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BONUS EPISODE: Squats, Purpose and Plants. Your Healthy Ageing Prescription with Dr Kate Gregorevic

30 Nov 2020

“One of the greatest gifts of being a doctor for older adults is the constant reminder that life is fragile, finite and precious.”

On the show today is Dr Kate Gregorevic  -  a geriatrician and internal medicine physician. She works in both acute hospital medicine and community settings and has completed a PhD looking at the impact of positive psychosocial factors in the development of frailty in older adults

Lifestyle medicine is a core feature of Kate’s clinical practice, and nutrition, exercise and sleep are integral to developing plans to optimise her patients’ health. Her approach goes beyond physical, by working with people to identify their own priorities and values, and always centring these in any management plans.

On the show today we talk about:

  • How we balance the need to change health behaviours to improve longevity with the need to enjoy today
  • Why we should focus on creating health in the present, as something that is valuable in its' own right and helps us engage in life, rather than something for the future
  • The importance of including social and emotional wellbeing in any definition of health
  • The perspective of a Geriatrician
  • Assessing someone’s readiness to change and tips to motivate them
  • Sarcopenia and how to prevent this
  • Your prescription for healthy ageing (Squats, Purpose and Plants)
  • The impact  of loneliness and how it activates a stressor response

 

Please do check out Dr Kate’s book - Staying Alive - it’s a really great read and has some fascinating information

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REFERENCES

 
Thanks again to Dr Kate for coming onto the podcast - another amazing guest and a fabulous topic for us to be discussing - some fascinating insights too.
It never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from our guests and episodes too as well as being able to share the information with you all!
 
Here are some links to topics that we chatted about on the episode for information:
Projectthreesixtwelve
Marjory Warren
Sarcopenia
 

GUEST: Dr Kate Gregorevic

Dr Kate Gregorevic is a geriatrician and internal medicine physician. She works in both acute hospital medicine and community settings. She has also completed a PhD looking at the impact of positive psychosocial factors in the development of frailty in older adults. She has published multiple studies in this area. Lifestyle medicine is a core feature of Kate’s clinical practice, and nutrition, exercise and sleep are integral to developing plans to optimise her patients’ health. Her approach goes beyond physical, by working with people to identify their own priorities and values, and always centring these in any management plans. Kate feels that it is incredibly important to provide accurate lifestyle strategies for health to as many people as possible, so she has been published extensively in major Australian news and consumer media.  Kate is also the director of Project Three Six Twelve, an online wellbeing and exercise program, giving women over 40 the tools they need to improve strength and vitality. Kate lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children.  

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