Overview

The APS hosts this activity with the APS Psychology & Ageing Interest Group (PAIG). 

The webinar will report on a literature review identifying the capacity of psychosocial interventions to address self-efficacy in older adults. Results of the literature review will be presented, with a focus on factors that are possibly associated with effective interventions and will describe the features of these interventions.

The aims of this webinar are to:

• encourage clinicians working with older adults to be mindful of their self-efficacy,

• increase clinicians’ knowledge about the factors that are important in increasing older adults’ self-efficacy, and

• describe to clinicians the kinds of interventions that have been shown to be most effective in increasing older adults’ self-efficacy. 

Level of Learning

Intermediate. This activity is targeted to those who have some previous learning on the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recordings and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality.

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Activity details

• On-demand webinar recording

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this on-demand activity, participants should be able to:

• outline why self-efficacy is important in older adults, and

• describe the features of an effective psychosocial intervention to increase self-efficacy in older adults.

Presenter(s)

Professor Yvonne Wells FAPS, Jarrah Fitzgerald

About the presenter(s)

Professor Yvonne Wells, PhD, is Head of the Lincoln Centre for Research on Ageing at La Trobe University.
Her research focuses on healthy ageing and aged care. She is a psychologist by profession and has expertise in evaluation, systematic literature reviews, and analysis of large and complex data sets. Current projects focus on a range of issues in community and residential aged care, including consumer experience and training needs of personal care assistants and assessors.
She was elected to Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society in 2011 and to Distinguished Membership of the Australian Association of Gerontology in 2012.

Jarrah FitzGerald is a graduate researcher at the Australian Institute of Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University.
He has a particular interest in qualitative research methods as a way of understanding the unique experiences of individuals and translating these into policy and practice. Research relating to older age and the social process of ageing is a primary focus.
During post-graduate studies at Macquarie University, he conducted research into the various ways residents transitioned to an independent retirement complex. This research covered aspects of resistance, acceptance, and the benefits of taking control in later life. In 2019, Jarrah began a Masters by research at La Trobe University, which has since progressed into a PhD within the Australian Institute of Primary Care and Ageing. Jarrah is continuing his work on the experiences of older people living in Australia and is currently undertaking research exploring older adults’ experiences living in residential aged care in Victoria.