Conversations for Change
The Old Colonists’ Association of Victoria (OCAV) has initiated Conversations for Change as our contribution to thought leadership about ageing in Victoria.
Let’s Retire Retirement
July 21, 2018
In June 2018, our second Conversations For Change was Let’s Retire Retirement. The keynote speaker was Dr Kay Patterson AO, Australia’s Age Discrimination Commissioner with resident Irene Renzenbrink providing her perspective on the importance of retiring retirement.
Read MoreWhat role will new technology play?
April 16, 2018
The role of new technologies in the age friendly community of 2030 was a contribution from Dr Raelene Wilding, an academic and researcher at La Trobe University. Her research has included exploring the ways in which migrants in Australia use communication technologies and visits to care for their elderly parents in the home country.
Read MoreIs Homeshare the Answer? Was a contribution from Dr Patricia Edgar, the author of In Praise of Ageing ( 2013), PEAK, Reinventing Middle Age (With Don Edgar) 2017, who attended the first Conversations for Change.
Read MoreOn April 20 2018 Minister Richard Wynne launched our first publication What Should An Age-Friendly Community Look Like in 2050?
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Pete Zawacki drove to Leith Park twice a week to visit his mother, Helen, until her death a year ago. After she died he wanted to honour her memory and ‘repay’ the kindness staff showed her by volunteering.
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