Colleen has conducted research in universities in Australia, UK and US since completing a doctorate in psychology at The University of Adelaide. As a research fellow of the National Research Institute for Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in 1987 she was awarded a Gerontological Society of America postdoctoral summer fellowship to investigate methods of assessing quality of care in residential aged care. In 1997 she stopped full time paid work to become primary carer of her disabled elderly mother and young son. In 2006 she was awarded an Alzheimer's Australia Research Pty Ltd Travelling Scholarship to study consumer involvement in dementia care research, policy and evaluation in the U.K. and U.S.
Since 1990 she has attracted over $2.3 million in research grants and tenders from the Sandoz Foundation, Australian Department of Health and Ageing, American Association of Retired Persons, Alzheimer's Australia, Australian Nursing Federation Victoria and Department of Human Services Victoria. She was co-founder of the Australian Psychological Society’s Psychologists in Ageing Special Interest Group. She has written and published over 65 academic and technical papers in the area of aged care. As well as part-time principal research fellow at NARI, she is concurrently part-time senior research fellow at the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics at The University of Melbourne.
Research Areas
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Old age psychiatry
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Dementia
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Current Research Projects
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Consumer involvement in ageing research institutes
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Treatment of depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
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Dementia in the Australian media
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Evaluation of the Australian federal government's Dementia Initiative
Teaching Areas
Health program evaluation
Publications
Recent peer reviewed publications
Opie J. Doyle C. O'Connor DW. “Challenging behaviours in nursing home residents with dementia: a randomized controlled trial of multidisciplinary interventions.” International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 17(1):6-13, 2002 Jan.
Dobbinson, S., Doyle, C., & Effendi, Y. “Sun protection behaviour of junior cricketers and their coaches: an observational study” CBRC Research Paper Series No 14. Melbourne Australia: Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, June 2005
Dobbinson S, Doyle C, Wakefield M “Farmers’ and outdoor workers’ beliefs about skin cancer and protection from summer sun: a brief report” CBRC Research Paper Series No. 18 The Cancer Council Victoria 2005
Howe, A., & Doyle, C. “International experience with quality assurance for long term care: Australian experience”. December 2006. American Association of Retired Persons
Recent Book Chapter
Doyle, C., Howard, R., & Pattewage, L. 2008 “ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” book chapter, in Johnson, A., & Chang, E. “Chronic Illness” Elsevier, in press
Recent technical reports
Doyle, C. “Private Aged Care No Lifting Report, Evaluation”. Australian Nursing Federation (Victoria) and Victorian Workcover Authority. April 2003 www.anfvic.asn.au
Howe, A., & Doyle, C. “Residential respite care: provision, use, issues and options” Sept 2003. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Doyle, C., & Hassard, J. “Evaluation of a fund-raising partnership between SunSmart and Target.” Confidential report The Cancer Council Victoria 2005
Doyle, C., Ward, S., & Rees, G. “EACH Dementia Development Research Project: review of best practice in dementia care” Report prepared for the
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, August 2005
Foreman, P., Doyle, D., & Gardner, I. “Comprehensive assessment” Australian government Department of Health and Ageing. May 2006
Howe, A., & Doyle, C. “Targeting in community care” Australian government Department of Health and Ageing. November 2006
Doyle, C., White, V., Dunt, D., Day, S., Pezzullo, L., Rosewarne, R., Opie, J. “Dementia Health Priority Initiative Draft Evaluation Framework” Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, October 2006.
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