovation and better practice initiatives. ACC’s Group Chief Executive
We are delighted that Paul Ayernor from Ghana has accepted the offer of our scholarship to attend the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September in Perth. Ayernor is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology and is currently working on a DPhil thesis entitled: ‘Social Embeddedness, Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in
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Decision Assist – Palliative Care support for Aged Care For aged care staff, making decisions that provide the best possible palliative care for older people has become increasingly complex. And that’s a good thing. People now live longer and, increasingly, are able to live out their lives in their own homes, whether in the community
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The founder and Chief Executive of Cameroon’s leading organisation in care of older people, CDVTA (Community Development volunteers for Technical Assistance), has accepted the offer of our scholarship to attend the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September. Francis Njuakom Nchii is also the coordinator of Nouvelle Planete projects in Cameroon and a member of care
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The Program Planning Committee invites authors to submit abstracts for oral, poster, symposium and workshop presentations for the IFA 13th Global Conference on Ageing, Disasters in an Ageing World:Readiness, Resilience and Recovery. Click here for more information
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As well as \’liking\’ and \’following\’ us on our Facebook and Twitter feeds, we\’d love you to join the discussions from across the Commonwealth on our LinkedIn group. We can learn so much from each other by sharing our experiences and knowledge As a reminder you can also find us at: Facebook: facebook.com/commage.org Twitter:
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We were delighted when Dr Alfred Yawson from Ghana accepted the offer of our scholarship to join us in Perth at the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September. Dr Alfred is a university lecturer at the Medical School and School of Public Health, University of Ghana and the consultant public health physician at Korle-Bu teaching
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This Australian Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) report on the quantitative and qualitative factors that influence and are associated with the financial performance of aged care providers is extensive, but it has an excellent a short executive summary which encapsulates the key findings. PwC assisted ACFA with this study. The ACFA provides independent advice to the Australian Government
Earlier this year, we launched a 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. We received nearly 50 applications from 20 Commonwealth Countries, and thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, 15 scholarships* have been awarded to delegates from