Dr Elaine Fielding
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Dr Fielding received a PhD in Sociology with specialisations in Demography and Research Methods and Statistics in 1993. Since then, she has served as a methodological and statistical consultant on a large number of complex social research projects, especially those involving surveys. In 2008 she took a position as a Senior Researcher at the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology and is currently a Senior Research Fellow there. In 2011-12, she led a national survey project to study usage of, and satisfaction with, respite services by carers of people with dementia in Australia. She is currently involved in a project led by Dr Maria O’Reilly which tests a transition support intervention to improve the residential respite experience of people with dementia and their carers. Other projects include: 1) a knowledge translation project to produce materials (paper, online, etc.) to help carers be aware of, and choose between, respite choices (lead investigator); 2) carers’ experience of the transition period when the person with dementia they care for moves into permanent residential care (lead investigator--currently recruiting); and 3) a large, national study of quality of life of people with dementia in residential care (supervisor of data management and statistical analysis).
Personal details
Positions
- adjunct Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
Quantitative Statistics, Dementia, Research Methodology, Respite Care, Carers, Quality of Life
Research field
Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Sociology (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Elaine, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Fielding, E., O'Reilly, M. & Beattie, E. Residential Placement Transitions: Understanding the Experiences of Carers of People with Dementia
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Beattie, E., Dutton, T., Fielding, E. Impacting the quality of care of people with dementia in the acute hospital setting: An educational intervention.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- O¿Reilly, M., Beattie, E., Neville, C., Fielding, E., Gresham, M. A person-centred model of residential respite care: The Transition Support Person Centred Care Program (TS-PCC).
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Beattie, E., Moyle, W., Nay, R., Horner, B., Chenoweth, L., O¿Reilly, M., Fielding, E. Quality of life and quality of care for people with dementia in residential care facilities (Dementia-QoLCare)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Beattie, E., Gresham, M., Fielding, E., Neville, C. A national survey of research in residential aged care: Activity, access and issues
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)- awarded Magna Cum Laude (graduated in top 5%)and invited to be a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honour society
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.