Professor of Anthropology & Sociology, Director Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Research Lab, Vice Chancellor Professorial Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University.
Perth, Western Australia
Joined June 2013
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Can't wait to begin! @ColleenJDoyle @dutoitsh @DrAnitaGoh @CatFStevens @IvayloVassilev @JadeCartwright @EdithCowanUni @NAgeingRI @crac_ecu @Sydney_Uni @uwanews @AHSRI_UOW 5/
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The research also supports family caregivers who often have the additional care burden of managing English language and other cultural barriers to service access for themselves and their loved ones. And it will provide important data about service gaps and needs 4/
This research is so important because there is a critical lack of programs that adequately serve older migrants and their families living with dementia. Lack of knowledge and access put people at increased risk of reduced support, which increases their risk of poor health 3/
Almost half a million Australians are currently living with dementia and one in three of these people were born overseas. People from migrant backgrounds and their caregivers often have less knowledge about, access to, and uptake of health services, and prevention activities /2
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Thrilled to be working with leading migrant partner organisations and wonderful colleagues on this much needed research. Delighted this project is based in social sciences, arts and humanities at ECU and led by the SAGE Team #BwGEN #dementia
ECU has been awarded more than $1.4M in NHMRC funding for research to improve social connections and access to services for migrants living with dementia and their families. s.ecu.edu.au/3LlshPZ
The Migration & Mobilities Update was such a success we will host it every year in Research week #MyUWAResearchweek
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Minister Nahan opened the Inaugural WA Migration Update. He lamented the closure of the Bureau of Immig and Pop'n Research. Bring it back!
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I just added 'Baldassar, L. (2014) ‘Guilty feelings and the guilt trip: Emotions and motivation ...' to @academia! academia.edu/9416687/Baldass…
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