Events
e-DIVA website launch
HOPE Scholar, Tara Sani, has been working on e-DIVA (Empowering Dementia Carers with an iSupport Virtual Assistant), a website to support carers of people living with dementia across New Zealand - this website is about to be launched and you are invited.
Abstracts and Presentations for Knowledge Exchange 2025
Thursday, 8th May 2025 at University of Auckland
Programme can be downloaded here.
Inclusive Streetscapes: Transport systems leaving no one behind
Shanthi Ameratunga*,1 Janine Wiles,1 Whaea Julie Wade,1 Whaea Dolly Paul,1 Anneka Anderson,1 Bridget Doran,2 Mythily Meher,1 Malakai ‘Ofanoa,1 Roshini Peiris-John,1 Julie Spray,1 Esther Willing,3 Karen Witten4 1School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland; 2Bridget Doran Consulting, Hamilton; 3Kohatu Centre for Hauora Māori, School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin; 4SHORE Centre, Massey University, AucklandIntroduction: The Government Policy Statement on land transport in New Zealand, which came into effect on 1 July 2024, focuses on four strategic priorities: economic growth and productivity, increased maintenance and resilience, safety, and value for money. The extent to which current policy settings support pathways to mobility and wellbeing for older and/or disabled people is less visible.
Knowledge Exchange 2025
Thursday 8 May 2025, 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Auckland
an Italian afternoon with Nicky Pellegrino
The Friends of the HOPE Foundation for Research on Ageing created a superb afternoon with Nicky Pellegrino.
Abstracts for Knowledge Exchange 2024
Abstracts for Knowledge Exchange 2024
Friday, 12th April 2024 at University of Auckland
Programme can be downloaded here.
Session 1:
Integrating oral care into nursing practice from home to hospital care with interprofessional collaboration and education
Keiko Oda1, Noor Nazahiah Bakri3,4, Sarah Majeed1,2, Shennae Bartlett1,2, William M Thomson4, John Parsons1, Michal Boyd1, Anna Ferguson2, Moira Smith2
Quiz Time
Afternoon tea ... Afternoon Quiz ... Quiz Master, Paul Bushnell ...Sunday 10th March 2024
I had never heard about the ‘tangled web we weave’, however other people in the room all broke out into a chant to complete the line of the poem. Thanks to Paul Bushnell’s hypoglossal nerve, our quiz master took us smoothly through five rounds of questions. The neural machinery was churning when Paul delivered the ‘Health and the Body’ round of which the doctors in the room scored superbly.
"Crazy chef" Annabelle White with a squeeze of lemon juice
Quips and tips abounded from firecracker foodie and self-proclaimed “crazy chef” Annabelle White at the recent HOPE Foundation High Tea at the Selwyn Library in Parnell on 9 July 2023.
Dr Maree Todd introduces Annabelle White
A cup of positive - research and tea
By Karen Andersen Yates, Chairperson for the Friends Committee of the HOPE Foundation
It really was a “Cup of Positive” when the Friends of The HOPE Foundation gathered on the last Sunday afternoon of March to meet three HOPE scholars, while sipping tea and enjoying delicious small cakes and savouries.
Love, Compassion and HOPE for Ukraine
An Afternoon of Opera with The Friends of the HOPE Foundation.