Are you ready to live your life to the fullest and maximize your physical, mental and social wellbeing?
The 2019 Positive Ageing Journey will build on the success of the previous events and will provide a day of thought-provoking, interactive, educational presentations. The event aims to give you the tools to live vivaciously and be full of life well past retirement.
Currently more than 1 million people living in Queensland are aged over 55 years, making up 25 per cent of the total population. The over 55’s aspire to remain living independently in their own homes for as long as possible. To enable this, they need access to information and advice about services that support their independence and enhance their experience of ageing.
A variety of presentations will be included that will aim to educate the audience, topics will include:
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- Cultivating strong and relationships and social connections
- Enhancing mental wellbeing
High profile speakers including community, clinical and academic experts will answer questions, supply tips and provide facts which will enable you to take away practical ideas to be incorporated into everyday life.
Our guest speakers will include Alastair Mcleod and Roly Sussex. You may recognize Alastair from TV, he has appeared in Channel Seven’s Great Day Out and Network 10’s Ready Steady Cook. Aside from TV Alastair is a chef, ambassador and corporate host, bestowed with the gift of quick wit he brings his unique humour and professionalism to the event.
Roly Sussex is currently Research Professor in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, and in the School of Languages and Cultures, at the University of Queensland. His current research is located in the triangle between language, culture and society, and technology. He is co-chief investigator in the PainLang Research Group at the University of Queensland, which is investigating the use of language in the diagnosis, treatment and management of pain. Roly will offer a variety of insightful and useful insights at the 2019 Positive Aging Journey event.
The expo will showcase a vast number of businesses, services and organisations which are available to assist you to live a healthy lifestyle and happy life. Book in at Burnie Brae Reception, call 07 3624 2121 or book online via the link below.
WHEN: 29TH JUNE
WHERE: BURNIE BRAE HALL
COST: $20.00
