News & Events
2025
5 Feb 2025
The CPOP program has received a new multimillion-dollar government tender to continue until 2027.
4 Feb 2025
A $6.3 million funding boost will allow University of Canberra’s aged care clinical placement program to expand across eight universities.
2024
8 Nov 2024
Professional development program aimed at fostering a skilled gerontological nursing workforce.
18 Jun 2024
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Victoria Traynor as our new Professor of Dementia Care within the Design and Growth portfolio.
1 Apr 2024
The 56th Australian Association of Gerontology conference attracted hundreds of people from around the country to hear and discuss the latest evidence and best-practice initiatives to improve the experience of ageing.
7 May 2024
Victoria Traynor appointed to panel of experts in aged care.
10 May 2024
It's been a tough few years for nurses, but - as this year's International Nurses Day approaches - Professor Victoria Traynor is optimistic about the future.
2023
7 Jun 2023
The life stories and preferences of people living with dementia in aged care facilities will be recorded as part of a four-year $1.35 million project to help provide them with more personalised care and support.
8 Dec 2023
This award focuses on a course or program that was designed as a resource to drive or support talent development at a group or individual level.
2022
27 Oct 2022
UOW expert says budget is a huge win for aged care workers and older Australians in care.
2 Jun 2022
Early career and experienced nurses providers can participate in a program to boost the gerontological competencies of aged care nurses.
4 Apr 2022
The Decision Aid for Older Drivers aims to engage older drivers in conversations early and inform and support them when making decisions about whether to continue driving, modify driving routines or retire from driving.
2021
29 Nov 2021
A University of Wollongong (UoW) project funded by the federal Aged Care Transition to Practice Program (ACTPP) will encourage participating registered nurses to become “lifelong learners.”
29 Jun 2021
Australia's aged care nurse workforce of tomorrow is to be trained at the University of Wollongong.
10 Jun 2021
UOW successful tenderer for national nursing training initiative.
2020
10 Nov 2020
Professor Victoria Traynor from the University of Wollongong’s School of Nursing and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) and Professor Val Wilson from UOW and the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) have launched a new project aimed at detecting delirium in post-operative patients.
2019
15 Oct 2019
Ten UOW professors talk about their trailblazing work at 2019 UOW Big Ideas Festival.
23 Aug 2019
These prestigious awards aim to encourage and recognise exceptional performance from University staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement in activities that are aligned to the University's vision and strategic goals.
20 Mar 2019
A new training system which better equips nurses with the skills and confidence to care for the elderly has been successfully piloted in the Illawarra.
21 Mar 2019
Nursing competencies framework can address problems highlighted by Aged Care Royal Commission.
19 Aug 2019
Wollongong researchers win funding to improve detection and treatment of delirium
2018
1 Nov 2018
The Future Of series asks UOW experts and researchers a set of five questions to gain some insight into the future states of our lives, our communities, and the world.
11 Oct 2018
UOW expertise helping clinicians in Taiwan guide older people through difficult decisions about driving.
2017
5 Jul 2017
An innovative Delirium Care Project launched at St George Hospital on Wednesday will help health practitioners recognise and manage the condition which occurs in up to 50 per cent of older patients admitted to hospital.
5 Jul 2017
Initiative designed to support hospital practitioners in recognising and managing condition
30 May 2017
Rapidly ageing population placing new demands on workforce.
3 Jul 2017
Guide helps sufferers and their families address the issue of driving retirement.
2016
29 Sep 2016
Registered nurses are being asked to have their say in the development of Australia’s first set of aged care nursing competencies.
15 Sep 2016
Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) are calling on Registered Nurses to help them assess the competencies of nurses in the aged care system.
2015
20 Nov 2015
An innovative program to help combat delirium in older people will be trialled at two of the region’s specialist aged care hospitals.
20 Nov 2015
A new program to combat delirium among older people will be trialled in two Illawarra hospitals from December.
2014
15 Sep 2014
Telling someone with dementia they should stop driving is not an easy thing to do.
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