Staff profile

Ms Robin Lovell

Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Occupational Therapy

HS3-445, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

B App Sc (OT), Lincoln Institute Grad Dip Ger, La Trobe University MOT, La Trobe University

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Occupational Therapy Association

Area of study

Occupational Therapy

Research interests

Dementia

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Healthy Ageing

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Older people

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Recent Publications

 Ng, K.C. & Lovell, R. (2012) Survey on Victorian occupational therapy driver assessors' experience of critical incidents.

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 59 (1) pp.47 - 55. 

Di Stefano, M., Lovell, R.., Stone, K., Oh, S. & Cockfield, S. (2009).  Supporting individuals to make informed personal mobility choices: Development and trial of an evidence based community mobility education program. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.

VicRoads. (2008). Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT) Driver Assessors (2nd ed.): VicRoads. D iStefano and Lovell (eds)

Whitehead, B., Howie, L., & Lovell, R. (2006). Older people's experience of driver licence cancellation: A phenomenological study. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 53 (3), 173 - 180.

Di Stefano, M., & Lovell, R. (2006). Using a participatory research method to develop a handbook for driving instructors to assist with teaching older drivers. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 53, 132-135.

Lovell, R., & Russell, K. (2005). Developing referral and reassessment criteria for drivers with dementia. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 52, 26 - 33.

Howie, L & Lovell, R. (2004) People with mild dementia can/do adopt compensatory strategies in an effort to continue to manage everyday occupations. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51, 3 168 - 169

Unsworth, C., Lovell, R , Terrington, N., & Thomas, S. (2005). Review of tests contributing to the occupational therapy off-road driver assessment. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 52, 57 - 74.

Selected Conference Presentations

International

2010 15th WFOT Congress, Santiago Chile Poster - A Survey on Victorian Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors' Experience of Critical Incidents

2008 5th Australasian Occupational Science Symposium, Melbourne. Paper - Enabling access for participation – driving and transportation and older people

2003 American Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Washington Paper - Driving Performance and Dementia

2002 International Federation on Ageing, Perth Paper - On road assessment and dementia

National

2008 OT AUSTRALIA 23rd National Conference & Exhibition Poster - The performance of drivers with normal cognition on the occupational therapy on-road assessment and how they compare with drivers with dementia.

2004 Conference: Dementia - Facing the Hard Issues, Sydney Paper - On-road Driving Performance and Dementia