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Jackie Broadbent

@geridocnz.bsky.social

Geriatrician NZ - community - research -health system - co design

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Study reveals gait retraining could help treat knee osteoarthritis New research demonstrates how personalized walking patterns can slow cartilage degradation and deliver pain relief comparable to medication.

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01.09.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Senior fashionistas prove you're never too old to play dress-ups Our Timeless Threads combines nurse Maia Willow's passion for vintage and pre-loved fashion with her experience as an aged carer, and it's bringing joy to the elderly.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

05.07.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Notes from a nursing home: โ€˜We donโ€™t speak of sadness hereโ€™

29.06.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inspiring talk by @graceinvaders.bsky.social on the importance of #meded and #geriatrics #education @healthnz.govt.nz @universityofotago.bsky.social

24.06.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wouldnt most retain their registration if only temporary time away?

23.03.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iwi Partner for Mฤori Dementia Care Centre

waateanews.com/2025/03/24/i...

23.03.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bowel screening change 'totally unethical' | E-Tangata โ€œWeโ€™re going to be left with people who go: โ€˜You know what, my uncle or my brother or my cousin died from bowel cancer. And it should have been picked up in a screening programme.โ€™ Make no mistake, th...

Bowel screening change โ€˜totally unethicalโ€™. Excellent explanation about why the government scrapping the Mฤori and Pacific age extension in the national bowel cancer screening programme goes against the science.

e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

10.03.2025 03:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes please

02.02.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Moderated by Professor Ngaire Kerse, this lunch time webinar will share informative interdisciplinary & lived experience perspectives from three presenters who will reveal how Universal Design sustains age-friendly participation in the built environment.
NZAG Webinar - Streetscapes that optimise age-friendly participation: Collaborative insights
What: NZAG Webinar
When: Thursday 26 September 2024 12:00 pm to 1:00pm
Where: Online

Moderated by Professor Ngaire Kerse, this lunch time webinar will share informative interdisciplinary & lived experience perspectives from three presenters who will reveal how Universal Design sustains age-friendly participation in the built environment. NZAG Webinar - Streetscapes that optimise age-friendly participation: Collaborative insights What: NZAG Webinar When: Thursday 26 September 2024 12:00 pm to 1:00pm Where: Online

Moderated by Professor Ngaire Kerse, this lunch time webinar will share informative interdisciplinary & lived experience perspectives from three presenters who will reveal how Universal Design sustains age-friendly participation in the built environment.

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ypczf3jd

19.09.2024 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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