Programme

Thursday 30th September

Time	Community Sponsored by Perpetual Guardian	Physical Sponsored by Ageing Well National Science Challenge	Social Sponsored by Ryman Healthcare	Global Sponsored by Ministry of Health
8.30 - 9.00am	Registration
9.00 - 10.30am	Mihi Whakatau
	Presidents' Welcome Wayne Bradshaw and Dr Ngaire Kerse
	Opening Address Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall, Minister for Seniors
	Keynote Presentation: Creative Research with Older People Professor Vanessa Burholt
10.30 - 11.00am	MORNING TEA
11.00am - 12.00pm	Panel Discussion: Dementia Action Plan Catherine Hall (Chair), Scott Arrol , Dr Matthew Croucher , Dr Makarena Dudley , Alister Robertson
12.00pm - 12.30pm	Keynote Presentation: Why Ageing is Central to a Present and Future New Zealand Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley
12.30 - 1.30pm	LUNCH			NZ Association of Gerontology (NZAG) Annual General Meeting
1.30 - 1.45pm	Opinions of retirement village living John Collyns	The experiences of people with aphasia receiving speech language therapy in Aotearoa Robyn Gibson	‘Mā mua ka kite a muri; mā muri ka ora a mua’ : Exploring kaumātua wellbeing in Tai Tokerau Dr Marama Muru Lanning and Dr Hilary Lapsley	A conversation with the Grey Whisper Renée Hollis
1.45 - 2.00pm	Developing a framework for housing design that improves the quality of life for the high- needs elderly in New Zealand Yukiko Kuboshima	How does dance affect the health and wellbeing of older adults who have fallen? Francine Hills	Dr Marama Muru Lanning and  Dr Hilary Lapsley continued	Moving beyond functional ability into thriving: positive aspects of ageing Bernie White
2.00 - 2.15pm	'Positive ageing' in place for community-dwelling older adults: Interpreting results of a scoping review Tessa Pocock	Falls and staying well in New Zealand Dr Ngaire Kerse	Medicines review services for Māori older adults - Kaupapa Māori approaches in health service research Jo Hikaka	Creativity Village Victoria Harbutt
2.15 - 2.30pm	Leaving home ownership in later life: Determinants and consequences Dr Bev James	Frailty index for New Zealand older adults with complex needs Rebecca Abey-Nesbit	Ageing and walking slowly to the stars Dr Mere Kepa	Victoria Harbutt  continued
2.30 - 2.45pm	Everyone Needs Good Neighbours: The benefits of community-focused engagement in retirement village development Lucy Cooper	Predicting hospital admission and palliative care need Dr Eamon Merrick and  Dr Rhona Winnington	How to be old: we're all learning Rachel McAlpine	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©
2.45 - 3.00pm	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©	Aged residential care health assistants work in a blurred domain Dr Christine Clark	Rachel McAlpine continued	The CARE Village - A visionary Model of Care, breaking new ground, an innovative way forward for the delivery of aged care in New Zealand Thérèse Jeffs
3.00 - 3.30pm	AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 - 3.45pm	Are older workers at increased risk of fatal injury at work? Dr Rebbecca Lilley	Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the health and psychosocial well-being of Māori, Pacific Peoples and New Zealand Europeans living in aged residential care Dr Sharmin S Bala	Christmas - more than just a moment: unwrapping the practices and expectations of a meaningful life event Associate Professor Juliana Mansvelt	Symposium:  Predicting health and wellbeing in later life:  The Health, Work and Retirement Study Mary Breheny (Chair),  Joanne Allen ,  Dr Christine Stephens   and Ágnes Szabó
3.45 - 4.00pm	Considering workforce ageing from organisational perspectives: the case for (and against) case studies Dr Sally Keeling	Positive experiences of family caregivers when caring for people with Parkinson's disease: a narrative review Martyarini Budi Setyawati	Improving Ageing with Big Data Dr Hamish Jamieson	Symposium continued
4.00 - 4.15pm	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©	Oral care knowledge and perspectives among carers of home-based dependent older people Moira Smith	Dr Hamish Jamieson cont'd	Symposium continued
4.15 - 4.30pm	Working hand in hand: The development of Asian services at Age Concern Auckland Ray Law  and Felix Lin	Oral care can break the vicious circle of deconditioning in older adults in hospital settings Keiko Oda	Please visit our Exhibition Hall and meet our sponsors	Symposium continued
4.30 - 4.45pm	The Clubs Hub: connecting people with clubs Virginia Warbrick	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©	A place to call home : Influences on wellbeing when ageing in place with purpose Robyn Johnston	Top down or bottom up: Embarking on an age-friendly strategy Nicky McDonald
4.45 - 5.00pm	Today and Tomorrow: Transforming Public Transport for Ageing Communities Carole Gordon	Hidden in plain sight:  Macular Degeneration - the cost to individuals and society Anna-Louise Crane	What does wellbeing mean for older adults in New Zealand? Dr Priya Saravanakumar	Wasted Wisdom: Substance use and misuse in ageing New Zealanders - a hidden epidemic Charmaine Diver
5.00 - 6.30pm	(5.00 - 6.00pm) Social connection amongst older adults: an evaluation of the film 'Manawaroa' Merryn Gott and Lisa Williams	Writing for Publication: How to get published in a scholarly ageing journal Professor Debra Waters and Dr Jed Montayre
6.30 - 7.00pm	Early Career Researchers' Networking Event
6.00 - 7.00pm	Entertainment

Friday 1st October

Time	Community Sponsored by Perpetual Guardian	Physical Sponsored by Ageing Well National Science Challenge	Social Sponsored by Ryman Healthcare	Global Sponsored by Ministry of Health
8.30 - 9.00am	Registration
9.00 - 9.30am	Keynote Presentation: Health and Disability Review Martin Hefford
9.30 - 9.45am	The role of a dispute resolution scheme Susan Taylor	Dietary patterns and their association with cognitive function and metabolic syndrome in older New Zealand adults Karen Mumme	Enhancing wellbeing and social connectedness for Māori elders through a peer education (tuakana-teina) programme: a cross-sectional baseline study Rangimahora Reddy and  Dr Mary Simpson	Whānau and finance Ruth Smithers
9.45 - 10.00am	Development of an app to provide a digital platform to record one’s life storybook Alister Robertson	Leadership and oversight of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa: the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Karen Orsborn	He Kāinga Pai Rawa: Te Kete Mātauranga mō te Hanga Whare Tino Pai Rawa Dr Sophie Nock ,  Professor John G Oetzel , Rangimahora Reddy , and Yvonne Wilson	We now have three certainties in life: death, taxes… and scams Bronwyn Groot
10.00 - 10.15am	Banking and EPAs - tips and tricks Nicola Sladden	Emerging retirement wellbeing issues Jane Wrightson	Chronological Kaleidoscope of Auckland’s Age-Friendly Evolution Dr Judy Blakey	Utilities Disputes: We're here to help Jessica Niemack
10.15 - 10.30am	Building a dementia-friendly New Zealand Catherine Hall	Jane Wrightson  continued	Dr Judy Blakey continued	Volunteering in an Ageing Population: the benefits of volunteering for the wellbeing of older persons Michelle Kitney
10.30 - 11.00am	MORNING TEA
11.00 - 11.30am	Keynote Presentation: Māori and Mate Wareware: Update on a Māori diagnostic tool (MANA) and a Māori-friendly phone app for whānau  Dr Makarena Dudley
11.30am - 12.00pm	Precarity, assets and capabilities: Growing older in a small New Zealand rural community Associate Professor Chrys Jaye
12.00 - 12.15pm	A tale of two vaccines: Covid and Alzheimer’s Dr Doug Wilson, Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year
12.15 - 12.30pm	Summerset's ‘Best of Life’ philosophy - a great example of thriving communities Kirsty Johnson and Orquidea Tamayo Mortera
12.30 - 1.30pm	LUNCH
1.30 - 1.45pm	Symposium: Understanding the transport and mobility needs of an ageing population -   New Zealand Prospective Older Adult Transport and Health Study (NZPATHS) Dr Rebecca McLean  (Chair), Professor Jennie Connor,  Professor Sue Crengle,  Associate Professor Joanne Taylor and Dr Trudie Walters	Malnutrition and frailty co-exist in older adults admitted to long-term residential aged care Dr Carol Wham	Please visit our Exhibition Hall and meet our sponsors	"The Elderly": A discriminatory term that needs to disappear Dr Diana Amundsen
1.45 - 2.00pm	Symposium continued	Dietary change as a result of a prostate cancer diagnosis Dr Asmita Patel	Please visit our Exhibition Hall and meet our sponsors	Learning in later life: Concepts, exemplars and issues Dr Brian Findsen
2.00 - 2.15pm	Symposium continued	Texture-modified diets, nutritional status and mealtime satisfaction: A systematic review Xiaojing Sharon Wu	Please visit our Exhibition Hall and meet our sponsors	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©
2.15 - 2.30pm	Symposium continued	Eating less the logical thing to do? Vulnerability to malnutrition with advancing age: A Qualitative Study Dr Carol Wham	Empowering our seniors through volunteering Nilima Venkat	Visiting aged care innovators in countries with other healthcare systems benefits New Zealand's elderly Dr Jan Weststrate
2.30 - 2.45pm	Exercise Break: Steady As You Go©	Older adults' utilisation of a natural medicine clinic in Auckland Dr Asmita Patel	Symposium:  Pacific Perspectives in Ageing in New Zealand: The voices of Elders on social isolation and loneliness Tafaoimalo Loudeen Parsons, Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese and Charles Waldegrave	Carers' sleep status and themes of living well together with dementia Dr Rosie Gibson
2.45 - 3.00pm	Creating a human habitat for aged care Suzanne Simpson and  Joy Tlapi	AWESSoM Ageing Well Programme Dr Ngaire Kerse	Symposium continued	Dr Rosie Gibson cont'd
3.00 - 3.30pm	AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 - 3.45pm	Symposium: AgeConnect: 'Countering' Loneliness and Social Isolation Caroline Budge and  Keryn Roderick	Falls Prevention and Older People Campbell Clark	Symposium: Tai Kaumātuatanga: Older Māori co-creating research on loneliness and social isolation challenging Western perspectives Professor Chris Cunningham, Dr Catherine Love and Charles Waldegrave	The rise and significance of Senior Entrepreneurship Dr Judith Davey
3.45 - 4.00pm	Symposium continued	Pressure Injury Prevention in Older People Paula McKinnel	Symposium continued	Ageing and thriving through intergenerational social enterprise in Aotearoa Anne Purcell
4.00 - 4.15pm	Symposium: Contributing to Aotearoa becoming age-friendly: Impacting on policy, practice and the wellbeing of older people Dr Kay Shannon  (Chair),  Jo Conaglen and  Sara Napier	A New Road Ahead for Senior Driver Resources Craig Waterworth	Mahana: Connecting across the generations Emily Preston	A focus on equity: Developing a Culturally Appropriate Assessment Model  Dr Brigette Meehan  and Julie Palmer
4.15 - 4.30pm	Symposium continued	Use of relational and supportive interventions for residents living with dementia who like to walk Christianah Adesina	What is frailty? Perspectives from Chinese clinicians and older immigrants in New Zealand Dr Gary Cheung	Diversional and Recreational Therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand - A Snapshot Orquidea Tamayo Mortera
4.30 - 4.45pm	Symposium continued	Workshop: Cochlear implants for ageing New Zealanders: Raising awareness of health benefits Holly Teagle and Caroline Selvaratnam	Predictors of care home placement in people with dementia in Aotearoa       Associate Professor Sarah Cullum	Cyber Hygiene: CERT NZ's top tips for looking after yourself, online Rob Pope
4.45 - 5.00pm	Symposium continued	Workshop continued	Neighbourhoods, social connections and loneliness among older people Hannah Phillips-Wood	Rob Pope continued
5.00 - 5.30pm	Reflections and Closing Ceremony