Researcher biography
Nicole Walker, MPsych (Registered Psychologist) and PhD. Her research interests include: residential aged care (RAC); attitudes (towards: ageing; entering RAC; and RAC work force); community engagement in RAC; CALD and indigenous populations in RAC; and work integrated learning (WIL) in ageing for health disciplines. Prior to academia she held senior positions in the manufacturing and the building sectors and has initiated multiple start-ups.
Book Chapters
Barlow, Fiona Kate and Walker, Nicole (2017). Disability and ageing. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 674-680) edited by Nancy A. Pachana. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_81
Barlow, Fiona Kate and Walker, Nicole (2015). Disability and ageing. Encyclopedia of geropsychology (living edition). (pp. 1-7) edited by Nancy A. Pachana. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_81-1
Journal Articles
Ferris, Laura J., Ludlow, Kristiana, Walker, Nicole, Georgiou, Andrew, Henry, Julie D., Lopez Silva, Claudia, Ha, Diep H., Stormon, Nicole, Walsh, Laurence J., Ivanovski, Saso, Sexton, Christopher, Silveira Schuch, Helena, Tuffaha, Haitham, Zamora, Angelique, Pritchard, Lyndal and Do, Loc G. (2024). Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT) for residential aged care: A co-design protocol. Healthcare, 12 (19) 1953, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12191953
Buys, Laurie, Newton, Cameron and Walker, Nicole (2021). The lived experience of residents in an emerging master-planned community. Sustainability, 13 (21) 12158, 12158. doi: 10.3390/su132112158
Manchha, Asmita V., Walker, Nicole, Way, Kïrsten A., Dawson, Danielle, Tann, Ken and Thai, Michael (2020). Deeply discrediting: a systematic review examining the conceptualizations and consequences of the stigma of working in aged care. The Gerontologist, 61 (4), e129-e146. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaa166
Walker, Nicole, Dissanayaka, Nadeeka N., Scott, Theresa, Manchha, Asmita and Pachana, Nancy A. (2019). Shaping attitudes: the association between prior contact with residential aged care and resistance to enter residential aged care. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 14 (4) e12268, e12268. doi: 10.1111/opn.12268
Walker, Nicole, Scott, Theresa, Dissanayaka, Nadeeka N., Barlow, Fiona Kate and Pachana, Nancy A. (2018). Persisting use of physical restraint: knowledge translation vs. attitudes. International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, 5, 1-4. doi: 10.21035/ijcnmh.2018.5.1
Conference Papers
Walker, N., Scott, T., Barlow, F. K., Pachana, N. A. and Dissanayaka, N. N. W. (2018). The Good Neighbour Program: An innovative social support/educational integrated intervention in residential aged-care. International Dementia Conference: Mission Impossible - Truth and Lies in the Age of Choice, Sydney, Australia, 7-8 June 2018.
Walker, N., Barlow, F., Reutas, J., Scott, T., Pachana, N. and Dissanayaka, N. (2018). Residential aged care: industry and education taking a contact theory approach. NNIDR Australian Dementia Forum, Sydney, Australia, 4-5 June 2018.
Walker, N., Scott, T., Barlow, F. K., Pachana, N. A. and Dissanayaka, N. N. W. (2017). The Good Neighbour Program: An innovative social support/educational integrated intervention in residential aged-care. Psychology & Ageing Interest Group National Conference - Empowering older adults through psychology, Brisbane, Australia, 6-7 October 2017.
Walker, N., Barlow, F. and Pachana, N. (2016). Shaping attitudes: the association between prior contact and resistance to enter aged care. 2016 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, 16-20 November 2016. Cary, NC, United States: Oxford University Press.
Thesis
Walker, Nicole (2019). Twilight or dimlight?: Attitudes towards residential aged care and implementation of a learning integrated intervention designed to shift attitudes. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.699