🦴 Osteoarthritis or Osteoporosis: To Exercise or Not? 🤔💪 Spoiler alert: the couch might not always be the answer! 😉 Join us for an eye-opening online session with Fit Minds Australia as we unpack two of the most common conditions affecting older adults—osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. Learn how the right exercise can help: ✅ Reduce joint…
🚨 Less restriction, more support. That's the goal. 💙 Join us for an insightful webinar on Strengthening Behaviour Support to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Restrictive Practices and discover how proactive, person-centred approaches can help protect the rights, dignity, and wellbeing of older people. 🎯 We'll explore: ✅ Practical behaviour support strategies to reduce incidents ✅…
Split over two days, a month apart, session 1 is an education session which will cover, what is an ACD, what sort of things do you need to know, what things do you need to consider when creating one... and much more. You will leave session 1 with the paperwork, some fact sheets and lots…
As the final session in this important webinar series, Session Three offers a continued opportunity to unpack the real impacts of the aged care reforms introduced on 1 November 2025. Hosted by COTA Australia and the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), this session will address questions submitted by participants and explore ongoing concerns around Support…
🎨 Monday 6 July 2026 – Creative Expression Discover how art, music and creativity can improve wellbeing for both carers and those they support. 🗓️ 6 July 2026 | 🕑 2:00–4:00 PM 📍 Glenunga Hub (Online option available) ✅ Topic: Creative tools for connection & joy ☕ Light refreshments included 🎟️ Free – Registration essential
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Program A fully funded, evidence-based program for people with mild to moderate dementia that helps improve cognition, communication, confidence, social connection, and quality of life through enjoyable group activities. Program includes: - 14 weekly 1-hour sessions (Fridays, 31 July–30 October 2026, 10:00–11:00 am) - Small groups of 4–6 participants - Cognitive…
This four-part online series explores grief, loss, dying and care through lived experience, contemporary knowledge and reflective practice. Rather than positioning death and grief as experiences to fear, avoid or fix, this series approaches them as natural, relational and deeply human aspects of life. In cultures where conversations about mortality are often delayed until crisis…
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Program A fully funded, evidence-based program for people with mild to moderate dementia that supports cognition, communication, confidence, social connection, and quality of life through enjoyable group activities. Program includes: - 14 one-hour sessions over 7 consecutive weeks (Mondays & Wednesdays, 3 August–16 September 2026, 2:00–3:00 pm) - Small groups of…
Overview Join us to explore how physical activity influences brain health Join us to explore how physical activity influences brain health. The presentation will also explore: The link between strength, balance, cardiovascular fitness and cognition. What the research says about delaying cognitive decline. Practical recommendations for people with different abilities. Who is this for? This…
💬 What if talking about death helped us live—and care—better? Join us for an open conversation about dying, grief and care, bringing together expert, professional and lived perspectives. 🖤 📍 UNSW Scientia Galleries 🗓️ Mon, 14 Sep | 4–6 PM 🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/talking-about-death-conversations-about-dying-grief-and-care-tickets-1995609975156?aff=oddtdtcreator #TalkingAboutDeath #SocialSciencesWeek #DeathAndDying #GriefAndCare #EndOfLife #MeaningfulConversations