Professor Deborah Parker

Adjunct Professor,
Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery

Professor of Nursing, Director Centre for Applied Nursing Research,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Biography
Contact
Publications

Biography

Professor Parker is an Adjunct Professor for the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney. She is Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia) at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University of Technology Sydney.

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Qualifications

PhD Flinders University of South Australia
BA Flinders University of South Australia

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Contact

Email:	Deborah.Parker@westernsydney.edu.au
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Publications

Chapters in Books

Parker, D. (2011), 'The development and implementation of evidence-based palliative care guidelines for residential care : lessons for other countries', Living with Ageing and Dying: Palliative and End of Life Care for Older People, Oxford University Press 9780199569939.
Froggatt, K. and Parker, D. (2009), 'Care homes and long-term care for people with dementia', Supportive Care for the Person With Dementia, Oxford University Press 9780199554133.

Journal Articles

Rayner, J., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Beattie, E., Harrington, A., Jeon, Y., Moyle, W. and Parker, D. (2023), '"Oh, older people, it's boring" : nurse academics' reflections on the challenges in teaching older person's care in Australian undergraduate nursing curricula', Collegian, vol 30, no 1 , pp 141 - 146.
Brown, D., Ma, N., Yang, J., Sutton, N., McAllister, G., Parker, D., Rawlings-Way, O. and Lewis, R. (2023), 'The impact of business model workforce configurations on value creation and value appropriation in the Australian aged care sector', Australian Journal of Management, vol 48, no 3 , pp 495 - 523.
Ma, N., Sutton, N., Yang, J., Rawlings-Way, O., Brown, D., McAllister, G., Parker, D. and Lewis, R. (2023), 'The quality effects of agency staffing in residential aged care', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 42, no 1 , pp 195 - 203.
Rayner, J., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Beattie, E., Harrington, A., Jeon, Y., Moyle, W. and Parker, D. (2023), 'Australian nursing students' clinical experiences in residential aged care : reports from nurse academics', Collegian, vol 30, no 1 , pp 134 - 140.
Tieman, J., Hudson, P., Thomas, K., Saward, D. and Parker, D. (2023), 'Who cares for the carers? : carerhelp : development and evaluation of an online resource to support the wellbeing of those caring for family members at the end of their life', BMC Palliative Care, vol 22, no 1 .
Sutton, N., Ma, N., Yang, J., Rawlings-Way, O., Brown, D., McAllister, G., Parker, D. and Lewis, R. (2022), 'Considering the new minimum staffing standards for Australian residential aged care', Australian Health Review, vol 46, no 4 , pp 391 - 397.
Fetherstonhaugh, D., Rayner, J., Solly, K., Beattie, E., Harrington, A., Jeon, Y., Moyle, W. and Parker, D. (2022), 'Teaching the care of older people in Australian nursing schools : survey findings', Collegian, vol 29, no 6 , pp 873 - 879.
Lee, W., Pulbrook, M., Sheehan, C., Kochovska, S., Chang, S., Hosie, A., Lobb, E., Parker, D., Draper, B., Agar, M. and Currow, D. (2021), 'Clinically significant depressive symptoms are prevalent in people with extremely short prognoses : a systematic review', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol 61, no 1 , pp 143 - 166.
Parker, D., Hudson, P., Tieman, J., Thomas, K., Saward, D. and Ivynian, S. (2021), 'Evaluation of an online toolkit for carers of people with a life-limiting illness at the end-of-life : health professionals' perspectives', Australian Journal of Primary Health, vol 27, no 6 , pp 473 - 478.
Xu, X., Inglis, S. and Parker, D. (2021), 'Sex differences in dietary consumption and its association with frailty among middle-aged and older Australians : a 10-year longitudinal survey', BMC Geriatrics, vol 21, no 1 .
Hudson, P., Girgis, A., Thomas, K., Philip, J., Currow, D., Mitchell, G., Parker, D., Liew, D., Brand, C., Le, B. and Moran, J. (2021), 'Do family meetings for hospitalised palliative care patients improve outcomes and reduce health care costs? : a cluster randomised trial', Palliative Medicine, vol 35, no 1 , pp 188 - 199.
Miller-Lewis, L., Lewis, T., Tieman, J., Rawlings, D., Parker, D. and Sanderson, C. (2021), 'Words describing feelings about death : a comparison of sentiment for self and others and changes over time', PLoS One, vol 16, no 1 .
Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., Thompson, G., McCleary, L., Hunter, P., Venturato, L., Wickson-Griffiths, A., Ploeg, J., Parker, D., Sinclair, S., Dal Bello-Haas, V., Earl, M. and You, J. (2020), 'A pilot evaluation of the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) program', BMC Palliative Care, vol 19, no 1 .
Miller-Lewis, L., Tieman, J., Rawlings, D., Parker, D. and Sanderson, C. (2020), 'Can exposure to online conversations about death and dying influence death competence? : an exploratory study within an Australian Massive Open Online Course', Omega : Journal of Death and Dying, vol 81, no 2 , pp 242 - 271.
Kochovska, S., Garcia, M., Bunn, F., Goodman, C., Luckett, T., Parker, D., Phillips, J., Sampson, E., Van Der Steen, J. and Agar, M. (2020), 'Components of palliative care interventions addressing the needs of people with dementia living in long-term care : a systematic review', Palliative Medicine, vol 34, no 4 , pp 454 - 492.
Visser, M., Wong, S., Simonetti, S., Hazelton, J., Devenney, E., Ahmed, R., Van Langenhove, T., Parker, D., Burrell, J., Hodges, J. and Kumfor, F. (2020), 'Using a second-person approach to identify disease-specific profiles of social behavior in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease', Cortex, vol 133 , pp 236 - 246.
Trad, W., Flowers, K., Caldwell, J., Souza e Sousa, M., Vigh, G., Lizarondo, L., Gaudin, J., Hooper, D. and Parker, D. (2019), 'Nursing assessment and management of incontinence among medical and surgical adult patients in a tertiary hospital : a best practice implementation project', JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, vol 17, no 12 , pp 2578 - 2590.
Xu, X., Parker, D., Inglis, S. and Byles, J. (2019), 'Can regular long-term breakfast cereals consumption benefits lower cardiovascular diseases and diabetes risk? : a longitudinal population-based study', Annals of Epidemiology, vol 37 , pp 43 - 50.
Sanderson, C., Miller-Lewis, L., Rawlings, D., Parker, D. and Tieman, J. (2019), '"I want to die in my sleep" : how people think about death, choice, and control : findings from a Massive Open Online Course', Annals of Palliative Medicine, vol 8, no 4 , pp 411 - 419.
Miller-Lewis, L., Tieman, J., Rawlings, D., Sanderson, C. and Parker, D. (2019), 'Correlates of perceived death competence : what role does meaning-in-life and quality-of-life play?', Palliative and Supportive Care, vol 17, no 5 , pp 550 - 560.
Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., McCleary, L., Thompson, G., Hunter, P., Wickson-Griffiths, A., Cook, R., Dal Bello-Haas, V., Venturato, L., Papaioannou, A., You, J. and Parker, D. (2019), 'A stakeholder analysis of the strengthening a palliative approach in long-term care model', Nursing Leadership, vol 32, no 3 , pp 27 - 39.
Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., McCleary, L., Thompson, G., Hunter, P., Wickson-Griffiths, A., Cook, R., Dal Bello-Haas, V., Venturato, L., Papaioannou, A., You, J. and Parker, D. (2019), 'Palliative care models in long-term care : a scoping review', Nursing Leadership, vol 32, no 3 , pp 8 - 26.
Nunan, S., Brown Wilson, C., Henwood, T. and Parker, D. (2018), 'Fall risk assessment tools for use among older adults in long-term care settings : a systematic review of the literature', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 37, no 1 , pp 23 - 33.
Tieman, J., Miller-Lewis, L., Rawlings, D., Parker, D. and Sanderson, C. (2018), 'The contribution of a MOOC to community discussions around death and dying', BMC Palliative Care, vol 17, no 1 .
Yang, L., Jiang, Y., Xu, S., Bao, L., Parker, D., Xu, X. and Li, J. (2018), 'Evaluation of frailty status among older people living in urban communities by Edmonton Frail Scale in Wuhu, China : a cross-sectional study', Contemporary Nurse, vol 54, no 6 , pp 630 - 639.
Holloway, H., Parker, D. and McCutcheon, H. (2018), 'The complexity of pain in aged care', Contemporary Nurse, vol 54, no 2 , pp 121 - 125.
Xu, X., Parker, D., Shi, Z., Byles, J., Hall, J. and Hickman, L. (2018), 'Dietary pattern, hypertension and cognitive function in an older population : 10-year longitudinal survey', Frontiers in Public Health, vol 6 .
Durepos, P., Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., Parker, D., Brazil, K., Mintzberg, S. and Alyssa, T. (2018), 'Family care conferences in long-term care : exploring content and processes in end-of-life communication', Palliative and Supportive Care, vol 16, no 5 , pp 590 - 601.
Burston, A., Eley, R., Parker, D. and Tuckett, A. (2017), 'Validation of an instrument to measure moral distress within the Australian residential and community care environments', International Journal of Older People Nursing, vol 12, no 1 .
Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., Bui, M., Akhtar-Danesh, N., Laporte, R., McCleary, L., Wickson Griffiths, A., Brazil, K., Parker, D., Dal Bello-Haas, V., Papaioannou, A. and O?Leary, J. (2017), 'What are the differences among occupational groups related to their palliative care-specific educational needs and intensity of interprofessional collaboration in long-term care homes?', BMC Palliative Care, vol 16, no 1 .
Xu, X., Parker, D., Ferguson, C. and Hickman, L. (2017), 'Where is the nurse in nutritional care?', Contemporary Nurse, vol 53, no 3 , pp 267 - 270.
Cho, C., Parker, D. and Blythe, S. (2017), 'Community based home visiting service in Korea : City of Gwangmyeong', Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, vol 24, no 7 , pp 38 - 38.
Rawlings, D., Tieman, J., Sanderson, C., Parker, D. and Miller-Lewis, L. (2017), 'Never say die : death euphemisms, misunderstandings and their implications for practice', International Journal of Palliative Nursing, vol 23, no 7 , pp 324 - 330.
Rawlings, D., Miller-Lewis, L., Collien, D., Tieman, J., Parker, D. and Sanderson, C. (2017), 'Lessons learned from the Dying2Learn MOOC : pedagogy, platforms and partnerships', Education Sciences, vol 7, no 3 .
Reymond, L., Cooper, K., Parker, D. and Chapman, M. (2016), 'End-of-life care : proactive clinical management of older Australians in the community', Australian Family Physician, vol 45, no 1-2 , pp 76 - 78.
Petriwskyj, A., Parker, D., Brown Wilson, C. and Gibson, A. (2016), 'What health and aged care culture change models mean for residents and their families : a systematic review', Gerontologist, vol 56, no 2 , pp 12 - 20.
Parker, D., Clifton, K., Tuckett, A., Walker, H., Reymond, E., Prior, T., McAnelly, K., Jenkin, P., Israel, F., Greeve, K. and Glaetzer, K. (2016), 'Palliative care case conferences in long-term care : views of family members', International Journal of Older People Nursing, vol 11, no 2 , pp 140 - 148.
Khalil, H., Peters, M., Godfrey, C., McInerney, P., Soares, C. and Parker, D. (2016), 'An evidence-based approach to scoping reviews', Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, vol 13, no 2 , pp 118 - 123.
Parker, D., Maresco-Pennis, D., Clifton, K., Shams, R. and Young, J. (2016), 'Practice nurse involvement in the management of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a general practice : results from a systematic review', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 14, no 2 , pp 41 - 52.
Petriwskyj, A., Parker, D., O'Dwyer, S., Moyle, W. and Nucifora, N. (2016), 'Interventions to build resilience in family caregivers of people living with dementia : a comprehensive systematic review', JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, vol 14, no 6 , pp 238 - 273.
Petriwskyj, A., Parker, D., Brown Wilson, C. and Gibson, A. (2016), 'Evaluation of subscription-based culture change models in care settings : findings from a systematic review', Gerontologist, vol 56, no 4 , pp 46 - 62.
Tuckett, A., Hodgkinson, B., Rouillon, L., Balil-Lozoya, T. and Parker, D. (2015), 'What carers and family said about music therapy on behaviours of older people with dementia in residential aged care', International Journal of Older People Nursing, vol 10, no 2 , pp 146 - 157.
Scott, T., Mittelman, M., Beattie, E., Parker, D. and Neville, C. (2015), 'Translating training in the NYU caregiver intervention in Australia : maintaining fidelity and meeting graduate standards in an online continuing professional education setting', Educational Gerontology, vol 41, no 10 , pp 710 - 722.
Hudson, P., Girgis, A., Mitchell, G., Philip, J., Parker, D., Currow, D., Liew, D., Thomas, K., Le, B., Moran, J. and Brand, C. (2015), 'Benefits and resource implications of family meetings for hospitalized palliative care patients: research protocol', BMC Palliative Care, vol 14, no 1 .
Peters, M., Godfrey, C., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Parker, D. and Soares, C. (2015), 'Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 13, no 3 , pp 141 - 146.
Petriwskyj, A., Gibson, A., Parker, D., Banks, S., Andrews, S. and Robinson, A. (2015), 'A qualitative metasynthesis : family involvement in decision making for people with dementia in residential aged care', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 12, no 2 , pp 87 - 104.
Tuckett, A., Parker, D., Clifton, K., Walker, H., Reymond, E., Prior, T., Jenkin, P., Israel, F., Greeve, K. and Glaetzer, K. (2015), 'What general practitioners said about the palliative care case conference in residential aged care : an Australian perspective. Part 2', Progress in Palliative Care, vol 23, no 1 , pp 9 - 17.
Fox, B., Hodgkinson, B. and Parker, D. (2014), 'The effects of physical exercise on functional performance, quality of life, cognitive impairment and physical activity levels for older adults aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of dementia : a systematic review', JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, vol 12, no 9 , pp 158 - 276.
Petriwskyj, A., Gibson, A., Parker, D., Banks, S., Andrews, S. and Robinson, A. (2014), 'Family involvement in decision making for people with dementia in residential aged care : a systematic review of quantitative literature', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 12, no 2 , pp 64 - 86.
Tuckett, A., Parker, D., Clifton, K., Glaetzer, K., Greeve, K., Israel, F., Jenkin, P., Prior, T., Reymond, E. and Walker, H. (2014), 'What general practitioners said about the palliative care case conference in residential aged care : an Australian perspective. Part 1', Progress in Palliative Care, vol 22, no 2 , pp 61 - 68.
Reitinger, E., Froggatt, K., Brazil, K., Heimerl, K., Hockley, J., Kunz, R., Morbey, H., Parker, D. and Husebo, B. (2013), 'Palliative care in long-term care settings for older people : findings from an EAPC taskforce', European Journal of Palliative Care, vol 20, no 5 , pp 251 - 253.
Strand, H. and Parker, D. (2012), 'Effects of multidisciplinary models of care for adult pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease : a systematic review', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 10, no 1 , pp 53 - 59.
Parker, D., Clifton, K., Shams, R. and Young, J. (2012), 'The effectiveness of nurse-led care in general practice on clinical outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes', JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, vol 10, no 38 , pp 2514 - 2558.
Froggatt, K., Hockley, J., Parker, D. and Brazil, K. (2011), 'A system lifeworld perspective on dying in long term care settings for older people : contested states in contested places', Health and Place, vol 17, no 1 , pp 263 - 268.
Tuckett, A., Hegney, D., Parker, D., Eley, R. and Dickie, R. (2011), 'The top eight issues Queensland Australia's aged-care nurses and assistants-in-nursing worried about outside their workplace : a qualitative snapshot', International Journal of Nursing Practice, vol 17, no 5 , pp 444 - 454.
Parker, D. (2011), 'Residential aged care facilities : places for living and dying', Cultural Studies Review, vol 17, no 1 , pp 31 - 51.
Parker, D. and Hodgkinson, B. (2011), 'A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in long-term care facilities : a systematic review', Palliative Medicine, vol 25, no 1 , pp 5 - 20.
Hegney, D., Tuckett, A., Parker, D. and Eley, R. (2010), 'Workplace violence : differences in perceptions of nursing work between those exposed and those not exposed : a cross-sector analysis', International Journal of Nursing Practice, vol 16, no 2 , pp 188 - 202.
Strand, H. and Parker, D. (2010), 'Effectiveness of medical compared to multidisciplinary models of care for adult persons with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease : a systematic review', JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, vol 8, no 26 , pp 1058 - 1087.
Parker, D. and Hodgkinson, B. (2010), 'A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities : a systematic review', JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, vol 8, no 3 , pp 90 - 120.
Hegarty, M., Currow, D., Parker, D., Turnbull, B., Devery, K., Canning, D., Nash, R., Mitchell, G., Grbich, C. and Yates, P. (2010), 'Palliative care in undergraduate curricula : results of a national scoping study', Focus on Health Professional Education, vol 12, no 2 , pp 97 - 109.
Parker, D. (2010), 'Palliative care in residential aged care facilities', Progress in Palliative Care, vol 18, no 6 , pp 352 - 357.
Eley, R., Parker, D., Tuckett, A. and Hegney, D. (2010), 'Career breaks and intentions for retirement by Queensland's nurses : a sign of the times?', Collegian, vol 17, no 1 , pp 38 - 42.
Parker, D., Tuckett, A., Eley, R. and Hegney, D. (2010), 'Construct validity and reliability of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index for Queensland nurses', International Journal of Nursing Practice, vol 16, no 4 , pp 352 - 358.
Hegney, D., Tuckett, A., Parker, D. and Eley, R. (2010), 'Access to and support for continuing professional education amongst Queensland nurses : 2004 and 2007', Nurse Education Today, vol 30, no 2 , pp 142 - 149.
Tuckett, A., Parker, D., Eley, R. and Hegney, D. (2009), '"I love nursing, but .." : qualitative findings from Australian aged-care nurses about their intrinsic, extrinsic and social work values', International Journal of Older People Nursing, vol 4, no 4 , pp 307 - 317.
Henwood, T., Eley, R., Parker, D., Tuckett, A. and Hegney, D. (2009), 'Regional differences among employed nurses : a Queensland study', Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol 17, no 4 , pp 201 - 207.
Parker, D., Mills, S. and Abbey, J. (2008), 'Effectiveness of interventions that assist caregivers to support people with dementia living in the community : a systematic review', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol 6, no 2 , pp 137 - 172.