• Inside the Active Ageing Conference

    Resthaven CEO Richard Hearn and Baan Sudthavas team thank the Australian Ambassador to Thailand Paul Robilliard

     

    Today, the Active Ageing Conference in Thailand, hosted by Baan Sudthavas Foundation (BSV) and Resthaven, was opened by His Excellency Mr Paul Robilliard, Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.

    Resthaven Board Member, Professor Renuka Visvanathan, Director of Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, gave a keynote speech on health ageing.

    Renuka is also Centre Director of the Adelaide Geriatrics Training & Research Centre (G-TRAC), a geriatric research centre which runs a campus at Resthaven Paradise in partnership with Resthaven. The centre is a South Australian first in offering a medical aged care training centre, where medical students work with older people who live in the community, giving them real life experiences away from an acute care environment.

    Speaking to Thai aged care professionals, Renuka discussed how the population is ageing at a more rapid rate in developing nations compared to developed nations. She also discussed how the promotion of healthy ageing in the population encourages older people to lead more active lifestyles, thereby reducing the threat of geriatric symptoms—such as falls, fractures, frailty, dementia and depression—to their independence.

    Resthaven is committed to encouraging healthy, active ageing, which is being showcased at the conference today.

    Pictured above: Mr Paul Robilliard, Australian Ambassador to Thailand (centre), next to Resthaven CEO Richard Hearn (centre left), and Baan Sudthavas Chairman Arnop Chirakiti (centre right).