Tag: older people
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Watching Bluey or walking the dog? How grandparents entertain the kids
PHAA Communications It’s a scenario that many families can relate to – childcare is expensive, hard to secure or simply too inflexible and so the grandparents become regular babysitters. With many families now having both parents working, Australia’s grandparents have become our biggest providers of informal care. Which raises the…
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Striking before it’s El Nino hot: raising awareness of older people’s heat health risks
Ella Jackman (Project Coordinator & Research Assistant), Mehak Oberai (Senior Research Assistant), Ethos (Extreme Heat and Older Persons) Project, and Associate Professor Shannon Rutherford, Griffith University Global temperatures have increased and are expected to continue increasing, due to the ongoing consequences of climate change. This warming will have unprecedented harms…
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Let’s get physical: We know it’s potentially life-saving, so how do we get that ‘exercise benefits’ message across?
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA PHAA’s Note: This article does not constitute medical advice. Please see your doctor before starting exercise or physical activity. Is anyone else struggling to live up to their ambitious new year’s resolution to do a minimum of one hour’s exercise every day for this calendar year?…
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From cradle to grave: falls represent a lifetime of risk to us all
Public Health Association of Australia According to the World Health Organization falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide after road traffic injuries. Each year an estimated 646,000 individuals die from falls globally, and more than 80 per cent are from low and middle-income countries.…