ASLaRC Current Research Interests
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
- Health and care needs of older Aboriginals
- Loss and grief in indigenous communities
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
- Leadership in the not-for-profit Aged & Community Care sector
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
- Capacity Assessment
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
Healthy ageing
- Falls prevention and older people
- Health promotion and older people
- Affordable / Adaptable housing for older people
Post-acute care
- Reablement of frail older people
- Transition care
Demographics of an ageing population
- Demographic trends in north coast NSW
Updated: 12 September 2012