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Reflects on sharing Shaping Connections research with aged care practitioners and stakeholders, translating evidence into practical conversations about older adults, technology and service delivery.

Examines ageism in marketing and the missed opportunity created when brands stereotype or overlook older consumers, highlighting the value of more age-inclusive and co-designed approaches.

Examines the role local councils can play in building digital literacy and confidence among older adults through community engagement, accessible support and locally responsive programs.

Explains how the EMPOWER Framework and its design principles support meaningful participation by older adults in shaping research, services and technology that affect their lives.

Looks at how older adults are using social media and digital platforms, and what growing participation reveals about digital skills, confidence and the diversity of older technology users.

Explores how older adults develop digital skills through formal learning, lived experience and social support, and why confidence and ongoing learning are central to digital participation.

Explores research identifying different pathways through which older adults learn, adopt and build confidence with digital technology, including peer learning and self-directed socialisation.

Explores technology trends shaping ageing and health, including digital health, AI, telehealth, remote monitoring and smart-home technologies, and their implications for older adults.

Reflects on international research exchange through the Consumer Culture Theory community and opportunities to share Shaping Connections research on co-design, ageing and consumer experiences.

Introduces the principles behind Shaping Connections' co-design approach and the EMPOWER Framework, showing how older adults can actively shape research, services and digital solutions.

A practical guide to understanding why digital participation depends on more than skills, including confidence, perceived risk and the social influences that shape how older adults engage with technology.

Highlights the value of sharing Australian digital inclusion research internationally and building research networks focused on older adults, technology and more inclusive participation.

Explains what connectedness means in later life and how digital technology can both strengthen relationships and participation and contribute to exclusion when confidence, access or support are limited.

Looks at how international research collaboration and knowledge exchange can strengthen understanding of digital inclusion and improve approaches to supporting older adults in a rapidly changing digital environment.

Explores the barriers older adults can face with digital technology, from perceived risks and confidence to learning, and how co-designed approaches can support greater digital inclusion.