Ageing and aged care

ENgaginG older people Across transitions of care to improve medication manaGEment (The ENGAGE Project)

New strategies are needed to support older people to be engaged in making medication decisions across transitions of care, especially those with complex care needs; otherwise problems will continue, leading to patient harm and avoidable hospital admission.

Engaging residents and families in aged care facilities

A-PRECISE: Implementing consumer and workforce empowerment and engagement strategies to enhance safety and quality by building capacity to prevent and manage infections in residential aged care homes

People living in residential aged care homes (RACHs) are at high risk of contracting healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in this setting.

Improving support for culturally and linguistically diverse carers during transition of older adults from hospital to community

More than a clinical activity: supporting aged care residents’ choice, dignity, and engagement with medication administration

This application is for a capacity building grant through the Australian Association of Gerontology, for early career researchers. The focus for our application is aged care, medication administration, communication/engagement processes, and consumer input into care.

Assisting with analysing data for the Improving Palliative Care for Aged Care Residents study conducted by South East palliative care group

This is a research contract with the South East Palliative Care group which is doing a study to improve palliative care for aged care residents.

REACH: Research to Enhance Aged Care worker Health and wellbeing

A quality aged care system requires a healthy aged care workforce. The sector has a high workforce turnover, which raises concerns about the wellbeing of aged care workers.

Exploring post fall management pathways and the experience of the patient

This study will retrospectively review the medical records from a sample of falls patients over a six month period, including those who have presented to Cabrini following a fall, and those who have had a fall whilst an inpatient.

Medication refusal in residential aged care homes: A qualitative exploratory study

Garratt, S. M. (Leading Author), Tolton, K., Bugeja, L., Waddell, A. & Manias, E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nursing Ethics. 18 p.

ISSUES. Social, health, and wellbeing challenges facing older nurses and midwives.

Bonnamy, J., Bonnamy, V. & Carr, B., Jan 2026, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 28, 11, p. 38-39 2 p.

Co-Designing Storyboards for Multimedia Resources With Informal Carers to Support Hospital-to-Home Transitions for Older Adults From Culturally Diverse Backgrounds

Allen, J., Zhong, Y., Antoniades, J., Brand, G., Heiss, L., Hewitt, A., Hill, K., Hutchinson, A. M., Lalor, A., Ling, D., Livingston, P., Lobchuk, M., Rawson, H., Thomacos, N. & Crawford, K., Jul 2026, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 82, 7, p. 7465-7483 19 p.

A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Staff Needs for Coping With Grief and Loss in Residential Aged Care

Shimoniaba, K., Crawford, K., Lee, D. C. A., Qiu, Y., Lalor, A. F., Jackson, K.-M. & Rawson, H., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 35, 4, p. 1578-1590 13 p.

Engagement in Medication Communication During Transitions of Care for Rural Aged Care Residents and Family Caregivers

Dowling, A. (Leading Author) & Manias, E. (Leading Author), Feb 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 35, 2, p. 850-865 16 p.

The effectiveness of preoperative delirium prevention in intermediate to high-risk older surgical patients: A systematic review

Lay, N., Foley, P. & Allen, J., May 2024, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 33, 5, p. 1666-1683 18 p.

Transnational aging: A scoping review on the mental health and well-being of older migrant parents

Ghimire, A. (Leading Author) & Qiu, Y., 2024, In: Journal of Geriatric Mental Health. 11, 1, p. 11-21 11 p.

‘I don't want to impose on anybody’: Older people and their families discuss their perceptions of risk, cause and care in the context of falls

Kerr, L., Newman, P. & Russo, P. (Leading Author), Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Older People Nursing. 18, 6, 9 p., e12578.

Associations of postoperative delirium with activities of daily living in older people after major surgery: A prospective cohort study

Aldwikat, R. K., Manias, E., Holmes, A. C., Tomlinson, E. & Nicholson, P., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 32, 19-20, p. 7578-7588 11 p.

Informal carer support needs, facilitators and barriers in transitional care for older adults from hospital to home: A scoping review

Allen, J., Woolford, M., Livingston, P. M., Lobchuk, M., Muldowney, A. & Hutchinson, A. M., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 32, 19-20, p. 6773-6795 23 p.

Nurses' experience of managing adults living with multimorbidity: A qualitative study

Whitehead, L., Palamara, P., Babatunde-Sowole, O. O., Boak, J., Franklin, N., Quinn, R., George, C. & Allen, J., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79, 7, p. 2514-2524 11 p.