Experts in gerontological nursing
The Australian Hartford Consortium of Gerontological Nursing Excellence brings together gerontology nursing experts from universities across Australia.
Each lead member is a registered nurse working in an academic leadership position, representing their university. All have demonstrated their commitment to gerontological nursing.
See the profiles below for information on expertise, publications, current projects, research supervision, and contact details.
Aus-Hartford members (August 2024)
| University | Executive member |
| Griffith University | Professor Wendy Moyle |
| QUT | Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew |
| University of Sydney | Professor Yun-Hee Jeon |
| University of Technology Sydney | Professor Deborah Parker |
| Western Sydney University | Associate Professor Rita Chang |
| Monash University | Professor Helen Rawson |
| La Trobe University | Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh |
| Australian Catholic University | Associate Professor Louisa Lam |
| Flinders University | Professor Lily Xiao |
| Murdoch University | Associate Professor Susan Slatyer |
| Member | |
| University of Sydney | Adjunct Associate Professor Sarah Jeong |
| Sage Member | |
| Professor Elizabeth Beattie | |
| Professor Ann Harrington |
Members
Professor Wendy Moyle – Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Program Director, Healthcare Practice and Survivorship Program (HPS), Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University
Wendy Moyle is renowned for her work developing and evaluating technology such as social robots, improving the quality of life for people with dementia and their carers. She conceptualised and led a seminal randomised controlled trial that investigated the effect of a social robot on emotional response in people living with dementia. Wendy is committed to improving the quality of life of older people through psychosocial interventions to reduce symptoms of dementia, depression and delirium.
Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew – Lecturer in the School of Nursing, QUT, and Director of Dementia Training Australia at QUT
Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew is a lecturer in the QUT School of Nursing and Director of Dementia Training Australia at QUT. Her research focuses on improving the quality of life and care for older people and people living with dementia through non-pharmacological interventions, better assessment and person-centred care planning.
Professor Yun-Hee Jeon – Inaugural Susan and Isaac Wakil Healthy Ageing Chair, University of Sydney
Yun-Hee Jeon is a recognised leader in person-centred care, reablement/rehabilitation, quality outcomes, aged care workforce and clinical leadership in dementia and aged care, with expertise in behavioural intervention trials, qualitative and implementation research.
Professor Deborah Parker AM – Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia) in the Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Deborah Parker has worked as an aged care researcher for over 20 years. Her primary areas of research are palliative care for older people, dementia and use of technology in aged care. She is co-lead on End-of-Life Directions in Aged Care, a federally funded program to improve palliative care and advance care planning for older Australians, vice-president of Palliative Care New South Wales, board director of Carrington Care, and chair of the Ageing Policy Chapter for the Australian College of Nursing. In 2023 Deborah was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work in palliative and aged care research.
Associate Professor Rita Chang, Western Sydney University
Professor Helen Rawson –
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Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh – Professor of Nursing and Director of the Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), La Trobe University
Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh’s research focuses on the translation of research evidence into practice, the ethical implications of clinical practice, decision-making for people with chronic conditions such as dementia or renal failure, sexuality and dementia, and clinical risk in aged care.
Associate Professor Louisa Lam – Associate Professor in Nursing ACU
Associate Professor Louisa Lam has an extensive background in nursing and higher education. She has many years of senior management, research, and teaching experience. She is passionate about nursing education, and research and committed to improving the health of our population through innovative teaching and translational research to enhance and extend current thinking and practices to achieve the best possible results in education, clinical practices, and patient outcomes.
Professor Lily Xiao – Professor, College of Nursing and Health Science, Flinders University
Lily Xiao is an internationally recognised dementia caregiving research. She is a key contributer to the World Health Organization iSupport for Dementia program, which is an online psychoeducation program for informal carers of people living with dementia. She researches dementia care, cross cultural care for older people, and workforce development in aged care and chronic disease management for older people. Full profile and contact details
Associate Professor Susan Slatyer – Associate Professor of Nursing, Murdoch University
Susan Slatyer is an associate professor of nursing at Murdoch University and holds adjunct research consultancies at both Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Healthcare Group and Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group. Susan’s research focuses on trial implementations improving care processes for older people in acute and post-acute care and support for their family carers. Full profile and contact details
Members
Associate Professor Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong
Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong is a registered nurse with experience in acute care, community nursing and residential aged care. As a gerontological nurse specialist, she has provided a leadership and partnership to New South Wales districts to improve health services and outcomes for older people and develop capacity of clinicians in research and education. She has research expertise in clinical, social, ethical, and political issues pertaining to care for older people, registered nurses’ roles and functions in residential aged care facilities, end-of-life care decision making, and advance care planning, using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Full profile and contact details
Sage members
Professor Elizabeth Beattie – Emeritus Professor, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
Elizabeth Beattie has more than 30 years of experience in psychiatry and gerontology. She has worked in clinical nursing, curriculum development, teaching and research in Australia, the US, and the UK. Elizabeth’s work focuses on the aetiology of dementia-related behavioural symptoms and development of non-pharmacological interventions in the residential aged care sector. Full profile and contact details
Associate Professor Ann Harrington – Charles Sturt University and Flinders University
Ann Harrington holds academic affiliations with Charles Sturt University where she is an adjunct research professor in the Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra, and with Flinders University of South Australia, where she is an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Her focus includes expertise in ageing, palliative care, spirituality, qualitative research, curriculum and research design.