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Dr Mandy Stanley

Position: Lecturer
Division/Portfolio: Division of Health Sciences
School/Unit: School of Health Sciences
Campus: City East Campus
Office: BJ2-09
Telephone: +61 8 830 22705
Fax: +61 8 830 22645
Email: Mandy_dot_Stanley_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Mandy.Stanley


Teaching interests

  • Occupational science
  • Research
  • Enabling occupation
  • Aged care

Professional associations

OT Australia Australian Association of Occupational Therapists Inc

World Federation of Occupational Therapists

Australasian Society of Occupational Scientists


Qualifications

Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) SAIT 1979

Master of Health Science (Occupational Therapy) UniSA 1995

PhD UniSA 2006


Research interests

  • Occupational science
  • Well-being for older people
  • Time use
  • grounded theory
  • Occupational transitions and adaptation

Research publications

Parsons, L., & Stanley, M. (2008). The lived experience of occupational adaptation following acquired brain injury for people living in a rural area. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 55, 231-238.

Boerema, C., Stanley, M., & Westhorp, P. (2007). Educators' perspective of online course design and delivery. Medical Teacher, 29, 758-765.

Stanley, M. (2006). A grounded theory of the wellbeing of older people. Chap 5 in Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals. Challenging Choices. L. Finlay & C. Ballinger (Eds.) London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Stanley, M. (2006). A grounded theory of wellbeing of older people. Chap 5 in L. Finlay & C. Ballinger, Qualitative research for allied health professionals. Challenging choices. London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Stanley, M. & Cheek, J. (2003). Grounded theory: Exploiting the potential for occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 143-150.

Stanley, M. & Cheek, J. (2003). Well-being and older people: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 51-59.

George, S., Wilcock, A. A., & Stanley, M. (2001). Depression and lability: The effects on occupation following stroke. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64,455 - 461.

Stanley, M., Buttfield, J., Bowden, S., & Williams, C. (1995). Chessington Occupational Therapy Neurological Assessment Battery: Comparison of performance of people aged 50-60 years with people aged 66 years and over. Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42, 55 - 65.

Stanley, M. (1995) An investigation into the relationship between engagement in valued occupations and life satisfaction for elderly South Australians. Journal of Occupational Science: Australia, 2, 100 - 114.


Expertise for Media Contact

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Occupational Therapy

  • well-being for older people
  • aged care

Community Service

Organisation Name:   OT Australia
Section:   National Assessor
Level of involvement:   Member

Organisation Name:   Journal of Occupational Science
Level of involvement:   Sub-editor

Organisation Name:   Australasian Society of Occupational Scientists
Type of Organisation:   Professional organisation
Level of involvement:   Vice President (Adminstration)




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