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Dr Paula O’Kane

Dr Paula O’Kane

Senior Lecturer; CARE Co-Director

University of Otago

Associate Professor Paula O’Kane is based in the Management Department in the Otago Business School. She has a wide area of research interest around how we work, why we work and how to make work better for everyone. Paula is also a co-director for the Collaboration of Ageing Research Excellence (CARE). In relation to ageing she explores how work can be redesigned and workplaces can be adapted to enable older people to work, successfully and healthily for as long as they need or want. Financial security and health are important determinants of both wellbeing and access to appropriate housing as people age.

SESSIONS

Day 1

11:30

Research Panel: What does the research say about the future of housing for the elderly?

  • Measuring the scale of housing unaffordability for New Zealand’s ageing population

  • Determining why housing is critical to the wellbeing of our ageing population

  • Addressing housing for ageing New Zealanders as a wholistic issue that involves health and financial considerations

  • Identifying measures that could make a difference for over 65s searching for sustainable housing solutions


Dr Patrick Nolan, Director – Policy and Research, Te Ara Ahunga Ora - Retirement Commission


Dr Lara Vlietstra, Lecturer Physical Activity and Health, CARE Co-Director, University of Otago


Dr Paula O’Kane, Senior Lecturer, CARE Co-Director, University of Otago

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