Keeping active in older age: the healthcare assistant role - Lizzy Guest

Lizzy Guest is a Senior Academic Staff member and lecturer in Toi Ohomai’s physiotherapy and Health Assistant programmes. Lizzy is proudly Scots, and is keenly interested in Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural setting, and how this is realised in research, education and healthcare settings. She is new to research and publishing, but interested to continue her academic journey, including attending an annual writers’ retreat, and delivering presentations at conferences and symposia.

Guest, L. (2025). A team approach to promoting physical activity in aged residential care. Physio matters, Feb., 2025.

Guest, L. (2024). The perceptions and experiences of healthcare assistants of supporting physical activity in adults over 65 years. [Unpublished master's dissertation]. Auckland University of Technology.    

Youard, E., Guest, L., Wilson, C., & Cooper, M. (2024). Neurodiversity in vocational education: Observations and learnings from teaching healthcare assistant programmes. Scope: Learning and Teaching, 13, 125-131.