In this ground-breaking book, Professor Tracey McDonald, RSL LifeCare Professor of Ageing at the Australian Catholic University, explores some of the many issues arising from an ageing population, ageing veterans and community health. She has developed 'practice-driven research', an approach that fully involves clinical nurses and carers in striving to understand the work they are doing, and to improve on it. This approach has been developed in collaboration with the clinical nurses, therapists and managers at RSL LifeCare, and addresses the issues of relevance and appropriateness of research in solving practical, day-to-day problems within the Aged Care setting. It will appeal to all workers within the Aged Care Community, particularly managers at all levels, and also provides an overview of practice-driven research for Nursing students within the Australian University environment.
