2013 EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
22 - 25 January 2013
Visit by International Icon Professor Robert Cummings in conjunction with Faculty of Medicine's 50th Anniversary : MELoR with the Age and Age Associated Disorder group organized an ageing symposium.
January - March 2013
March - April 2013
A.Implementation of work within steering committees:
i. Questionnaire committee (weekly meetings)
ii. Sampling and recruitment committee: refining sampling frame and identification of participants from electoral roll.
iii. Database and programming committee: setting up of information technology system to store and process data.
iv. Publication committee: identification and of target publications.
B. Interviewing and Hiring of RAs and identification of Masters and PhD candidates for MELoR.
C. Commencement of procurement process for approved equipment
May 2013 onwards
Twice weekly RA and weekly PI meetings to meet targets of each steering committee.
1st week: Organization and training of RAs
2nd week: MELoR Workshop (10th -20th May 2013) held at Bilik MELoR Faculty of Education.
Topics covered during workshop:
i. The MELoR Concept
ii. Understanding the elderly: Ageing issues
iii. Communication skills Part 1
iv. Communication skills Part 2
v. Team building
vi. Disaster Prevention
2nd &3rd week: Piloting of Electoral Roll
3rd &4th week: Piloting of questionnaire to volunteer group and NGOs completed
June - August 2013
July 2013
23-27 July: Training held at MERDU, Faculty of Medicine. Guest trainer: Prof Kulantheran
Topics covered:
9 July: Meeting with MBPJ introducing MELoR to Senior citizen groups in PJ. MBPJ proposed MELoR participate in World Elderly Day to be led on 27th October
August 2013
21 August: MELoR team met up with SECITA to introduce & promote the research project
September 2013
Recruitment drive held at Damansara Jaya Senior Citizens Association.
10-11 Sept: 2nd RA workshop - Training on questionnaire
19-21 Sept : 9th National Geriatric Conference organised by MSGM
28 Sept: Brain GYM at Bangunan SECITA
29 Sept (until 2nd October): Visit by Prof of Epidemiology Shah Ebrahim from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
October 2013
27 Oct: MBPJ World Elderly Day (Larian Warga Emas)
November 2013
11 Nov: Held workshop with the Age and Age-Associated Disorder research group: ‘Communicating with the Elderly’
17 Nov: Karnival Kasih, Seniors health screen with Sahabat UM
Recruitment drive at Taman Medan and PJ Selatan area. Senior project coordinators identified and hired (200 participants invited)
22 Nov:: Participant identification & recruitment drive held in Kampung Tunku area
* Visit by Prof Jonathan Sharpe (Law Icon)
* Visit by Dr Dorothy Monkesso (Computer science Icon); gave training on Gait analysis software
Dec 2013 (ongoing)
Continued Recruitment Drive: Activities held in Kampung Tunku, Taman Medan, Taman Dato’ Harun, Kampung Medan, PJS, Damansara Jaya.
9 Dec: Team building and Communication skills workshop
22 - 25 January 2013
Visit by International Icon Professor Robert Cummings in conjunction with Faculty of Medicine's 50th Anniversary : MELoR with the Age and Age Associated Disorder group organized an ageing symposium.
January - March 2013
- Work of Global Assessment questionnaire begins with input from each faculty.
- 1 March 2013: Budget Meeting was held upon receiving grant to outline budgeting scope and implementation of activities
March - April 2013
A.Implementation of work within steering committees:
i. Questionnaire committee (weekly meetings)
ii. Sampling and recruitment committee: refining sampling frame and identification of participants from electoral roll.
iii. Database and programming committee: setting up of information technology system to store and process data.
iv. Publication committee: identification and of target publications.
B. Interviewing and Hiring of RAs and identification of Masters and PhD candidates for MELoR.
C. Commencement of procurement process for approved equipment
May 2013 onwards
Twice weekly RA and weekly PI meetings to meet targets of each steering committee.
1st week: Organization and training of RAs
2nd week: MELoR Workshop (10th -20th May 2013) held at Bilik MELoR Faculty of Education.
Topics covered during workshop:
i. The MELoR Concept
ii. Understanding the elderly: Ageing issues
iii. Communication skills Part 1
iv. Communication skills Part 2
v. Team building
vi. Disaster Prevention
2nd &3rd week: Piloting of Electoral Roll
3rd &4th week: Piloting of questionnaire to volunteer group and NGOs completed
June - August 2013
- Recruitment activities begin
- Completion of pilot of questionnaire and electoral role. Analysis of pilot results.
- Meeting with National Statistics Department at Putrajaya to cross match electoral roll data with household survey data.
- Conducted Health event organised by SS4C residents upon invitation
July 2013
23-27 July: Training held at MERDU, Faculty of Medicine. Guest trainer: Prof Kulantheran
Topics covered:
- Introduction to research process
- Literature review
- Research design and methodologies
- Descriptive statistics
- Introduction to STATA
9 July: Meeting with MBPJ introducing MELoR to Senior citizen groups in PJ. MBPJ proposed MELoR participate in World Elderly Day to be led on 27th October
August 2013
21 August: MELoR team met up with SECITA to introduce & promote the research project
September 2013
Recruitment drive held at Damansara Jaya Senior Citizens Association.
10-11 Sept: 2nd RA workshop - Training on questionnaire
19-21 Sept : 9th National Geriatric Conference organised by MSGM
28 Sept: Brain GYM at Bangunan SECITA
29 Sept (until 2nd October): Visit by Prof of Epidemiology Shah Ebrahim from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
October 2013
27 Oct: MBPJ World Elderly Day (Larian Warga Emas)
- MELoR was given a booth for the event.
- Activities included promotion of MELoR project to public and participating seniors’ organizations.
- Theme: Successful Ageing
November 2013
11 Nov: Held workshop with the Age and Age-Associated Disorder research group: ‘Communicating with the Elderly’
17 Nov: Karnival Kasih, Seniors health screen with Sahabat UM
Recruitment drive at Taman Medan and PJ Selatan area. Senior project coordinators identified and hired (200 participants invited)
22 Nov:: Participant identification & recruitment drive held in Kampung Tunku area
* Visit by Prof Jonathan Sharpe (Law Icon)
* Visit by Dr Dorothy Monkesso (Computer science Icon); gave training on Gait analysis software
Dec 2013 (ongoing)
Continued Recruitment Drive: Activities held in Kampung Tunku, Taman Medan, Taman Dato’ Harun, Kampung Medan, PJS, Damansara Jaya.
9 Dec: Team building and Communication skills workshop