Researchers at Griffith University are currently investigating new approaches to brain training. As we all know, as you grow older your quality of life can be greatly impacted by how healthy your brain is. Current research shows that the amount of mental activity you engage in may influence your risk of dementia in late adulthood. In fact, lifestyle factors such as the amount of mental stimulation you experience, can effect how well your brain continues to function as you age. Brain training is designed to improve thinking and problem solving and in some cases has had lasting benefits for general cognitive ability. Further, current research suggests that short-term training programs are especially beneficial for seniors.
We are now seeking healthy, independently living volunteers between the ages of 60-70 to participate in our brain training study. If you are not able to visit us at Griffith University (Mt Gravatt Campus) we may be able to organise to visit you in your own home. Participants will be assigned to one of three training groups. If you are interested in helping us with this exciting research, please contact the Griffith University Memory Clinic:
Phone: (07) 3735 3408
Email: Megan.Macoun@student.griffith.edu.au.
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We need your wisdom!
Do you know what contributes to successful ageing? Do you know why some people are happier when they get older while others are less satisfied with life as they age? How do your friends and family contribute to your general wellbeing? And what do your relationships today say about your wellbeing tomorrow?
A Griffith University study is looking at these important life factors, and these are some of the questions we would like you to help us answer. Last year we learned some interesting things about what contributes to successful ageing. However, there is much more to learn and we need your help! All you need to do to help is complete some questionnaires.
By participating you would be contributing to a very important body of research that could potentially lead to important changes in future generations. Your generation could teach us strategies to promote a lifestyle that leads to health, and a happy welcome of the natural ageing process.
We will aim to make participation as convenient for you as possible, just give us a call or send us an email and we will arrange the rest! Full confidentiality is guaranteed. And, if you change your mind – that’s ok!
If you are between 45 and 75 years of age, are healthy and living independently, and would like to get involved and help us answer these important questions, or you would like more information, please contact:
Email: Snezana.Bacur@student.griffith.edu.au
Phone: Griffith University Memory Clinic: (07) 3735 3408
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Have you ever received an email...
- asking you to invest money in an overseas company or scheme?
- telling you about a lottery win when you didn’t buy a ticket?
- advising you of an inheritance of someone you have never met?
- requesting permission to use your bank account to deposit a sum of money?
- requesting you to confirm your account (bank, share trading, eBay etc.) details and passwords online?
- from an unknown person asking you for money, personal details or any of your personal passwords?
Have you ever sent money overseas to a person you have never physically met via a cash remittance agency such as Western Union?
If you answered yes to any of these questions and you are aged 50 years or older, we would like to talk to you about these online experiences.
The Queensland Police Service is currently seeking volunteers to participate in an important research project examining seniors and online fraud.
Have you ever replied to one of these emails, by sending money, your personal details or any of your passwords?
If you answered yes to this question, your participation is even more important!
We are seeking volunteers who have responded to these types of email requests.
If you have responded to an email request for money, personal details or passwords, your experiences are vital to the research project. There is no need to feel ashamed or embarrassed about this, as this experience is shared by many people in Queensland and beyond.
By participating in this research project, you can help the Queensland Police Service to more effectively develop strategies to protect the community from fraudulent online schemes.
For further information about this project or to register your interest, please contact:
Dr Cassandra Cross
Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch
Queensland Police Service
Telephone (07) 3234 2111
Email: fraud.research@bigpond.com
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Do you have Type 2 diabetes?
Do you want the chance to be among the first to try a new user-friendly technology?
TLCDiabetes is a clinical trial conducted by researchers from Monash University, the University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University and aims to support people to better manage their diabetes from the comfort of their own home, using a new interactive phone system. It does not involve any cost to participants.
If you are aged between 18 and 75 years and have Type 2 diabetes we are currently recruiting participants living in Queensland, but outside of the greater Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast areas (ie not South East Queensland) to participate. If you meet the criteria and would like more information about this study, please contact the research team on:
Phone:(07) 3636 5506
Email:TLCdiabetes@coh.uq.edu.au
This project is funded by the National Health and Medical research Council (NHMRC) and Hospitals Contribution Fund Health and Medical Reasearch Foundation, and has been approved by Monash University's Ethics Committees.
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Are you aged 60 years or over?
Do you identify as gay or lesbian?
Do you receive care or emotional
support from other people in relation
to a health need or disability?
We need you for a research project funded by the University of Queensland about the networks of people who provide care to gay and lesbian seniors.
We would like to interview you, as well as the people involved in your care. This may include partners, family members and friends, as well as paid or employed care providers.
Total confidentiality guaranteed. If you change your mind about participation - no worries! Interviews at times and places convenient to participants
If you would like to be involved or know someone who might be interested or for more information contact:
Mark Hughes T: 0405 386 976, E: m.hughes5@uq.edu.au
Sue Kentlyn T: 3379 7273, E: dryad@internode.on.net
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