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NEURA PARTNERS WITH MMG TO HELP OLDER AUSTRALIANS

NeuRA and Mark Moran Group (MMG) have partnered to help deliver NeuRA’s age-related research to MMG centres to improve health and wellbeing outcomes of older Australians, enabling them to live better for longer.

The first stage of the partnership includes the development and rollout of a new app-based wellbeing assessment tool that can predict falls among older people with 75% accuracy. The FallScreen+ tool will be trialled at MMG facilities before being rolled out nationally.

“By making breakthroughs with NeuRA and saving one life, or potentially tens of thousands of lives, we are creating a future where older Australians will continue their interests, their passions, their health and being celebrated in their community,” said MMG Co-Founder Evette Moran.

L-R: Minister for Health, the Hon. Brad Hazzard, MMG Co-Founders Mark and Evette Moran, NeuRA’s CEO Prof Peter Schofield AO

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