Ageing Creatively in Rural Areas
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Appleton Institute (Appleton)
Robyn Preston
Wendy Newton and Geraldine Vaughan
Synopsis
We invite enquires from students of any discipline with an interest in rural health and/or home based aged care. We are particularly interested in innovative arts-integrated methods (e.g. Photo Voice, Parallaxic Praxis) and/or community based participatory research. Fieldwork would be conducted with Ageing Well in Rural Areas (AWRA) a coalition of community based organistions in the Central Highlands of Queensland to implement and evaluate a community-led initiative with older people in the Sapphire Gemfields and Capella.
Medical and Health Sciences; Studies in Human Society
Ageing, co-design, rural, community based participatory research, arts-integrated methods
2027
Either Masters or Doctorate
Bundaberg; Emerald; Mackay; Townsville
Other Special Notes
Ageing Creatively in Rural Areas (ACRA) (formerly Aged Care in Rural Areas - ACRA) is a research group from CQUniversity. Since 2021 we have worked with remote and rural communities to design, implement and evaluate local strategies for better ageing in place. We have found that 'ageing well' in rural places means working with social infrastructure, small ideas and non-clinical initiatives.
