Research grant to improve quality and safety of aged care
A Flinders researcher has won a major health grant by the Hospital Research Foundation to improve the health and wellbeing of the aged care community. Dr […]
Bushfires inspire editorial on compassion and caring
An editorial by Caring Futures Institute Foundational Director Professor Alison Kitson, inspired by this summer’s bushfire crisis, was published in an international journal recently. The article, […]
Research to help grey nomads self-manage diabetes
Grey nomads will be given access to greater tools and education to help manage their diabetes while travelling. Flinders University researcher Dr Anita De Bellis is […]
Towards inclusivity in aged care policy
Rachel Milte and Julie Ratcliffe wrote this piece for Community Care Review magazine’s summer 2019/20 edition. People with dementia are traditionally excluded from health economics research. Rachel […]
Grants flow for technology to improve cardiac care
Caring Futures Institute research lead Professor Robyn Clark has received her third significant grant in a matter of months, further strengthening the institute’s body of work […]
CFI in the media - January 2020
ABC News Adelaide: In the next decade, one in five people in Australia will be over the age of 65, and in a state like South […]
Royal Commission report suggests innovative approaches to improve aged care
Humanoid robotic helpers and ‘dementia villages’ are among a range of innovative approaches reviewed in a Flinders University report prepared for the Royal Commission into Aged […]
Institute supports behaviour change event
The Caring Futures Institute supported the Australian Association of Social Marketing’s Adelaide Behaviour Change Networking Hub last month. It was the hub’s first casual networking evening […]
Opinion: bushfires bring need for community care into focus
By Judith Leeson AM The tragedy of the Australian bushfires, which have unfolded during the past few months, has left us gasping at the unprecedented scale, […]