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Dr Sara Karacsony is an academic nursing researcher in the fields of palliative care in aged care and an active member of the Transforming Research in Ageing (TRiA) group within the school of Nursing at the University of Tasmania. Sara’s clinical background is in palliative care nursing. Her research and teaching areas focus on workforce education and skills development in palliative care, and care and quality of life of older people.
Sara joined the project team on the first Australian-funded research study into the benefits of the multisensory, psychosocial Namaste Care program for people living with advanced dementia in residential aged care facilities and she continues to promote the program’s philosophy and principles into various contexts of care as the Australian champion for Namaste Care International.