4 Field Regiment (SVN) 'Old Boys' Newsletter - February 2019 Edition

********************************************************************** The following is an email from Loretta Watson (see her details below) who is doing research into healthy aging of veterans. Some of you may be interested in helping and if so, follow the link of give me call and I will forward the link directly. Hi Peter, I hope you have been well since we last spoke. I am contacting you to provide a brief overview of the findings from the research in which you took part earlier this year regarding healthy ageing and older veterans (please see attached file). We had a huge amount of interest from veterans wanting to be involved, and ultimately 75 took part in interviews, which is quite large for a study of this type. You indicated that you would like to be involved in both phases of the research, so I would now like to extend to you an invitation to take part in Phase II for which we are aiming to recruit at least 1000 veterans. Phase II is an extension of the same research topic, and the questionnaire is now available. If you would like to take part, or if you know of someone else who may be interested, this link will take you to the research information, consent form, and questionnaire which can be completed online https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bNTHkiXGNvIAaz3. Please feel free to forward this invitation to any friends or ex-service organisations that you think may want to be involved. A pen-and-paper version of the questionnaire is also available and can be requested by emailing me. I really do appreciate your involvement in our research. I also believe that it is important to keep you informed of the progress of our research because you have invested time and effort in helping us, so there is a section in the questionnaire which allows you to request to be kept informed. Thank you again, and please let me know if you have any further queries about the study. Kind regards, Loretta Watson Research Assistant Phoenix Australia | Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Department of Psychiatry | The University of Melbourne Level 3, Alan Gilbert Building, 161 Barry Street Carlton VIC 3053 Tel: +61 3 9035 5599 Direct: +61 3 9035 8818 loretta.watson@unimelb.edu.au www.phoenixaustralia.org