Dr Victoria Traynor

PhD ( University of Edinburgh), BSc (Nursing Studies) Hons, RGN, PGCHE, ILM

Position

Associate Professor (Rehabilitation, Continuing and Aged Care)
Associate Director, NSW/ACT Dementia Training Study Centre

Background

Associate Professor Traynor is the Associate Director of the newly established NSW & ACT Australia Dementia Training and Study Centre. This Centre is funded by the of Department of Health & Ageing (a total of $6 million since 2006). This work will complement aged and dementia care research activities which Associate Professor Traynor is leading with industry and academic partners across Australia.

She is also the programme lead for multi-disciplinary postgraduate studies in aged and dementia care consisting of the Graduate Certificates and Masters of Science in Gerontology & Rehabilitation Studies and Dementia Care. Associate Professor Traynor is the course coordinator for the Dementia Care courses. There are plans to add a Master of Science in 'Mental Health and Older People' to this portfolio of aged and dementia care postgraduate studies.

Associate Professor Traynor took up her position with the University of Wollongong in February 2006 and since this time has developed initiatives with the NSW Health including the development of DoHA 'Delirium Care Pathways' to accompany Delirium Clinical Guidelines and industry partners to lead an evaluation of the impact of the environment on the physical activity levels of people with dementia living in residential aged care facilities.

Her background is a combination of research, education, and clinical experience in aged and dementia care. The focus of her work has been on improving dementia care services using qualitative research approaches and practice development approaches. Previous positions held were with the University of Nottingham, the RCN Institute Gerontological Programme, Oxford Brookes university, and as the Gardner Scholar in the Department of Nursing at the University of Edinburgh.

Teaching Responsibilities

Aged care
Dementia studies
Research methods

School and Faculty Responsibilities

Chair of SNMIH Ethics Committee
Member of the HBS Faculty Research Committee

Research Interests

Aged care
Dementia care
Actively involving people with dementia in research
Action research methodology
Practice development

Professional Affiliations

Australian Association of Gerontology
Alzheimer's Australia
International Editor and Reviewer of Dementia: International Journal of Social Research & Practice
Reviewer of Journal Clinical Nursing
Reviewer of Australasian Journal on Ageing

Recent Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

Traynor, V, Inuoe, K & Crookes, P (in press), 'Understanding nursing competencies in dementia care: a literature review', Journal of Clinical Nursing (accepted for publication August 2010).
McMillan, F, Kampers, D, Traynor, V & Dewing, J 2010, 'Person centred care as caring for country', Dementia: International Journal of Social Research and Practice, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 163-167 (invited editorial).
Coyle, M, Lindsay, M, Dunster, B & Traynor, V 2010, 'Collaborative model for end-stage dementia care community', Mental Health Practice, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 18-22 (feature article with front page photograph included).
Williams, G, Park, J, Traynor, V, Nairm, S, O'Brien, E, Chapple, M & Johnson, S 2009, 'Lecturers' and students' perceptions of portfolios in an English School of Nursing', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1113-1122 (impact factor 1.376).
McPhail, C, Traynor, V, Wikström, D, Brown, M & Quinn, C 2009, 'Improving outcomes for dementia care in acute aged care: impact of an education programme',Dementia: International Journal of Social Research and Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 142-7.
O'Brien, E, Nairn, S, Traynor, V, Williams, G, Chapple, M & Johnson, S 2006, 'Student nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards the use of portfolios in a School of Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1509-1520 [with Commentary by Watson, R 2007, Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 616-617] (cited 4 times) (impact factor 1.376).
Dewing, J & Traynor, V 2005, 'Admiral Nursing Competency Project: practice development and action research', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 695-703. [With Commentary by O'Connor, T 2006, Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 1476-1477] (cited 4 times) (impact factor 1.376).
Traynor, V 2005, 'Understanding the lives of older women: adjustment in later life' Nursing Standard, vol. 19, no. 44, pp. 41-48 (cited 1 time).

Recent Project Funding

Traynor, V, Fleming, R & Crookes, P 2010, NSW & ACT Dementia Training and Study Centre, Department of Health & Ageing, Canberra - $2.4 million.
Traynor, V, Chenoweth, L, Joen, YH, Crookes, P, Fleming, R, Phillipson, L, Dlemson, L, Munro B & Devries, L 2010, Evaluating the impact of the physical environment on the physical activity levels of dementia living residential aged care facilities, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre - $40,000.
Traynor, V & Gregory, P 2008, HCOASC development of delirium pathways, NSW Health - $76,500.
Humpel, N, Traynor, V, Crookes, P, Fleming, R & Phillipson, L 2007, Impact of the physical environment on the physical levels of dementia residents in mainstream care facilities, UOW University Research Council Partnership Grants Scheme and Warrigal Care - $24,000.
Crookes, P, Traynor, V, Abbey, J, Rees, L & Fleming, R 2006, Eastern Australia Dementia Training Study Centre, Department of Health & Ageing - Dementia Training Study Centres - $3.6 million.
Traynor, V, Furragio, R, Every, N & Brodnik, M 2006, Increasing awareness of dementia among acute care staff, Department of Health & Ageing - Dementia Community Grant - $30,000.