Dr Irene Belperio

Irene is a highly experienced qualitative researcher with interests in ageing and disability, and ageing in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. She also has extensive experience in learning support and has been teaching at the university level for over 13 years. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Nursing Practices and Research.

She is currently the Research Associate on the Australian Research Council Linkage Project, Choosing the way forward: addressing postparental housing transition needs of adults with intellectual disability and their older family carers.

She is also the Chief Investigator on the Flinders University Impact Seed Funding for Early Career Researchers project, Ageing in shared supported disability accommodation: the experiences of disability service providers supporting older adults with intellectual disability and dementia.