Today is International Mother Earth Day! #WorldEarthDay

Here's your regular reminder that there's no #HealthyAgeing without a #HealthyPlanet 🌍 🌎 🌏

What does this mean? Expand this thread to unpack the connections in the context of the #ClimateCrisis 🧵 ⤵️

Join us 4/30 for the webinar 'The Gerontologist Special Issue on Climate Change and Aging,” featuring authors of several articles that provide a roadmap of how we can confront the climate change crisis that has and will continue to influence how we age. bit.ly/4aLUAk2

We attended the Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga 2024 Symposium for the Ageing Well National Science Challenge: ‘The Ageing Well Journey: from vision to reality | Ka mua ka muri’
It was great to hear from researchers, community advocates, and others supporting and caring for older people.

A lovely couple of days at the Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga symposium 'From vision to reality: ka mua ka muri'

Here's some of our #AWESSoM team presenting their works 🤗

'Part of our success is that we transformed.'
-- Prof David Baxter

Ngā mihi to:
* Assoc Prof Michal Boyd for her talk 'Early warning, frailty, and quality care'.
* Dr Moira Smith for her presentation 'Oral Health in aged care'.

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And thanks to:
* Prof John Reynolds for his talk 'Stimulating the brain: lessons learnt and looking to the future'
* Assoc Prof Hamish Jamieson for his talk '10 years of Ageing Well work with interRAI data'

He tino pai!

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Many thanks to:
* Ruth Teh for her presentation 'Using data to detect patterns of conditions and outcomes'.
* Hannah Lowe (Centre for Health) for her talk 'Ngā Pou o Rongo'.

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It's great to join many of our friends and partners like Age Concern NZ at the Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga symposium this week in Wellington! This is a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation about the future of ageing in Aotearoa New Zealand ✨ #AgeingWell #Dementia

Now we turn our attention to the Health & Wellbeing session, led by Professor Ngaire Kerse from the University of Auckland.

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Next up, we have the research team from the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit.
* Dr Catherine Love
* Charles Waldegrave
* Professor Chris Cunningham
* Monica Mercury

They are presenting 'Co-creation research with kaumātua'.

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Now we are listening to the presentation from Rangimahora Reddy, Pare Meha, and Daphne Vasea from Rauawaawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust.

Their presentation is called 'Demonstrating Impact Post-Research Funding'.

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We enjoyed hearing from:
* Dr Lisa Underwood, University of Auckland.
* Malia Hamani QSM, Chief Executive Officer, Treasuring
Older Adults Pacific Inc., Auckland.
* Mikaela Shannon, Clinical Director, Enliven Central Presbyterian Support, Wellington.

Malo!
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And we've begun!
Our session leads Dr Jo Hikaka and Dr Ofa Dewes have set the scene.

Our first speaker is Dr Lisa Underwood from the University of Auckland. Dr Underwood was part of our Lifecourse Project.

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