Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a Bachelor of Communications in Journalism & Public Relations. Rebecca has worked as an occupational therapist in the aged care and the NDIS/community sectors, and as an assessor and interventionist on paediatric studies within a tertiary hospital.
Rebecca has a particular interest in the implementation of research into evidence-based best practice. At Brightwater Research Centre, Rebecca has worked to determine and implement best-practice outcome measures for use in residential aged care to measure health, wellbeing and quality of life; and contributed to studies exploring the use of nurse practitioners and pharmacists to simplify medication in residential aged care, and to ensuring the optimisation of Brightwater’s clinical data.
Rebecca is now the Clinical Trials Coordinator on the EARLI study, using a strengths-based intervention to increase rates of advance care planning in the community. She is passionate about achieving the best outcomes and quality of life possible for aged care clients at Brightwater.
