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Ms

Alissa Westphal

Lecturer - Dementia Care
Psychiatry
Dementia
carers
health professionals
Informal carers
Persons
aged mental health
formal carers
Alzheimer's disease
education
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Ms

Alissa Westphal

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Dementia
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Ms

Alissa Westphal

 

Alissa Westphal is a Lecturer in Dementia Care and Registered Occupational Therapist with extensive experience in aged psychiatry and dementia care. She has special interests in: meaningful engagement for older people; understanding and responding to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) using non-pharmacological approaches; the use of technology to support engagement; improving the skills of carers and health professionals to engage people living with dementia and more effectively understand and respond to BPSD using a person centered and holistic approach.

Projects

Displaying the 4 most recent projects by Alissa Westphal.

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The Role Of Interactive Robots For Supporting Students With Special Needs In An Education Setting

2018 - 2018
Completed
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'My Life, My Story Reminisence' Project, Formerly The 'Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge Reminiscence Project'.

2011 - 2014
Completed
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Managing Residents With Dementia And Behaviours Of Concern

2010 - 2012
Completed
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Managing Behaviours Of Concern In Dementia Care

2010 - 2010
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Grant

1

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 12 most recent scholarly works by Alissa Westphal.

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Meaningful occupation with iPads: Experiences of residents and staff in an older person's mental health setting

Jodie Swan, Danielle Hitch, Ruth Pattison, Angela Mazur, Samantha Loi, Alissa Westphal, Kate Bolton

Journal article  |  2018  |  British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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An investigation of residential facility staff usage of touchscreen technology

Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

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Person-centered care and engagement via technology of residents with dementia in aged care facilities

Anita MY Goh, Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

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Occupational therapy in dementia

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Book Chapter  |  2017

Dementia represents a major public health challenge for the world with over 100 million people likely to be affected by 2050. A la..

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Using reminiscence with people with dementia in sub-acute and acute care

A Westphal, N Lautenschlager, D LoGiudice, D Calleja

Report  |  2017

Dementia was made a National Health Priority in Australia in 2012 in recognition of the growing population diagnosed and living wi..

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A retrospective study of medical comorbidities in psychogeriatric patients

Anita MY Goh, Alissa Westphal, Teresa Daws, Sophie Gascoigne-Cohen, Bridget Hamilton, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2016  |  Psychogeriatrics

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The Course of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study

Henry Brodaty, Michael H Connors, Jing Xu, Michael Woodward, David Ames

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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Minimising psychotropic use for behavioural disturbance in residential aged care

Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, David Ames, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian family physician

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Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service Best Practice Guidelines: Service Guidelines for Victorian Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services.

A Westphal

Report  |  2013

Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services (CDAMS) operate under Victorian Department of Health’s suite of Health Independence Program..

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Opinion enhancing quality of life in dementia

Alissa Westphal, Wendy Hall, Edmond Chiu

Journal article  |  2011  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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What can low and high technologies do for late-life mental disorders?

Alissa Westphal, Phillip Dingjan, Robyn Attoe

Journal article  |  2010  |  Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Occupational therapy in dementia care

A Westphal

Book Chapter  |  2010

This definitive work on dementia and related disorders has been fully updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast-..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Clinical Sciences
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Health and Support Services
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Cognitive Sciences
Psychology
Human Movement and Sports Science
Nursing

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2013

St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
2007

St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Lecturer - Dementia Care

Psychiatry

Member

Occupational Therapy Australia Victoria

Education

Graduate Diploma of Science (Applied Statistics)

Swinburne University of Technology

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE (OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY) WITH HONOURS

La Trobe University

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