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News - July 2008

PhD student Lin Yuan recently undertook fieldwork to collect data for her research on healthcare for elderly rural Chinese.

Lin Yuan Data Collecting in China
Lin Yuan Data Collecting in China

News and Events

Congratulations to these students who have recently submitted their PhD theses:

Hui Chen Chang (Evidence-based practice in nursing homes: A study of Taiwanese nurses’ and nursing managers’ perceptions).

Taylor Dong (Beyond depression: Frail elderly people talk about limited lives and resilience).

Nico Leka (Building, reality, caring: What nurses in three Australian psychogeriatric units say about the built environment).

Maree Porter (Life after work: A qualitative exploration of the meaning of retirement among former coal miners, their wives and widows in an Australian industrial community).

Recent Publications by Team Members

  1. Russell, C., Campbell, A & Hughes, I. (in press). Ageing, social capital and the Internet: an exploratory study of Australian ‘silver surfers’. Australasian Journal on Ageing. [forthcoming June 2008].
  2. Russell, C., Middleton, H. & Shanley, C. (in press). Dying with dementia: The views of family caregivers about quality of life. Australasian Journal on Ageing. [forthcoming June 2008].
  3. Russell, C. (2007). Gender and the new longevity. In A. Borowski, S. Encel and E. Ozanne (eds). Longevity and Social Change: Australia in the 21st Century. UNSW Press. pp. 99-110.
  4. Barr, F., Russell, C. (2007). Social capital among older residents of a coastal resort: A survey of social resources and vulnerabilities. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 26(2), 94-96.
  5. Barr, F., Russell, C. (2007) Social capital - a potential tool for analysis of the relationship between ageing individuals and their social environment. Ageing International. 31:3 Summer 2006 pp 203-216 (appeared August 2007).
  6. Lo, M.H., & Russell, C. (2007) Family care: An exploratory study of experience and expectations among older Chinese immigrants in Australia. Contemporary Nurse. 25(1-2), 31-38.
  7. Russell, C., Mahony, M.J., Hughes, I. & Kendig, H. (2007). Post-graduate education in Gerontology in the Asia-Oceania Region.Gerontology and Geriatrics Education. 27(3), 99-111.
  8. Russell, C. (2007). What do older women and men want? Gender differences in the 'lived experience' of ageing. Current Sociology. 55(2), 173-192.
  9. Tan, J. Y., Russell, C., White, K., & O’Loughlin, K. The Essence of Palliative Care Practice in the Context of Residential Aged Care. The 6th National Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference. Adelaide, Australia, November 20, 2007.
  10. Chiang, L. C., Chiang-Hanisko, L., & Tan, J. Y. Cancer-Related Fatigue and Symptomatic Experiences of Adult Groups in Taiwan. Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. 39th Biennial Convention. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, November 2-7, 2007.

Recent Conference Presentations by Team Members

Barr, F. Expectations and experiences of retirement: similarities and differences between men and women retiring to a coastal resort. Research Centre on Gender, Health & Ageing/ Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW) Conference “Mars & Venus: Does Gender Matter in Ageing?” University of Newcastle. 9 July 2007.

Barr, F., & Russell, C. Expectations of retirement: similarities and differences between two age cohorts. 8th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 24 October 2007.

Barr, F. Expectations of retirement: similarities and differences between two age cohorts. Australian Association of Gerontology National Conference.Adelaide,22 November 2007.

Barr, F. “When the time comes”: A case study of living with chronic conditions. Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW) Regional Conference, University of Wollongong,1 April 2008.

Russell, C. Ageing and the gender agenda: A critical reflection. Invited Keynote presentation, Research Centre on Gender, Health & Ageing/ Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW) Conference “Mars & Venus: Does Gender Matter in Ageing?” University of Newcastle. 9 July 2007.

Russell, C., Campbell, A. & Hughes, I. Ageing, social capital and the internet: Findings from an exploratory study of Australian ‘silver surfers’. 8th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 24 October 2007.

Simpson-Young, V.What might the future hold for older Australians? Invited presentation at the Future Problem Solving International Workshop. Normanhurst, NSW. 14 Sept 2007.

Simpson-Young, V. & Russell, C. Socio-cultural meanings of club-going among Australian seniors: an ethnographic study. Paper presented to the 8th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference. Tokyo. 2 August 2007.

Tan, J. Y., Russell, C., White, K., & O’Loughlin, K. The Challenges of Providing Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities: Perspectives of Registered Nurses. Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) 40th National Conference. Adelaide: Australia. November 21-23, 2007.