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16 April 2026
GERI leads World Café at NHG Health Musculoskeletal Day 2026 as part of BE-FIT study collaboration
Discussions from three rounds of small group sessions generated insights and potential intervention recommendations on issues such as older adults’ fear of falling and how these can be addressed through social aspects as well as the built environment.
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6 April 2026
World Physical Activity Day 2026: Making exercise accessible for older adults living with dementia
Applying implementation science principles, GERI researchers are translating the benefits of resistance training into an evidence-based exercise programme that can be feasibly implemented in dementia day care centres.
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3 March 2026
World Hearing Day 2026: Ageing well and staying socially connected for older adults with hearing loss
Hear from GERI's HELLO study team as they collaborate with community and academic partners with the aim of developing evidence-informed programmes that can enhance the social connectedness of older Singaporeans with hearing loss.
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11 February 2026
GERI at the Singapore Conference on Ageing and Health 2026
Our researchers presented latest findings from projects where GERI is leading and partnering on implementation research for our health system and community.
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21 January 2026
Tackling malnutrition among isolated older adults through collaborative research and co-design: Interview with Dr Zoe Lim, Research Fellow
Rather than designing solutions in isolation, the project brings isolated older adults into the research process as valued stakeholders to develop a nutrition intervention that is grounded in their real-world circumstances and preferences.
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20 November 2025
Towards evidence-based care in ageing: GERI at the Evidence and Implementation Summit (EIS) 2025
GERI’s collaborative research in dementia care, frailty programmes in primary care and telehealth were featured at EIS 2025 held in Melbourne.
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7 November 2025
Making empathy measurable: New tool turns empathy from “nice-to-have” trait into a core competency in patient care
Researchers have developed a new scale that can measure the full spectrum of clinical empathy, turning it into a tangible skill that can be assessed and enhanced to foster more empathetic patient-provider relationships.
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5 November 2025
As Singapore ages, how can public healthcare innovations be scaled for lasting impact? (GovInsider, 5 Nov 2025)
In a commentary for GovInsider, Dr Tan Woan Shin (Deputy Executive Director, GERI) discusses an evidence-driven and evidence-tested approach to scale, sustain and integrate tech enablers that address the demands of population ageing.
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21 October 2025
INFA implementation study recognised for research excellence at the Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress 2025
Awarded Silver for the Singapore Young Investigator Award (Health Services Research), the INFA study was among four GERI projects, spanning exercise interventions for persons with dementia to telehealth, that were showcased at SHBC 2025.
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16 October 2025
Co-designing an intervention to improve the diet quality of socially isolated older adults: POPEYE kicks off
Unlike more conventional research approaches, the project’s community-based participatory approach emphasises that research is conducted “with” the people rather than “on” them.
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