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Employment (3)

University of Adelaide: Adelaide, SA, AU

2017 to present | Senior Research Fellow (Future of Employment and Skills research centre)
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Linda Isherwood

Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2012 to 2017 | Research Fellow (National Institute of Labour Studies)
Employment
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Linda Isherwood

Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2008 to 2011 | Research Associate (Discipline of General Practice)
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Education and qualifications (5)

Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2009 to 2013 | PhD
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Linda Isherwood

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2002 to 2005 | Post-Graduate Diploma in Family and Individual Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy of Psychosis
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Linda Isherwood

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2003 to 2004 | Advanced Mental Health Social Worker Award
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Linda Isherwood

University of Leicester: Leicester, Leicestershire, GB

1994 to 1996 | MA/Diploma Social Work
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Linda Isherwood

Durham University: Durham, Durham, GB

1989 to 1992 | BA (Hons) Economics and Politics
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Professional activities (8)

Australian Association of Gerontology: Saint Kilda, VIC, AU

2016 to present | Co-convenor of Ageing, Workforce and Education Special Interest Group
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Linda Isherwood

Australian Association of Gerontology: Saint Kilda, VIC, AU

2014 to present | Treasurer of SA Division
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Linda Isherwood

Australian Association of Gerontology: Saint Kilda, VIC, AU

2010 to present | Member
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Linda Isherwood

Australian Association of Gerontology: Saint Kilda, VIC, AU

2017 | Distinguished Member Award
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Linda Isherwood

Australian Association of Gerontology: Saint Kilda, VIC, AU

2016 | Fellowship Award
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2014 to 2014 | Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
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Linda Isherwood

Australian Association of Gerontology: Adelaide, SA, AU

2014 to 2014 | SA Division Early Career Research Award
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Linda Isherwood

Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2012 to 2012 | Flinders University Best Research Student Paper
Distinction
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Funding (1)

A skilled and sustainable aged care workforce for Australia

2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | Grant
Australian Research Council (Canberra, AU)
GRANT_NUMBER: LP150100330
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Works (20)

Anticipating and addressing the impending shortage of skilled disability support workers

2019 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

‘The wrong sex’? Understanding men’s representation in the Australian aged care sector

Journal of Industrial Relations
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85062301584

Contributors: Moskos, M.; Isherwood, L.
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Attraction, Retention and Utilisation of the Aged Care Workforce

2018 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Evaluation of the NDIS: Final Report

2018 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Multiple disadvantage, service delivery and client outcomes in a strengths-based employment program

Australian Bulletin of Labour
2017 | Journal article
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Linda Isherwood

Targeting workforce strategies: understanding intra-group differences between Asian migrants in the Australian aged care workforce

International Journal of Care and Caring
2017 | Journal article
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Linda Isherwood

The Aged Care Workforce, 2016

2017 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

The benefits of a life-first employment program for Indigenous Australian families: Implications for ‘Closing the Gap’

Journal of Social Issues
2017 | Journal article
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Linda Isherwood

Widowhood in the fourth age: Support exchange, relationships and social participation

Ageing and Society
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84944909638

Contributors: Isherwood, L.M.; King, D.S.; Luszcz, M.A.
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'They really get you motivated': Experiences of a life-first employment programme from the perspective of long-term unemployed Australians

Journal of Social Policy
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957601564

Contributors: Walker, R.; Brown, L.; Moskos, M.; Isherwood, L.; Osborne, K.; Patel, K.; King, D.
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Evaluation of the NDIS: Intermediate Report

2016 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Reciprocity in material and time support within parent-child relationships during late-life widowhood

Ageing and Society
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937923136

Contributors: Isherwood, L.M.; Luszcz, M.A.; King, D.S.
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Building Family Opportunities: Program Evaluation: Summary Report.

2015 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Evaluation of the NDIS: Initial Report

2015 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Why do older people with multi-morbidity experience unplanned hospital admissions from the community: A root cause analysis

BMC Health Services Research
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84949024418

Contributors: Reed, R.L.; Isherwood, L.; Ben-Tovim, D.
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Building Family Opportunities: Program Evaluation: Final Report.

2014 | Report
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Linda Isherwood

Family histories of school bullying: Implications for parent-child psychotherapy

Australasian Psychiatry
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84902265379

Contributors: Allison, S.; Roeger, L.; Smith, B.; Isherwood, L.
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Marital satisfaction among older couples: the role of satisfaction with social networks and psychological well-being.

International journal of aging & human development
2013 | Other
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2-s2.0-84879348602

Contributors: Walker, R.; Isherwood, L.; Burton, C.; Kitwe-Magambo, K.; Luszcz, M.
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Recruitment for a clinical trial of chronic disease self-management for older adults with multimorbidity: A successful approach within general practice

BMC Family Practice
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84883079614

Contributors: Reed, R.L.; Barton, C.A.; Isherwood, L.M.; Baxter, J.M.O.; Roeger, L.
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A longitudinal analysis of social engagement in late-life widowhood

International Journal of Aging and Human Development
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84861314752

Contributors: Isherwood, L.M.; King, D.S.; Luszcz, M.A.
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