Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 25, 2019 16:47:02 GMT 12
KAUMĀTUA WELLBEING RESEARCH GETS $2.5 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING
Better lives for the kaumātua [elderly] of Aotearoa is the focus of a $2.5 million wellbeing project led by a Waikato researcher.
The project, called Kaumātua Mana Motuhake Pōi, will involve up to 350 Māori elders and attracted its sizeable grant from the Government's Ageing Well National Science Challenge.
A focus of the research projects is is mana motuhake or self determination - a big thing, and not just for Māori.
One will bring generations together, and mix physical exercise with the exchange of cultural mātauranga [knowledge], including te reo Māori.
The second strand is about tuakana-teina [peer mentoring] to help kaumātua with high health and social needs get support.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115193679/kaumtua-wellbeing-research-gets-25-million-in-government-funding
Better lives for the kaumātua [elderly] of Aotearoa is the focus of a $2.5 million wellbeing project led by a Waikato researcher.
The project, called Kaumātua Mana Motuhake Pōi, will involve up to 350 Māori elders and attracted its sizeable grant from the Government's Ageing Well National Science Challenge.
A focus of the research projects is is mana motuhake or self determination - a big thing, and not just for Māori.
One will bring generations together, and mix physical exercise with the exchange of cultural mātauranga [knowledge], including te reo Māori.
The second strand is about tuakana-teina [peer mentoring] to help kaumātua with high health and social needs get support.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115193679/kaumtua-wellbeing-research-gets-25-million-in-government-funding