Associate Professor Deborah Parker

Assoc Prof Deborah Parker
Assoc Prof Deborah Parker
RN, Grad Cert Gerontology (Bendigo), BA (FUSA), MSoc Sci (UniSA), Phd (FUSA)
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Associate Professor Deborah Parker is Director of the UQ/Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre, a joint centre of the School of Nursing at the University of Queensland and Blue Care, and Director of the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Community Care (ACEBCC), a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
 
Deborah has been the recipient of an NHMRC Palliative Care Research Fellowship where she identified the most appropriate outcome measure for a palliative approach for people dying in residential aged care facilities. Deborah has attracted approximately $3 million in research funding primarily in aged care and palliative care, in particular in the residential aged care setting. This includes a recent grant of $1,393,918 under the Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care for the project - Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care (CEBPARAC).
 
Deborah is the author of 36 peer reviewed publications, 20 research reports and has presented at 45 national and international conferences. She is co-author of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Care Pathways for People with Dementia Living in the Community and the Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care which are NHMRC Endorsed. Deborah is a member of Palliative Care Queensland, Palliative Care Nurses Australia and the Australian Association for Gerontology.
Publications
 
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Research Projects
 
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Research Students
 
Haakan Strand, Doctor of Philosophy (Associate) - UQ 
Address and Contact Details
 
University of Queensland / Blue Care
Research and Practice Development Centre
56 Sylvan Road
TOOWONG QLD 4066
Australia
 
T: 07 3377 3310
F: 07 3720 5332
M: 0403 136 839
E: deborah.parker@uq.edu.au

 

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