The GCMA : Unleashing the value of life experience
The Global Centre for Modern Ageing (GCMA) helps to improve the lives of older people.
With the world’s population rapidly ageing, there is growing recognition of the strong economic and social need to empower older people to age well, and to enable every person to continue actively contributing to many and varied realms.
At the core of what we do is a recognition that ageing is filled with opportunity.
Instead of working until retirement and then becoming ‘old’, Modern Ageing will see our lives play out in phases, each phase representing a different opportunity to contribute to society in a meaningful way - through work, learning, enterprise, community contribution, leadership and more.
The GCMA provides research and insights, advisory and living lab services to support businesses and organisations to develop better products, services and solutions to meet the needs of the growing and changing older community.
Modern Ageing sparks an inclusive future that engages people throughout the whole of life’s course to participate and belong in the ways they truly value.
To learn more about our work – including how we can help your organisation - please email us, or call +61 8 6117 5510 to speak with a member of our team.
GCMA CEO Julianne Parkinson is presented with the Ageing Asia Global Ageing Influencer Award 2023 by Dr the Honourable LAM Ching-choi of Hong Kong.
If you're aged over 65 years old, and are willing to share your experience using a fitness or activity tracker to monitor your health and wellbeing, the University of Melbourne's School of Computing and Information Systems would love to hear from you!
The Global Centre for Modern Ageing® is proud to champion a new service, committed to transformational outcomes for older people. StepUp for Ageing Research connects volunteers aged 18 plus with tailored opportunities to contribute to ageing and/or dementia-focused research projects.
Understanding the optimum blend between telehealth and face to face consultations.
The Global Centre for Modern Ageing has completed the third phase of its study tracking older Australians’ response to Covid-19 restrictions, focusing on older Australians’ use of telehealth and face-to-face consultations.
Our findings about older Australians’ receptiveness to technology highlights that there is increasing confidence with the use of technology.
Our findings about older Australians’ receptiveness to technology highlights that it is important to challenge stereotypes.
When evaluating tech-literacy and planning for digital inclusion, it is clear that age alone is not a useful predictor and ignoring older consumers’ insights in the development of tech products is a missed opportunity.
Here to stay? Older Australians embrace telehealth and are willing to use it post COVID-19.
Globally, the World Health Organisation offers essential links and information regarding COVID-19. In Australia, the Australian Government website www.health.gov.au has the latest advice and resources to help you understand more about COVID-19, self-isolation and the supports available.
Despite the restrictions and changes brought about by COVID-19, more than half of older Australians (51 percent) believe positives have emerged from the coronavirus outbreak, our latest research has revealed.
Given the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, we are taking additional steps to protect the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients, guests, suppliers and contractors.
Global Centre for Modern Ageing researcher Amelia McCabe stepped in to help her 82 year old grandad sort out online grocery shopping.