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School of Occupational Therapy
Faculty of Health Sciences
La Trobe University
Victoria 3086
Australia
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Level 2
Health Sciences 2
Bundoora Campus

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Occupational Therapy
Robin Lovell

 

3rd Year Professional Practice Co-ordinator

Qualifications

B App Sc (OT), Lincoln Institute

Grad Dip Ger, La Trobe University

MOT, La Trobe University

Faculty of Health Sciences Research Priority Area

Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention

School Research Group

Ageing

Specific Research Interests

  • Occupational therapy driver assessment
  • Older drivers and drivers with dementia
  • Falls and falls prevention
  • Fieldwork and professional practice

Publications

Recent Journal/Book Publications

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.

DiStefano, 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

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

2004 Conference: Dementia - Facing the Hard Issues, Sydney

Paper - On-road Driving Performance and Dementia

2003 OT AUSTRALIA Conference, Melbourne

Poster - Driving Performance and Dementia

2002 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Adelaide

Paper - Teaching Older Drivers; a Handbook for Driving Instructors

 

Learning and Teaching Areas

Gerontology

Driving, driver assessment and community mobility

Fieldwork and professional practice

 

Professional Activities

Accredited Occupational Therapist

Member Australian Occupational Therapy Association




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