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21 October 2019

Study aims to develop self-compassion tool for carers

Griffith University researchers are looking for people to take part in a study on self-compassion for carers of older adults.

Health + Wellbeing Griffith Enterprise Menzies Health Institute Queensland Research School of Nursing and Midwifery
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28 October 2015

Improved family involvement needed in care of people with dementia

“They rush you and push you too much… and you can’t really get any good response off them”. This was just one of the family member comments from recent Griffith research regarding the acute care of their loved ones with dementia.

Health + Wellbeing Menzies Health Institute Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery
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23 July 2015

Contemplating homicide while caring for family with dementia

Homicidal thoughts are a real and significant phenomenon among family carers of people with dementia.

Health + Wellbeing Menzies Health Institute Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery
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13 October 2014

Promoting good mental health for carers

In Mental Health Week, it is important that we take time to acknowledge family carers, writes Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer from Griffith's Centre for Health Practice Innovation.

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5 March 2013

Carers of people with dementia contemplate suicide

One in four people who provide care for a family member with dementia have contemplated suicide more than once in the last year, says Griffith research.

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5 September 2017

Improving future care for people with dementia

Improving community service uptake and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers during the early stages of the condition, is the focus of a new Griffith study.

Health + Wellbeing Medicine Dentistry and Health Menzies Health Institute Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery
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14 July 2016

Looking at the challenges of aged care for people with dementia

Increasing the understanding of community aged care for people with dementia is the focus of new research by Griffith University.

Health + Wellbeing Menzies Health Institute Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery
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6 August 2015

How to age powerfully–and what that means

Dr Siobhan O'Dwyer from Menzies Health Institute Queensland talks about how we can change the course of our own ageing and how her grandfather successfully achieved it.

Health + Wellbeing Menzies Health Institute Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery
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9 October 2023
Marcus Ward, Vice Chancellor (Advancement) at the launch of the Campaign to Create a Brighter Future for All

Creating a Brighter Future for All

Griffith University has set an ambitious goal of raising $125 million to allow its research, education and engagement to have an even greater impact.

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19 June 2023
Assistance dog leads a blind woman out of a train

First annual report reveals lived experience of Queenslanders with disability

A Griffith University-led research initiative to discover the lived experience of Queenslanders with disability was released at Australia’s Disability Strategy Forum in Brisbane today.

Environment + Sustainability Health + Wellbeing Disability Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability Beacon Menzies Health Institute Queensland Research
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