Victoria is the Research and Evaluation Manager (Home Share) at ECH, one of the largest integrated providers of retirement living accommodation and aged care services in South Australia. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. T...More
Victoria is the Research and Evaluation Manager (Home Share) at ECH, one of the largest integrated providers of retirement living accommodation and aged care services in South Australia. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. These roles, straddling both academic research and service-based research and development, give her a unique insight into translating research to action. Victoria is a social gerontologist, and her areas of research interest include in-home aged care service provision, community connectedness, the built environment and housing - especially alternative models of housing, and housing for vulnerable older people. Her research seeks to optimise outcomes for older people in the context of choice, independence, housing security, participation in community life and wellbeing; and improve older people's futures by ensuring their housing and aged care needs are met in tandem. Victoria's research and engagement in social gerontology has been recognised in several areas, for example journal articles, conference publications and media interviews. Victoria is a member of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG), sits on the South Australian Divisional Committee of the AAG, and is the National Convenor of the AAG's Housing and the Built Environment Special Interest Group.
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