Our meeting speaker, Mark Thompson, is an occupational therapist with extensive experience in ageing, rehabilitation, palliative care, and Aboriginal health and ageing. He is the director of an allied health practice which is focused on the delivery of community based aged care. Mark is an adjunct lecturer and researcher with the University of Adelaide’s medical school. His research is focused on frailty and sarcopenia in acute and residential care, together with the primary care management of older adults. RCMS Bulletin 1212