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Research Biography
Ruth is a social gerontologist with a background in Public Health, Psychology and Rehabilitation Counselling. She is currently Associate Professor in Disability and Community Inclusion within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. Ruth is an expert in using qualitative methods to understand older people's experiences of ageing. Her research particularly focuses on late-life transitions, family caregiving and the intersection between disability and ageing. She is currently leading a project funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage program titled: Choosing the way forward: addressing post-parental housing transition needs of adults with intellectual disability and their older family carers.
Research Interests
- Older parent caregivers
- People with disabilities who are ageing
- Age-related life transitions
- Care in the community and ageing in place
- Older people's experiences of dementia care
- The role of family and social relationships on experiences of ageing
- Gendered, life-course dimensions of ageing
- Migrant ageing
Current Research Projects:
- Choosing the way forward: addressing post-parental housing transition needs of adults with intellectual disability and their older family carers
- The support needs and future care plans of culturally and linguistically diverse ageing parents of adult children with intellectual disability
- End-of-life care needs for older adults with long-standing physical disability
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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LP17: Quality of life: a new instrument with older people for economic evaluation
Ratcliffe, J., Cameron, I., Lancsar, E., Walker, R., Milte, R., Swaffer, K. & Parker, S.
Australian Research Council , University of South Australia
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Barriers to activity engagement in older adulthood: Results of a community survey
Scott, J. E. T., Luszcz, M. A., Walker, R., Mazzucchelli, T. & Windsor, T. D., Mar 2023, In: Australasian Journal on Ageing. 42, 1, p. 176-184 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health and disability care providers’ experiences and perspectives on end-of-life care needs of individuals with long-standing physical disability: A qualitative interview study
Belperio, I., Devery, K., Morgan, D. D., Rawlings, D., Raghavendra, P. & Walker, R., Jan 2023, In: Palliative Medicine. 37, 1, p. 131-139 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Older Adults’ Views on Characteristics of Groups to Support Engagement
Walker, R., Belperio, I., Scott, J., Luszcz, M., Mazzucchelli, T. G., Evans, T. & Windsor, T., 26 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Activities Adaptation and Aging. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A behavioural activation intervention to increase engagement with life and wellbeing in older adults: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Scott, J. E. T., Mazzucchelli, T. G., Luszcz, M. A., Walker, R. & Windsor, T. D., 5 Dec 2022, In: BMC Psychology. 10, 1, 13 p., 288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facilitators and barriers to developing romantic and sexual relationships: lived experiences of people with complex communication needs
Sellwood, D., Raghavendra, P. & Walker, R., 2022, In: Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 38, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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Precarious housing, health and participation in social and economic life among unemployed South Australians
Katy Osborne (Speaker), Ruth Walker (Speaker), Kathy Arthurson (Speaker) & K Patel (Speaker)
18 Feb 2015 → 20 Feb 2015Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation