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8 April 2026

Research Survey: Health Professionals’ Views on Supporting Carers of Older Adults

This study seeks to explore the perceived needs of carers (from health professionals), the decision-making processes of health professionals, and how health professionals support the health and wellbeing of informal carers aged 50+ who care for older adults aged 65+.

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1 April 2026

Research Study: Supervision in Occupational Therapy Practice

The research project aims to understand how often occupational therapists receive supervision, be that individual, group or peer supervision, how supervision is structured, what makes it “quality” and the perceived effectiveness of supervision.

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22 January 2026

Research Study: Decision-making capacity assessment

The aim of this research is to gain an understanding of how occupational therapists contribute to assessment of decision-making capacity – their practices, perspectives, and experience.

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9 December 2025

Research Survey: Assessing video-based learning for better relational care practice

The purpose of this study is to evaluate healthcare professionals' and educators’ perceptions of a co-designed, evidence-based video on developing professional, therapeutic relationships with patients.

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25 November 2025

Research Survey: Roles of frailty dashboards in acute care

The research study aims to investigate how clinicians, allied health professionals and managers working in the hospitals perceive the use of an electronic frailty index for the medical care of their frail older patients.

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1 October 2025

Access and utilisation of key allied health services by older adults in rural coastal NSW

To investigate the perspectives of key allied health professions regarding older adults' accessibility and utilisation of their health services in rural coastal areas of NSW against the dimensions of accessibility.

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30 September 2025

Rehabilitation program development for people diagnosed with BPD

This study aims to consult with consumers, carers and clinicians to identify which domains of daily living functioning are a priority in rehabilitation program development for people diagnosed with BPD.

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30 September 2025

Advancing the use of telehealth technology for older people

Advancing the use of telehealth technology by occupational therapists to provide home safety risk assessments for community dwelling older people.

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