Why join The Plug-in community?
The Plug-in is powered by COTA SA, serving as its specialist consumer engagement and insights team. Find out more about the work we do here!
Research Recap: what we achieved together in 2024
The Plug-in's Influencers have shared their thoughts and insights in a variety of projects that have been finalised over the last few months.
Project outcomes: Older women victim-survivors
The Plug-in, COTA SA, partnered with Office for Women to focus on engagement with South Australian women aged 50 years and older, community organisations, and service providers in the context of family, domestic and sexual violence. Read more about this important project...
Improving outcomes for people with a concussion: the AUS-mTBI study and app using HeadCheck
Last year, our Plug-in Influencers helped app developers understand the needs of older people, influencing development to help make the app as user friendly and easy to navigate as possible.
Attitudes survey – women’s health and wellbeing
In partnership with Office for Women we want to hear experiences of older women in the community about health, wellbeing, gender and ageing. Take survey now!
Long COVID symptoms: Improving healthcare systems for older people
The Plug-in is delighted to be working with Flinders Medical Centre to help their team of world-leading researchers to design healthcare systems that suit older people who are experiencing long COVID. Read more to get involved...
Understanding the experiences of victim-survivors
The Plug-in, COTA SA, partnered with Office for Women to focus on engagement with South Australian women aged 50 years and older, community organisations, and service providers in the context of family, domestic and sexual violence. Read more about this important project...
Register to try out an app that helps monitor a mild concussion and give your feedback!
This project with Curtin University provided the opportunity for older people to test an app that helps monitor the health and wellbeing of people suffering a mild traumatic brain injury, whose feedback will help influence the final design of the app to be friendly for older users.
Providing better care for older South Australians
The Plug-in was able to support the project team to identify and achieve a range of improvements that support older people to transition from a hospital stay back to home, while reducing the risks that would result in rehospitalisation
Be a face of ageing in SA!
In late 2021, COTA SA will update its photo library and recruited ten people aged 50+ years who are owning their age and want people to know it!