BA(Hons), MN, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Gerontology Convenor
Contact details for Dr Ursula Kellett
Research expertise
- Aged care/Gerontology
- Family care-giving
- Families and practice engagement
- Dementia care
- Gerontological nursing
Current teaching areas
Ursula is currently the Gerontology Convenor for specialty students in the Master of Health Practice (Gerontology), Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and the Bachelor of Nursing (Aged Care).
Areas of Teaching:
- Gerontology
- Dementia care
- Higher Degree Research / Masters supervision
Teaching commendations and prizes (2009-2011)
- Outstanding commendation 2009
- Challenges in Ageing (7941/8988NRS)
- Outstanding commendations 2010
- Qualitative Research 2010 (7018NRS)
- Informing Decision Making in Dementia Care 2010 (3981/8981NRS)
Publications
Journal Articles (2009-2011)
- Huang, Y. & Kellett, U.M. Fathers of children with disabilities: Encounters with health professionals in a Chinese context. Journal of Clinical Nursing (online, 26 August, 2011).
- Huang, Y., Kellett, U.M., & St John, W. Being-concerned: Care-giving for Taiwanese mothers of a child with cerbral palsy Journal of Clinical Nursing (online, 27 June, 2011).
- Moyle, W. Kellett, U. Ballantyne A. & Gracia N. (2011). Dementia and Loneliness: An Australian Perspective, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20, 9-10, 1445-1453.
- Kellett, U.M., Moyle, W., McAllister, M., King, C. & Gallagher, F. (2010). Life stories and biography: a means of connecting family and staff to people with dementia. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, (11-12) 1707-1715.
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Kellett, U.M. & Moyle, W. (2010). Why are carers of frail older people not utilising available in-home respite services? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, (13-14) 2057-2064.
- Huang, Y., Kellett, U.M. St John W. (2010). Cerebral palsy: experiences of mothers after learning their child's diagnosis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66 (6), 1213 – 1221.
- Chen Ya-Huei, Huang Yu-Ping, Kellett, U.M., & Lin Chieh-Chung. (2009). The experience of maternal care-giving for children undergoing liver transplantation. Chang Gung Nursing, 20(3), 306-318.
- Liu, K-H., Moyle, W., Kellett, U.M. & Lee, D. (2009). The needs of Chinese-Australian family who care for relatives with chronic illness. Geriaction, 27(1), 5 -16.
Conference publications (2009-2011)
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Moyle, W., Kellett, U. & Brodaty, H. (2011). ‘Recruiting and training community service staff to deliver a research protocol’ - Alzheimer’s Australia National Conference, Brisbane, May.
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Moyle, W., Kellett, U. & Brodaty, H. (2010). ‘Sharing Care - Early intervention and self-management approaches for people with dementia and their caregivers - Aged & Community Services Australia, Community Care Conference, Queensland, June.
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Moyle, W., Kellett, U. & Brodaty, H. (2010). ‘Help, Hope And Personal Growth: The Value Of Early Intervention For People With Dementia And Their Caregivers’ - Hammond Care 8th Biennial International Conference on Dementia, Sydney, June.
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Moyle, W., Kellett, U. & Brodaty, H. (2010). ‘Forewarned is forearmed: implementing an in-home program for people with early stage dementia and their caregivers’ –National Dementia Forum, Brisbane, September.
- L.Yeh, Kellett, U.M. Henderson, S. Wang, S. (2010). Exploring the impact of caring at home for an adolescent with cancer on family roles and relationships in Taiwanese families, 16th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March.
- Kellett, U.M. (2009). The Family Biography Workshop: a means of connecting family and staff to people with dementia, RCCCPI Ageing Symposium, Brisbane, November.
- Kellett, U.M., Moyle, W, King, C. (2009). How do we meaningfully assimilate family carer knowledge into the process of dementia care? Alzheimer’s Association Conference, Adelaide, June.
- Stockwell-Smith, G., Moyle, W. & Kellett, U.M. (2009). Psychosocial interventions in dementia: where are we? Alzheimer’s Association Conference, Adelaide, June.
- Wu, M., Moyle, W. & Kellett, U.M. (2009). Family conflict and depression: a review of the literature, Hammond Care 7th National Conference, Sydney, May.
Biography
Ursula has 25 years’ experience in aged care practice, higher education and research in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has a funded research and publication track record in the areas of families' caring for older relatives in community and long-term care settings; biographical approaches to aged/ dementia care; and staff-family participatory approaches to aged/ dementia care. Ursula is an experienced research supervisor and examiner having successfully supervised Higher Degree Research students and Masters students to completion over the past 15 years. Ursula is a respected reviewer for a number of international journals in the fields of nursing, gerontology and qualitative research. She also reviews for a range of national research organisations in the fields of gerontology and aged care nursing. Ursula has held numerous executive and advisory roles on professional committees and government taskforces as a gerontology and aged care nursing specialist.