Ngaire Kerse holds the JCC in Ageing Well. Combatting societal ageism, improving health and positive perspectives during ageing.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined April 2021
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#nzag2023 Maria Edstrom presenting on ageism and the media
Faulous stuff
@NZGerontology @NZAgedCare
Fabulous work Ruth Teh @rt_teh on the extremely high prevalence of atrial fibrillation in #lilacsnz. Https://rdcu.be/c8NRo
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@FMHS_UoA
Great example of positive ageing pikme.com.au/photos-by-max-c…
Great leadership by Andy Clegg in getting paper thru advocation for individual patient meta-analyses. protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NY…
@NKerse @NZGerontology
Check this out
Important WHO report on icope
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Lucky NZ has the OPIMD older peoples index of multiple deprivation coming soon from Dan Exeter at SOPH
‘Poor choice of measures of socioeconomic status in later life risk underestimating inequalities’ - timely reminder from @GFSpiers as pensioner poverty predicted to rise. jech.bmj.com/content/early/2…
Ageing theough the creativity of Hilma af Klint. Great exhibition at City Gallery Wellington
@AwessomNz @AgeConcernNZ #lilacsnz
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For years aged care homes had been telling me that many of their residents were started on antipsychotics while in hospital. Our article shows they may be right. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Vision for Ageing in Aotearoa conference will be virtual! @NZGerontology @AgeConcernNZ
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Our excellent dinner guest tonight was sharing about a time he visited indigenous people in the Darjeeling region in India, and when they found out he was from Aotearoa NZ, one of them said “you’re from the place where Linda Tuhiwai Smith writes”
Really excellent story
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Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2021 Virtual Conference! Our themes are✍️Aged Residential Care✍️Community Living✍️Acute and rehabilitation - hospital. Submissions close on 18th June! Submission guidelines👉anzfpsconferenceauckland.co.… #fallsprevention #ANZFPSconf2021
Physical activity important to ageing well. Here is how it remains a major burden of disease despite downgrading.
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@FMHS_UoA
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Pleased to visit my home town Te Anau to announce local Jobs for Nature projects. I met with teams fighting invasive weeds on the Fiordland national park perimeter.
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This is essential korero for researchers in the pro-equity space. Ageing in inequitable in NZ. Lets all read this report and listen to the webinar.
@NZGerontology #lilacsnz mediacentre.maramatanga.ac.n…
Supporting healthy ageing. AWESSOM research and #LifeCurve.
Great uptake of #LifeCurve in NZ so far! bayofplenty.lifecurve.co.nz Let's start having more conversations about #healthyageing. Download the app for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d… or Apple: apps.apple.com/us/app/lifecu… @sarahAHPRehab @AwessomNz @JoyceCookChair @leighhaldane @BOPDHB
We need one of these for older people's social housing
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Let’s talk #inequity — “on average, other ethnicities were given antidepressants at eight times the rate of Māori, 34 times the rate of Pasifika and 16 times the rate of Asians” reports @LouiseTernouth @ColinTukuitonga #Mentalhealth
nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic… – at Auckland, New Zealand
Dementia action plan should provide support for carers. How and what and who.pays need to be worked on
@NZGerontology @JoyceCookChair @drayeshaverrall
“It's all very well telling us, ‘You're doing a great job’. I don’t need to hear that, what I need is real help, real support.” We urgently need to address this challenge. We need the Dementia Action Plan funded and implemented. stuff.co.nz/national/health/…
Disparities ongoing in life expectancy.
@NZAgedCare
#lilacsnz
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