Learning from lived experience: rural older Australians' perspectives of mental health, wellbeing, and support.

Objectives: Older adults with poor mental health living in rural areas are seldom heard in research and disadvantaged in health service provision. Consequently, this study aimed to explore rural older Australians' perspectives of mental health, wellbeing, and access to and receipt of support.

Method: Six older adults with recent self- or clinically-diagnosed mental ill-health in rural Australia (mean age 67.

Factors critical for the successful delivery of telehealth to rural populations: a descriptive qualitative study.

Background: The use of telehealth has proliferated to the point of being a common and accepted method of healthcare service delivery. Due to the rapidity of telehealth implementation, the evidence underpinning this approach to healthcare delivery is lagging, particularly when considering the uniqueness of some service users, such as those in rural areas. This research aimed to address the current gap in knowledge related to the factors critical for the successful delivery of telehealth to rural populations.

Conducting mental health research with rural and regional older Australians: Reflections and recommendations.

Aims: This commentary aims to assist emerging leaders of mental health research with older rural Australians through (i) affirmation that others share the barriers, pitfalls and challenges being faced; (ii) reinforcing the rationale making this a pertinent area for research; and (iii) opening a dialogue for best practice to engage older rural Australians in mental health research.

Context: Supporting the mental health of older adults is a pertinent global challenge, none more so than in rural Australia where restricted access to services and supports are compounded by limited help-seeking behaviours and capacity to engage with support. Paradoxically, such limitations also extend to impact researchers' ability to engage rural older Australians in mental health research, particularly when combined with the stoicism and stigma that often envelopes mental health, and the contemporary challenges posed by the emergence of technology.

Understanding the enablers to implementing sustainable health and well-being programs for older adults in rural Australia: A scoping review.

Introduction: Supporting the health and well-being of older Australians necessitates the implementation of effective and sustainable community-based interventions. Rural settings, however, pose unique challenges to intervention implementation and sustainability, with limited research exploring strategies employed to overcome these complexities.

Objective: To identify enabling strategies that support the sustainable implementation of community-based health and well-being interventions for older adults in rural Australia.

Incidence and Risk Factors for Acute Articular Cartilage Tears in Military and Other Occupational Settings: A Systematic Review.

Unlabelled: Damage to the articular cartilage resulting in an acute tear can lead to functional changes within the joint and increase the risk of osteoarthritis developing. There is limited understanding of the association between occupational risk factors and sustaining an acute articular cartilage tear in the military and other physically demanding occupations. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to identify and evaluate original research reporting on occupational risk factors associated with sustaining acute articular cartilage tears.

American and Australian family experiences while receiving a diagnosis or having treatment for idiopathic toe walking: a qualitative study.

Objective: To understand parent journeys while navigating diagnosis, assessment or treatment of their children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW).

Design: Mixed methods qualitative study: analyses of survey data from the measure of processes of care-20 (MPOC-20) and semistructured interviews were analysed with an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. Trustworthiness of data was achieved through member checking, researcher triangulation, reflexivity and transferability and comparison with the MPOC-20 results.

Interprofessional education: a unique approach to addressing the challenges of student assessment.

There is emerging evidence on the value of interprofessional education (IPE) for health professional students; however, there is less focus on assessing students on IPE experiences in clinical placement contexts. Researchers have focused on student attitudes to, or readiness for, IPE. Multiple other elements need to be assessed, including formative student assessment, profession-specific competency standards, and students' interprofessional (IP) capabilities.

Ageing well: Pilot evaluation of a dual-task training program in a rural community.

Objective: This pilot trial examined the feasibility and effectiveness of "Ageing Well," a community-based program for improving cognitive skills and mobility of rural older people.

Design And Setting: The non-randomised, wait-list-controlled pilot trial was conducted at a regional NSW university clinic.

Participants: Twenty-three community-dwelling adults aged 60+ who had begun to experience a decline in their physical or cognitive abilities or both.

Exploration of older people's perceptions of behavioural factors associated with falls.

Background: falls rates in older people continue to rise despite concerted efforts to manage falls risks. As more effective strategies to reduce falls in older people may arise from better understanding their perspectives on falls risk, this study aimed to explore perceptions and behavioural decisions that may affect risk of falling among older people living in regional Australia.

Method: this qualitative research, informed by hermeneutics, explored older people's perspectives on decisions they made that could affect their falls risk.

Dealing with the death of a long term patient; what is the impact and how do podiatrists cope?

Background: It is common for podiatrists and patients to develop long term professional relationships. Patient's decline in health or death may impact a practitioner's mental wellbeing. This research aimed to understand the impact of long term patient death on podiatrists and identify coping strategies.

Impact of an international workplace learning placement on personal and professional development.

Background/aim: Workplace learning (WPL) placements are a mandatory part of occupational therapy courses. There is some evidence that suggests WPL placements in international settings are beneficial for students' learning, and personal and professional development. The aim of this study was to explore the impact an international WPL placement in Vietnam had on the perceived personal and professional development of a group of Australian occupational therapy graduates.