Research Outcomes
Deprivation in venous leg ulceration
HOPE Summer Student, Emma Larsen, presents her report from her summer project. The findings show that although more Māori and Pasifika participants experience higher deprivation than non-Māori and non-Pasifika, there is no association between deprivation and healing or time to heal. You can download the full report here.
How do clinicians use assessment data to inform clinical practice when working with older people?
HOPE Summer Student, Aziza Shawudun, presents her report from her summer project. The findings provide insight into current clinician engagement with interRAI assessments, both their perceived utility and the challenges that hinder their optimal use in clinical practice. You can download the full report here.
Characterisation of the FAM171 neuronal receptors
HOPE Scholar, Tom Bird presented this poster at the Biomolecular Horizons Congress in September 2024. Tom's poster outlines the process to characterise the structure and behaviour of the FAM171 family of proteins to further understand the role these proteins play in cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
Monte Carlo analysis of near infrared wavelengths towards an optical NIR blood analyte sensor
HOPE Scholar, Josie Dixon presented this poster at the Annual Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering in September 2024 at Stuttgart, Germany. Josie's poster outlines light-tissue interaction simulations to assess the penetration depth, pathlength and detected power while developing a non-invasive sensing method for blood analytes.
Nuclear pore complexes: A new player in the ageing heart?
HOPE Scholar, Mathew Shuen, presented this poster at Queenstown Research Week September 2024.
Ageism directed at older nurses in their workplace: A systematic review
HOPE Scholar, Chunxu Chen, presented this poster at the New Zealand Association of Gerontology Annual Conference in Wellington, August 24.
Fostering rescue cats as health promotion
Fostering rescue cats as health promotion
HOPE Scholar, Christine Roseveare (Massey University), presented a poster at the International Society for Anthrozoology conference. Christine states involving more older adults as animal fosterers has the potential to improve the health of both animals and the humans who care for them.
Rosa presents her research findings on satisfaction in retirement villages
It was wonderful to have Rosa Griffiths present her research findings at our recent Friends of HOPE Event - QuizTime. There is a lot of interest in retirement living and Rosa has agreed to publish here talk here.
How satisfied are frail older adults with living in retirement villages?
HOPE Summer Student, Rosa Griffiths presents her report on her summer project. Her project evaluated the satisfaction of frail older adults with aspects of Retirement Village living and how this compares to non-frail residents. You can download a copy of the report here.
HOPE Scholar presents at the Australasian Menopause Society
HOPE Scholar, Celine Camon, was awarded an Australasian Menopause Society (AMS) scholarship to present at their recent conference in Queenstown. Celine was also awarded the Jean Hailes Memorial Prize for the best free communication presentation by a current AMS member within 10 years of completing their tertiary degree. Congratulations Celine. Here is a write up from Celine and a link to her conference abstract.