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New Study Sheds Light on Health and Wellbeing of Carers

A new study into the health service use of carers have has offered valuable insights into the unique challenges faced by this group.

New research highlights barriers to dementia risk reduction, testing and screening

A recent study has identified a range of barriers which impede community engagement in dementia risk-reduction behaviours across the lifespan.

Driving Better and Longer: Evidence-based tools and programs - Research Brief

Professor Kaarin Anstey has developed a research brief providing an overview of new research that provides accurate tools for assessing safety risk and programs to maintain driver skills for as long as possible.

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Designing Game-Based Cognitive Assessments for Older Prisoners in Australia

As Australia's prison population continues to age, there is a pressing need to address under-detected cognitive decline faced by this often-overlooked group.

2021 Discovery Grant awarded to UNSW Ageing Futures Institute Member
UNSW Ageing Futures Institute Member Emeritus Professor Bruce Judd awarded three-year ARC Discovery Grant.
Institute Member Awarded Innovation Award and Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Heart Foundation
Dr Rona Macniven, member of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute and Research Fellow from UNSW Medicine, was one of five recipients of the Heart Foundation’s Innovative Award and received a Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research into physical activity and how it can achieve health and wellbeing benefits over the life-course of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.