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Grace Rutherford; Rafat Hussain; Kathleen Tait – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, now constitute a major proportion of ill-health across most adult and older populations including in people with intellectual disability. The current paper is a comparative analysis of prevalence of NCDs across mid-aged and older-aged people with mild intellectual…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Adults, Older Adults, Intellectual Disability
Charlotte Kamrudeen; Harriet Star; Desma-Ann van Rosendal – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
This paper presents the findings of a ten-week research project exploring the intricacies of a co-located intergenerational program in Southeast Queensland. The research involved an early learning centre, North Early Learning, operated by a large not-for-profit organisation, Queensland Child Learning, and an aged care residence, Aged Care Living…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Community Programs, Early Childhood Education
Pamela D'Netto; Emma Finch; Anna Rumbach; David A. Copland – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Endovascular clot retrieval (ECR) is known to reduce global disability at 3 months post stroke however limited research exists regarding the trajectory of specific clinical impairments including language, swallowing and cognitive deficits between onset and 3 months. Aims: To assess language, swallowing, and cognitive performance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aphasia, Brain, Physiology
Tanaka, Rumi; Yakushiji, Kanako; Tanaka, Satomi; Tsubaki, Michihiro; Fujita, Kimie – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
This study aimed to review the validity and/or reliability of light-intensity physical activity (LPA) questionnaires and identify the most suitable questionnaires for measurement of LPA in adults. Following the PRISMA-P 2020 guidelines, we searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Embase, and MedNar. Only studies that targeted adults [greater…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Physical Activity Level, Adults
Leahy, Mary – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
In Australia and elsewhere, aged care and disability services are being transformed by the introduction of person-centred approaches. This radical reform to prioritise the dignity and needs of the people receiving care or support is an urgent matter of justice. Person-centred approaches are also transforming the organisation and conditions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Qualifications, Older Adults
Godby, Robert – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
The predicted growth of the aged care sector in Australia, driven by the ageing population, is expected to create an increasing need for workplaces to support the development for all kinds and classifications of workers to undertake their work within multicultural settings. This paper describes and elaborates the necessary and increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Workplace Learning, Multicultural Education
Francis-Coad, Jacqueline; Farlie, Melanie K.; Haines, Terry; Black, Linda; Weselman, Tammy; Cummings, Philippa; Hill, Anne-Marie – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Partnering with patients and staff to develop and evaluate falls prevention education could better enable patient learning and engagement. This study aimed to create a revised version of the Safe Recovery falls prevention education programme in partnership with older patients and hospital staff, to improve patient engagement in…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Hospitals, Accident Prevention, Safety Education
Maritz, Alex; Eager, Bronwyn; De Klerk, Saskia – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2021
Not only do Australian mature-aged entrepreneurs contribute $11.9 billion per annum to the Australian economy in over 379,000 businesses, they launch approximately 14,000 new businesses each year and actively contribute to fiscal, social, health, and active ageing outcomes in their communities. Thirty-four per cent of all young businesses in…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Self Employment, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
Burke, Geraldine; Alfrey, Laura; Hall, Clare; O'Connor, Justen – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2021
This article explores how the Museum, Art and Wellbeing project brought primary school children and seniors from the same local community together to engage in explorative activities designed to reveal individual and mutual assets for wellbeing. The Museum, Art and Wellbeing project undertook a participatory arts-based approach to investigate how…
Descriptors: Well Being, Intergenerational Programs, Museums, Elementary School Students
Stuart Wark; Rafat Hussain; Matthew P. Janicki; Marie Knox; Trevor Parmenter – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: There is little research comparatively assessing prevalence of pain between older people either with or without intellectual disability. This paper explores health and social factors associated with chronic pain in these two groups. Method: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Predictor Variables, Chronic Illness
June Alexander; Sandra Gendera; Sally Robinson; Karen R. Fisher; Kellie Howe – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: Traineeships have been proven to be beneficial vocational pathways for people with intellectual disability however to date the on-the-job training provision associated with traineeships has not been well documented. Method: This study describes components of on-the-job training provided to eight people, most with intellectual…
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Intellectual Disability, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults
Barbara Humberstone; Geoff Cooper; Di Collins – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
This study examines the perspectives and experiences of older lifelong participants in outdoor education/recreation. 32 participants, women (11) and men (21), aged 60-84 provided narratives of their lifelong engagements in the outdoors in nature-based activities. They were invited to write freely on their early experiences and their current…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Outdoor Education, Recreational Activities, Older Adults
Larri, Larraine J. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
This article discusses the contribution of craftivism to climate justice learning through the practices of Australia's Knitting Nannas Against Gas and Greed (aka KNAG or the Nannas). Framing activist adult learning as social movement learning locates environmental and climate justice struggles within lifelong learning practices. Established in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Justice, Handicrafts
Stanley, Maree; Allen, Penny; Tunks, Terry-Ann; Davenport, Melinda; Cartmel, Jennifer – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
Intergenerational playgroups purposively bring older people, young children and their caregivers together to engage in play and develop reciprocal relationships. Intergenerational research focuses on the benefits for participants, with much less known about how these programmes sustain. This paper discusses and explores programme sustainability…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Young Children, Caregivers, Play
Larraine Larri; Hilary Whitehouse – Gender and Education, 2024
This paper reflects on the ecofeminist educational implications of research findings about Australia's Knitting Nannas' Against Gas and Greed (a.k.a. The Nannas') experiences of peer-to-peer, environmental activist learning. Aspects of this unique and successful suite of informal learning practices devised by the Nannas guided by their Nannafesto,…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Age Discrimination