Research topic
29 October 2025
Creating inclusive, accessible outdoor environments that encourage older adults to engage in physical activity and social interaction is important for healthy ageing.
Read more about ENJOY: Active ageing in the outdoors for older people
20 August 2025
Continence care for older people receiving aged care services
13 August 2025
Improving continence management with new sensor wear technology
30 July 2025
The Talking Mental Health project aims to enhance the identification and support of mental health and well being needs among older adults…
7 October 2024
Investigating how older Victorians use and perceive cooling centres, and how they perceive the health-related effects of heatwaves.
11 March 2024
Shared Acute Models of Care in Hospital: a scoping review of new and emerging practice
9 August 2023
A consultation about catheter care in Victorian residential aged care homes
10 May 2023
The IDC-IMPROVE Project: improving indwelling urinary catheter care
11 January 2023
Elder abuse ravages the lives of older people, decreases quality of life, and increases mortality risk by 40%.
21 September 2022
A co-designed video sharing what family carers themselves view as important and helpful in caring for someone living with dementia.
Read more about Finding my way: Sharing tips on supporting people living with dementia
10 June 2022
A free online course on dignity-based continence care, for carers of people living with dementia.
5 May 2022
The Global dEmeNtIa rEsources (GENIE) project is developing an online repository of national and international evidence-based dementia resources to support CALD family…
Read more about GENIE: Online resources to support CALD family carers of people living with dementia
22 November 2021
The Australian Department of Health commissioned NARI to undertake a National Aged Care Research Roundtable Project to identify priority research areas for…
17 November 2021
A three-year study supporting CALD family carers and people living with dementia through animations and digital fact sheets.
17 November 2021
Funded by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations, this two-year project will implement and evaluate the Chinese iSupport program in Australia and…
Read more about Providing and evaluating the i-Support program in Australia and Greater China
17 November 2021
The Improving Interpreting for Dementia Assessments (MINDSET) Study was designed to improve the quality of interpreter communication in a cognitive assessment for…
Read more about MINDSET Study: Improving interpreting for dementia assessments
12 November 2021
This Discussion Paper, authored by NARI Ambassadors Dr Don Edgar and Dr Patricia Edgar, analyses generational conflicts and how to create a…
Read more about Our Intergenerational Future: Co-operation Not Conflict
30 August 2021
The Pain Management Guide Toolkit for Aged Care, 2nd Edition is a free resource to help implement the book Pain in Residential…
Read more about Pain Management Guide (PMG) Toolkit for Aged Care, 2nd edition
5 August 2021
How three Aboriginal community controlled art centres support older people and those living with dementia in remote communities.
20 July 2021
Advancing Alzheimer’s family caregiving interventions and research capacity in Vietnam
20 July 2021
The vast majority of people with dementia living in the community (91%) are cared for by their unpaid family carers.
20 July 2021
Strengthening responses to dementia: building a Vietnam National Dementia Plan
17 December 2020
The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.
Read more about Indigenous cognitive assessment: Regional and urban KICA
27 November 2020
Linking publically available anonymous administrative data offers Victoria large-scale, population-level evidence on factors affecting aged and health care delivery to older Victorians.
25 November 2020
Inside the system: aged care residents’ perspectives reports on a nation-wide survey of people living in residential aged care facilities.
25 November 2020
Inside the system: home and respite care clients’ perspectives presents the results of a nation-wide telephone survey of people receiving Home Care…
23 November 2020
Introducing a dignified approach to continence care in residential aged care.
Read more about The Best Practice Model of Continence Care for Residential Aged Care
23 November 2020
Investigating whether befriending, provided by trained volunteers, reduces depression, anxiety and loneliness for older people living in residential aged care.
9 November 2020
In collaboration with the elder abuse sector, NARI developed the first action plan to help the Victorian community tackle elder abuse.
Read more about Elder Abuse Community Action Plan for Victoria
9 November 2020
An animated film about dementia prevention, co-designed with CALD communities and available in nine languages.
9 November 2020
NARI analysed seven years of Seniors Rights Victoria data to better understand elder abuse in Victoria.
Read more about Elder abuse in Victoria: An analysis of 7 years of data
9 November 2020
Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), Deakin University and NARI are working together to improve detection and referral pathways from aged…
Read more about Recognising and responding to older people at risk of homelessness
9 November 2020
Australia’s first research action plan for dementia in culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
9 November 2020
NARI interviewed 24 older people, in collaboration with Seniors Rights Victoria, to understand their experience of elder abuse and the interventions used…
9 November 2020
A culturally appropriate resource kit to support older CALD volunteers in their voluntary roles and activities.
Read more about Acknowledging older volunteers from CALD backgrounds
9 November 2020
With funding from the State Trustees Australia Foundation, we co-designed the Australian Elder Abuse Screening Instrument (AuSI) with health, aged care, and…
Read more about The Australian Elder Abuse Screening Instrument (AuSI)
9 November 2020
To support reliable screening and assessment for older Chinese people, NARI culturally adapted the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory.
Read more about Culturally adapting screening tools for depression and anxiety
9 November 2020
Funded by Respect Victoria, this ongoing project builds on evidence that violence experienced by older people most often occurs within families and…
Read more about Primary prevention of family violence among older Victorians
9 November 2020
Interpreters are a vital part of the health system and should be used by health professionals when working with a patient who…
Read more about Using interpreters during a cognitive assessment
9 November 2020
Three short films exemplify best-practice responses to elder abuse in the context of dementia, co-produced with older people, carers and service providers.
8 November 2020
When compared to face-to-face interpreting for home-based dementia assessments, e-interpreting is an effective alternative.
5 November 2020
We developed six tip sheets for Aged Care Assessment Services (ACAS) who work with older CALD people living with dementia and depression.
Read more about Improving aged care assessments for older CALD people
5 November 2020
NARI examined the health and well-being needs, expectations and priorities of older Victorians at six key stages in later life in a…
Read more about What Do Older People Want from their Health Care?
5 November 2020
The Hospital Environment Audit Tool (HEAT) is an online audit tool that encourages health services to consider how the hospital environment affects…
5 November 2020
The Victorian Department of Health commissioned NARI to review the prevalence, impact and management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)…
29 October 2020
What quality care means to the people who receive it and the people who provide it — and what the pandemic changed.
Read more about Consultation to better understand the quality of care in residential care
27 October 2020
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety commissioned NARI to review integrated models of care for older people in Australia.
19 October 2020
This NHMRC funded project aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an individualised physical activity program to improve mental health and minimise functional…
19 October 2020
The PAW study, funded by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation, involved an eight-week, volunteer-led behavioural activation programme designed to improve the well-being of…
Read more about Pleasant Activities to improve Wellbeing in residential care (PAW)
19 October 2020
In May 2018, NARI brought together aged care leaders from around Australia to consider some of the burning issues in aged care…
Read more about What makes a good old age? Aged Care Roundtable Discussion Paper
14 October 2020
Ten younger people and ten older people, interviewed about what age means to them and how they see the other generation.
12 October 2020
This paper calls for a new policy framework for ‘a middle-ageing Australia’, offering ideas for policy reform in four areas of public…
Read more about The new middle age: Ways to thrive in the longevity economy
7 October 2020
The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or…
Read more about Falls risk for older people in the community: FROP-Com
29 September 2020
These guides and posters are for clinicians to use when working with older Aboriginal people in the remote communities of the Kimberley…
Read more about Older Aboriginal people in the Kimberley: Resources for clinicians
22 April 2020
NARI collaborated with Royal Freemasons Ltd in the implementation and evaluation of an enhanced model of care for residential aged care.
22 April 2020
Moving Pictures: raising dementia awareness in CALD communities
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