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Research Biography
Dr Hutchinson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Health and Social Care Economics Group, at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a mixed methods social scientist with research interests in:
- social return on investment analysis of health and social care interventions
- employment pathways for people with disabilities
- the lived experiences and quality of life of social care recipients
In her pre-academic life Dr Hutchinson worked as an organisational psychologist, project manager and vocational rehabilitation specialist.
Research Expertise
Dr Hutchinson has been a named Chief Investigator on over $3.3 million of competitive funding and has a strong track record of managing and delivering collaborative end-user focused research.
Dr Hutchinson is sought after nationally and internationally for her expertise on social return on investment analysis, reviewing international grant applications and journal paper submissions for several top-ranked journals, as well as being invited as Chief Investigator onto SROI grants in health and social care.
Her work in disability employment has been across all employment pathways (ADEs, open employment, microenterprise). Dr Hutchinson's current projects include an evaluation of a transition program to improve open employment outcomes for youth with disabilities, the development of a social impact framework for a social enterprise supporting the open employment of people with disabilities, and two projects focused on addressing employers attitudes to employing people with disabilities across several sectors.
Between 2019 and 2022 Claire was the project manager and qualitative lead for an ARC Linkage project developing new quality of life and care experience instruments with aged care consumers for quality assessment and economic evaluation. These tools - Quality of life-Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) and Quality of Care Experience (QCE-ACC) - are now part of the new National Quality Indicators Program in residential aged care. http://www.qol-acc.org/
Full list of publications via Google Scholar
Affiliations:
Full Academic Member, Caring Futures Institute
Associate Member, Centre for Social Impact
Full Member, Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death, and Dying
Research Interests
social return on investment, social impact, mixed methods, disability employment, quality of life, psychosocial well-being, lived experiences
Recent funding awarded:
2023-2025 - $100,000. Office for Ageing Well Impact Research Grant,Outcomes of home modifications for ageing well: social return on investment and case studies. George, S., Hutchinson, C., Laver, K., Xiao, L., Dalistan, R., Gough, C., Dymmott, A., Block, H. & Walker, R.
2022-2024 - $216,112. [consultancy project]. Measuring the social return on investment of a social enterprise providing open employment for people with disabilities. Hutchinson, C., & Alexander, J.,
2023-2026 - $57,000. Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. What contextual factors influence in-hospital mobility, and how can an understanding of these factors improve health service delivery for in-hospital falls prevention practices and mobility, independence and quality of life for older patients? Hutchinson, C. & Conroy, T.
2023-2024 - $524,000. Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Program, Department of Social Services, Australian Government. Co-designing disability employment strategies with people with disability, industry mentors, and disability employment experts to diversify the workforce for people with disability in fashion and hospitality nationwide. Goodwin-Smith, I., Manoharan, A., Jones, J., Hutchinson, C. & Yoon, J.
2022-2023 - $200,000. Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA), Interventions to support retention of female workers aged 50 + in the aged care workforce. Charlton, S., Hutchinson, C. & Van Agteren.
2022-2023 - $128,400. [consultancy project]. Developing a social impact measurement framework. Goodwin-Smith, I., Flatau, P., Tually, S., Coram, V.,Lester, L. & Hutchinson, C.
2022 - $73,304. [consultancy project] A comprehensive literature review of Best Practice Programs across the caring sectors.. Mills, C., Parker, D., Brown, D., Tieman, J. & Hutchinson, C.
2022-2023 - $80,335. Endeavour Foundation Disability Research Fund. Factors that support positive employment outcomes for intellectually disabled persons in hospitality. Manoharan, A., Hutchinson, C. & Jones, J.
2021-2022 - $151,902. Lifetime Support Authority. The impact of home automation: social return on investment and case studies. Laver, K., Hutchinson, C., Williams, P. & Manual, K.
2021-2022 - $25,000. Flinders Foundation. “ACTIVE-DAY’: helping older adults to move more, sit less and sleep well, from hospital to home (CIs) Baldwin. C., Lewis, L., Catcheside, P., Dumuid, D., Hutchinson, C. & Huxley, K. (AIs) Wallen, M., Hewitt, T. & Graham, L.
2021-2022 - $24,990. Flinders Foundation. CR4ALL – Cardiac Rehabilitation for All: Telehealth cardiac rehabilitation tailored to the needs and preference of disadvantaged populations living with coronary heart disease in rural and remote Australia. (CIs) Beleigoli, A., Hutchinson, C., Pinero de Plaza, M.A., Clark, R. & Tirimacco, R., (AIs) Hendriks, J., Tideman, P., Versace, V., Lynch, I & Keech, W.
2021-2024- $319,061. Australian Research Council Linkage. Choosing the way forward: addressing post-parental housing transition needs of adults with intellectual disability and their older family carers. Walker, R., Bigby, C., Wiesel, I., Rillotta, F., Hutchinson, C., & Angley, P.
2021-2025 – $936,786. NHMRC Partnership Grant. Defining the economic and social return on investment of cancer information and telephone support services for all Australians. McCaffrey, N., White, V., Livingston, T., Mihalopoulos, C., Paul, C., Orellana, L., Engel, L., Hutchinson, C., Hutchinson, A. & Aranda, S. (CIs), Ratcliffe, J., Desilva, D., Fradgley, E. & Steiner, A. (AIs).
2021-2022 - $50,575. (Consultancy) Evaluation of 'Aim High': equipping students with disability for open employment, Community Bridging Services. Hutchinson, C. & Alexander, J.
2021-2022 - $158,728. EuroQOL Research Grant. Unravelling the EQ-5D self-report proxy conundrum for older people. Ratcliffe, J., Engel, L., Mulhern, B., Milte, R., Hutchinson, C. & Khadka, J.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, PhD in Psychology, University of South Australia
Award Date: 16 Jun 2016
Master of Science, MSc Occupational Psychology, University of Hertfordshire
Award Date: 16 Dec 1994
Postgraduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma in Psychology, The Open University, UK
Award Date: 12 Dec 1992
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Humanities, Middlesex University
Award Date: 24 Aug 1990
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Projects
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A scoping review of the use of visual tools and adapted easy-read approaches in Quality-of-Life instruments for adults
Milte, R., Jemere, D., Lay, K., Hutchinson, C., Thomas, J., Murray, J. & Ratcliffe, J., 21 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Quality of Life Research. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A scoping review to explore the health, social and economic outcomes of home automation for people with disability
Cleland, J., Hutchinson, C., Williams, P., Manuel, K. & Laver, K., 3 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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From the ground up: assessing the face validity of the Quality of Life – Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) measure with older Australians
Cleland, J., Hutchinson, C., McBain, C., Khadka, J., Milte, R., Cameron, I. & Ratcliffe, J., 9 Jun 2023, In: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 24, 1-2, p. 3-18 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do older adults receiving aged care services understand and respond to the EQ-5D-5L? A think-aloud study in residential care
Lay, K., Crocker, M., Engel, L., Ratcliffe, J., Charlton, S. & Hutchinson, C., 29 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Quality of Life Research. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Knowledge is everything?' How well do the general public understand aged care and how does this affect their attitudes towards quality of care and future funding?
Hutchinson, C., Ratcliffe, J., Crocker, M., Kumaran, S., Milte, R. & Khadka, J., Sept 2023, In: Ageing and Society. 43, 9, p. 2095-2117 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Caring Futures Institute ECR workshop
Brittany J Johnson (Participant), Alejandra Pinero de Plaza (Participant), Lauren Lines (Participant), Hila Dafny (Participant) & Claire Hutchinson (Participant)
20 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...