‘Outspoken’ on Ageing and Work
Please find below the audio for Radio New Zealand’s ‘Outspoken’ programme on New Year’s Day featuring Charles Waldegrave, discussing working over 65. Charles Waldegrave is Coordinator of the Family Centre Pākehā (European) Section and leader of the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit. He co-leads the ‘New Zealand Poverty Measurement Project’ (NZPMP) which has provided [...]
read moreIAGG Update
The NZAG has received the following update from IAGG to share with our members. First of all, we would like to wish you a very happy New Year, with much success for your activities and actions. We take this opportunity to give you some news about IAGG’s involvement: Membership IAGG is growing with a total [...]
read moreGreen Prescription Paper
Perceived Barriers, Benefits, and Motives for Physical Activity: Two Primary-Care Physical Activity Prescription Programs Asmita Patel, Grant M. Schofield, Gregory S. Kolt, and Justin W.L. Keogh This study examined whether perceived barriers, benefits, and motives for physical activity differed based on allocation to 2 different types of primary-care activity prescription programs (pedometer-based vs. time-based Green Prescription). Eighty participants from the Healthy [...]
read moreImproving the health and independence of older people
Extract from the New Zealand Director-General of Health’s Annual Report, pages 16-17 Statistics New Zealand population projections suggest that by 2031 one in five New Zealanders will be aged over 65 years. Longevity is predicted to increase and the proportion of New Zealanders in the 85-plus age bracket is growing rapidly. Many of these people [...]
read moreKiwis should be living longer – demographer
Tuesday, 4 December 2012 – Otago Daily Times New Zealand has one of the highest life expectancy rates in the world – but we should be living even longer, a senior demographer says. Anyone born in New Zealand is estimated to live past 80 on average, according to figures released by the Central Intelligence Agency [...]
read moreNew Zealand Association of Gerontology Association (NZAG) Survey 2012
We were delighted with the response to our first ever survey to find out what activities NZAG members and non-members would like us to organise. There were 77 responses from throughout New Zealand, most coming from Auckland ((28), Wellington (12), and Canterbury (12). Of these, 55 (78%) were members, the other respondents being NZAG conference [...]
read moreSensor Systems to Help Older People
A new sensor system is being developed by Australian scientists, which is aimed at helping the old age people live independently in their homes. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and sensor technologies are already being used in application such as anti-shoplifting and vehicle identification at toll collection points. But its recent application in field of human activity [...]
read moreHow old is ‘old’?
Kiwis believe you’re young until you’re 35 but once you pass 62 – you’re old, a survey has found. Research New Zealand (RNZ) has asked 1002 New Zealanders aged 18-years about their perceptions around age. RNZ director Emanuel Kalafatelis says the average New Zealander thinks a person is old when they reach 62. Women believe [...]
read morePREPARING FOR AN OLDER POPULATION
In just 10 years, the number of older persons (people over 60) will surpass 1 billion people and by 2050, the older generation will be larger than the under-15 population, according to a new report released on International Day of Older Persons by UNFPA and HelpAge International. Ageing in the Twenty-first Century: A Celebration and [...]
read moreInternational Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress 2013
** Call for submissions now open ** Important dates to remember for the 2013 IAGG World Congress are: Call for Submitted Symposia: September 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012 Call for Oral & Poster Abstracts: January 1, 2012 - October 31, 2012 Registration & Accommodation: October 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013 Early Registration: October 1, 2012 - December [...]
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