May 25, 2019

The Importance of Influenza Vaccination – Aged Care

The Importance of Vaccination

When it comes to older Australians, contracting the flu can have deadly consequences, and being vaccinated before the winter months can make all the difference to the wellbeing of an elderly loved one. Hear from expert in the field Professor Robert Booy.

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Design for social innovation. The future of aged care.

On Wednesday, 4 July 2018, Ellis Jones and innovAGEING brought together 25 executives, referral organisations, designers, architects, researchers and academics from across the aged care sector. In Ellis Jones’ Realm of Possibilities workshop space, people rolled-up their sleeves and got out of their comfort zone for our event – Design for social innovation. The future of aged care. The Ellis Jones... Read More

Designing a Good Death in Aged Care

What is a good death? Death is often a taboo topic for most, as people perceive it as being morbid, dark and sad. But in aged care, death is something they have to deal with every day. Death is a part of reality, and though some people may shy away from the topic – it is... Read More

The 2018 Oscars: a country for older men. And – albeit more gradually – for older women

At the start of this year, I had three movies on my must-see list: The Post, The Darkest Hour and Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. By yesterday I had realised that wish-list, and can highly recommend all three of them. But this is not a review article. Instead, between them, those films highlighted something very exciting: that the movie... Read More
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