Dr Lenore de la Perrelle

After graduating with a PhD, Lenore undertook research projects in trauma-informed care and research on access to aged care with Forgotten Australians. As a Research Fellow with ARIIA from 2022,  Lenore was responsible for developing capacity and partnerships with Aged Care staff, industry and researchers to translate knowledge to innovate and solve aged care problems.  These partnerships focussed on online teaching of implementation strategies, coaching and co-design of solutions to implement evidence based dementia care, restorative care and chronic condition management, oral and visual health.  She then supported these partnerships to apply for grants and implement their innovations. Her research identified factors influencing implementation of innovation in aged care, the role of leadership, adaptation and co-design in aged care research and the need for capacity building in a resource constrained sector. In the Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Flinders University in 2023, Lenore coordinated an implementation and evaluation pilot program to improve screening and access to mental health support for older people receiving home care in Victoria. She was involved in developing the protocol, ethics applications, co-design, consumer involvement in the steering group, developing staff training, data collection methods, analysis, evaluation and writing the manuscript which is under review. Since her appointment to ELDAC in 2024,  she became a member of the Research Centre for Palliative Care Death and Dying, undertaking project work to support aged care staff to improve end of life care, developing communication strategies with family members and apply inclusive and respectful end of life care for diverse groups of older people and a diverse workforce. She conducts evaluation studies on the projects undertaken, gathers data from aged care staff who have used the project resources and publishes results identifying how resources influence practice in aged care.