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Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, Professor Kurrle received her award for distinguished service to medicine as a geriatrician, and to research into dementia and cognitive decline.
Professor Kurrle told Australian Ageing Agenda that when she received an email informing her of the award she was stunned. “Just amazed. It’s an incredible honour and I’d love to know what people said about me because it must have been reasonable.”
Professor Kurrle said the work she is most proud of is bringing public attention to elder abuse. “We just kept pushing. It’s taken a long time to get it up there but people are now talking about it. And we’re hearing about it all the time when it comes to aged care.”
While advising the aged care royal commission on the topic, Professor Kurrle saw a lot of submissions detailing cases of elder abuse. “It makes you realise we’ve still got a lot of work to do,” she said.
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