13
Sep
Griffith Asia Institute Public Lecture: Superfast India: It will soon be the world's most populous country, but will India ever be a great power?
Adam Roberts has been a foreign correspondent at The Economist since 1998. His latest book, 'Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation' (Public Affairs and Profile Books, in 2017) was picked by the Financial Times as one of its books of the summer for 2017, and by Fareed Zakaria, on CNN, as his 'book of the week', in late July 2017. Drawing on his experience as a correspondent in India, he argues that India must overcome enormous domestic problems to emerge as a stronger power.
12
Sep
The elephant in the room: sexual expression of people with dementia
Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Program Seminar with Dr Cindy Jones.In association with Dementia Awareness Month, this presentation highlights prejudicial attitudes of an asexual older population exist among health professionals. Sexual expression by people with dementia within an aged care context is a confronting and challenging issue. Dr Jones will discuss this neglected aspect of care for people living with dementia.
12
Sep
Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing seminar - 'The pervasiveness and trajectory of methodological choices: a 20 year review of human resource management research'
Dr Hugh Bainbridge, University of New South Wales, examines 281 studies published over 20 years to look at the methodological choices of researchers studying the human resources practice-outcome relationship, in this seminar.
11
Sep
Supporting care recipient/carer dyads in the early stages of dementia
Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Program Seminar with Dr Gillian Stockwell-SmithIn association with Dementia Awareness Month, this presentation reports on the outcomes from a mixed-methods study that sought to establish the effectiveness of early intervention in improving self-efficacy, wellbeing and dyadic relationship outcomes for care recipient/carer dyads in the early-stages of dementia.
07
Sep
Chronic pain: is cure a step too far?
Menzies Health Institute Queensland 2017 Lecture Series with Professor Kathryn Refshauge.âPain is a universal experience. Chronic pain is not. Despite the investment of many millions of dollars in investigations of chronic musculoskeletal pain, particularly low back pain, we are apparently no closer to solving the enigma of why some people develop chronic pain while others recover from an acute episode.
07
Sep