A recent collaboration between researchers, Emily Todd and Alison Mutch, from the University of Queensland, and Bronwyn Bidstrup from COTA Queensland, found evidence that information and communication technology improves social connectedness for older people to some extent.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland and Moreton Bay Regional Council are partnering to pilot a Volunteer Community Peer Navigator Program at the Bribie Island library. The program aims to empower older people and their carers.
Bobby Redman is a retired psychologist who was given a provisional diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. She has committed herself to Dementia Advocacy by creating awareness, giving support and participating in dementia research which she shays helps her maintain a strong purpose in life.