Over the past decade, I have written around 80 opinion pieces, published mostly in The Age, The Guardian and Michael West but also in Sydney Morning Herald, Pearls and Irritations, Croaky, The Big Smoke and The Klaxon . I have also been a frequent contributor on the Letters page in The Age. This document is a collection of my opinion pieces and letters.
After interviewing older people who receive aged care services in residential care and at home, staff and academics, I wrote a brochure to assist support workers when older people feel sad.
In 2020, Mable commissioned me to interview clients about their experiences self-managing a home care package. Critical findings were not made public because they were ‘commercial-in-confidence’.
I undertook the current research project in a voluntary capacity because an honest public discussion about self-management needs to include what is good and not good about self-management.
In 2009-2010, Dr Russell undertook two consultancies for the Royal District Nursing Service: (1) An analysis evaluation data of a model of care to improve care for people living in the community with dementia; and (2) An analysis of qualitative data exploring people’s experience of wearing compression stockings to prevent leg ulcer recurrence following venous leg ulcer healing.