CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

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Advance Care Planning

• Planning for times when individuals are unable to speak for themselves because of accident or illness, through use of Advance  Health Care Directives and Enduring Guardianship;
• ‘Futures Planning’ for older parents of older people with disabilities
• Advance Care Planning in residential aged care facilities

Ageing in indigenous communities

• Further information pending

Community development and planning

• How regional and municipal governments plan for and serve ageing communities;
• Housing and the affordability factor;
• The role of the private sector in aged services

Effectiveness of the non-government sector

• Increasing the effectiveness and impact of NGOs in the community;
• Community engagement and participation in aged services delivery

End-of-Life Decision-Making

• Patients self-determination in terminal care;
• Medical decisions at the end of life (Australian-European collaborative studies);
• Legal and Ethical issues affecting older people

Family Carers

• Impact of “out-of-hospital” care on families and primary caregivers;
• Expectation for women to provide for their own retirement – without the benefit of accumulated pensions and superannuation;
• Grandparents as parents

Workforce issues in aged care

• Recruitment and retention of staff working in aged care;
• Training and education of the aged care workforce;
• Use of technology in aged care

Workforce issues of an ageing population

• A shrinking workforce that cannot service the needs of a growing population;
• Compulsory retirement versus stay-at-work policies;
• Training needs of older workers;
• Policies aimed at retaining older workers;
• Drawing on the wealth of knowledge and experience of older people