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Associate Professor Craig Whitehead is an active geriatrician and clinician manager. He has been the Regional Clinical Director of Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative care in the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network since 2009. He was appointed to be a member of Aged Care Advisory Group, Australian Health Protection Principal committee (AHPPC) to advise on the Commonwealth response to Covid 19 in residential aged care in 2020. He was a member of the Ministers Clinical Advisory Group (MCAG) in 2016 to guide the development of models of care for Transforming Health, particularly in the areas of residential aged care. He was also part of the research group that established the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) which has produced multiple publications and provided key advice to the Royal Commission into Aged Care.
Research Interests
Associate Professor Craig Whitehead works in a rehabilitation unit and has been involved in the design and delivery of randomised controlled trials of home rehabilitation and transition care. His recent funding includes translational projects to implement dementia care guideline recommendations and establishing a community of practice in dementia research. He has over 80 publications and is active in research that seeks to understand the health challenges faced by older Australians in the aged care system.
Associate Professor Craig Whitehead’s recent projects include:
- Using big data to create evidence-based primary health care service delivery and policy for the Australian aged care sector – a nationwide study: MRFF 2020.
- The FORTRESS Study (Frailty Older People Rehabilitation Treatment Research Examining Separate Settings: NHMRC Targeted Research Grant 2020.
- ‘Agents of change’. Improving post diagnosis care for people with dementia and their carers through the establishment of a National Quality Collaborative to implement guideline recommendations: NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grant 2017.
- Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Research Consortia Program, Registry of Older South Australians 2016.
- An Australian Community of practice in research in dementia (ACcORD) to improve health outcomes of people with dementia and their carers: NHMRC Dementia Research Team Grants 2016.
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Creating ‘partnership in iSupport program’ to optimise carers’ impact on dementia care
Xiao, L., Ratcliffe, J., Meyer, C., Chapman, M., Chen, L., Ullah, S., Kitson, A., De Andrade, A. Q., Brodaty, H., Beattie, E., Low, L., Nguyen, T. A., Brijnath, B., Sinclair, R., Voss, D., McKechnie, S., Whitehead, C. & Yu, Y.
1/06/21 → 31/05/25
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Consumer and Healthcare Professional Led Priority Setting for Quality Use of Medicines in People with Dementia: Gathering Unanswered Research Questions
Reeve, E., Chenoweth, L., Sawan, M., Nguyen, T. A., Kalisch Ellett, L., Gilmartin-Thomas, J., Tan, E., Sluggett, J. K., Quirke, L. S., Tran, K., Ailabouni, N., Cowan, K., Sinclair, R., de la Perrelle, L., Deimel, J., To, J., Daly, S., Whitehead, C. & Hilmer, S. N., 2023, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 91, 3, p. 933-960 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Death by suicide among aged care recipients in Australia 2008–2017
Cations, M., Lang, C., Draper, B., Caughey, G. E., Evans, K., Wesselingh, S., Crotty, M., Whitehead, C. & Inacio, M. C., 2023, In: International Psychogeriatrics. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Risk of Hospitalization With Pressure Injury After Entering Residential Aged Care
Eshetie, T. C., Moldovan, M., Caughey, G. E., Lang, C., Sluggett, J. K., Khadka, J., Whitehead, C., Crotty, M., Corlis, M., Visvanathan, R., Wesselingh, S. & Inacio, M. C., Mar 2023, In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 24, 3, p. 299-306.e9 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the role of a facilitator in supporting family carers when embedding the iSupport for Dementia programme in care services: A qualitative study
Yu, Y., Hunter, S. C., Xiao, L., Meyer, C., Chapman, M., Tan, K. P., Chen, L., Mckechnie, S., Ratcliffe, J., Ullah, S., Kitson, A., Andrade, A. Q. & Whitehead, C., 21 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations between Cognitive Function, Hospitalizations and Costs in Nursing Homes: A Cross-sectional Study
Gnanamanickam, E., Dyer, S., Harrison, S., Liu, E., Whitehead, C. & Crotty, M., 2022, In: Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 34, 4, p. 552-567 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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