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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love” Marcus Aurelius

Thanks Sarah Davidson for the recent interview for the special report in your Term 4 issue of School News on the holistic benefits of intergenerational education and connection for students. It is amazing to see the surge of interest in #intergenerational connection for high schools off the back of #oldpeopleshomeau for Teens, and those of us who have been implementing programs for a while are excited to be able to play a part in ensuring more sustainable solutions are being set up, for the sake of a better community for all.

This stunning image by @pipandpod is part of her 2023 Southern Lunar Calendar - capturing here the Spring equinox - a time when the day holds both light and dark in equal measures. A time of awakening and potential. Emma, the creative genius behind @pipandpod designed my @heartandsoulstory logo for me around 7 years ago.

Such a positive second week of sensitivity education sessions with students from Sylvania High School who will take part in our intergenerational trial in term 1 2023 with @hammond_care residents around 500 metres down the road. With around 1/3 of young people in the community knowing someone with dementia, and of this group of students 2 being directly impacted already themselves, increasing dementia awareness and education will play a vital role in helping increase understanding, empathy and reduce stigma in our community.

#intergenerational connection helping give students a break from the stress they are facing in their lives.

Our future is looking good with students like this from Sylvania High putting up their hands to be part of our 2023 program with @hammond_care Miranda.

Our future is looking good with students like this from Sylvania High putting up their hands to be part of our 2023 program with @hammond_care Miranda. I look forward to sharing more of the journey we undertake together over.

Reconnecting old buddies and introducing new ones ( welcome former English teacher Patricia and mechanical engineer & violinist Robert.

Thanks Aged and Health Care Education I' m really looking forward to running a webinar on #intergenerationalconnection to help encourage the considered, structured and sustainable uptake of #intergenerationalprograms & initiatives across our community. I will be sharing insights and top tips from both my journey over the past 5 years and also interviews with some of our leading Intergenerational care trailblazers practitioners from around the country such as Montessori educators Jessica Langford Barbara Langford , Social Worker of the Year Mark Silver , Bolton Clarke Research Fellow Xanthe Golenko , Intergenerational Learning Australia CEO Greg Cronan, plus directing attendees to fantastic training and resources such as those provided by the AusInstIntergenPrac AIIP that has provided the foundational forum for shared intergenerational learning in Australia Anneke Fitzgerald Emma Woods Dr Katrina Radford

Ageism is the negative stereotyping of people, based on their age. Most often it applies to older people, but the second most common group it affects are teenagers. This guides the narrative of episode three, on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV + iview tonight at 8.30pm.

The School of Life questions always provide for an interesting topic of conversation. One of this week’s questions was “What three things would you take from your home other than pets or family if it was burning down?” . It’s a great way of figuring out what’s important to people and we found out Delfina has a special cuddly dolphin that she’s promised to send us a picture of. She’d also take her phone and a beanbag, a comfy sounding combination. Mia wasn’t sure which books she would take but she would definitely take a book and also her phone and some headphones. A few residents said they would take their special dolls, and their faces lit up talking about them - which show the delight looking after a doll can bring at any age and how we want things with us that will comfort us. Emma is even knitting some clothes for hers and said she will bring it along to show us.

Revisiting this post from May 2019 after including the concept of ‘dadirri’ deep listening in presentations for both the Australian Institute of Intergenerational Practice and the Multi Cultural Youth Affairs Network @myannsw this week.

It was so wonderful to be able to welcome Katina back to be part of STEP this week. Though a proud Aussie for 50 years, Katina still loves to talk to the students about her Greek origins, hailing from Thessaloniki, a port city on the Agean sea. She enjoyed learning about student Mia’s visits overseas to her own extended family in Greece, plus weekly visits to her Grandma ( Yia Ya) in Kingsgrove who also immigrated around 50 years ago. Exploring stories and common interests weekly means we are able to capture important stories about our residents that can be collated and used by staff to better get to know them, which in turn can lead to better person centred care. We must explore ways these stories are best captured and shared as personalised care is how we will give our Elders the dignity and respect they deserve.

Thank you @tanyaplibersek for your governments acknowledgment of the all too often overworked and undervalued jobs anyone could have - providing care, comfort and assistance to our should be treasured, but more often forgotten, older Australians.

I’ve been connecting teenagers with our older people through the Seniors & Teens Empathy Program since 2017. In this time,

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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love” Marcus Aurelius

Thanks Sarah Davidson for the recent interview for the special report in your Term 4 issue of School News on the holistic benefits of intergenerational education and connection for students. It is amazing to see the surge of interest in #intergenerational connection for high schools off the back of #oldpeopleshomeau for Teens, and those of us who have been implementing programs for a while are excited to be able to play a part in ensuring more sustainable solutions are being set up, for the sake of a better community for all.

This stunning image by @pipandpod is part of her 2023 Southern Lunar Calendar - capturing here the Spring equinox - a time when the day holds both light and dark in equal measures. A time of awakening and potential. Emma, the creative genius behind @pipandpod designed my @heartandsoulstory logo for me around 7 years ago.

Such a positive second week of sensitivity education sessions with students from Sylvania High School who will take part in our intergenerational trial in term 1 2023 with @hammond_care residents around 500 metres down the road. With around 1/3 of young people in the community knowing someone with dementia, and of this group of students 2 being directly impacted already themselves, increasing dementia awareness and education will play a vital role in helping increase understanding, empathy and reduce stigma in our community.

#intergenerational connection helping give students a break from the stress they are facing in their lives.

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