Cheryl Tilse
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Cheryl Tilse is a lead investigator of the Assets, Ageing and InterGenerational Transfers Research Program at UQ. This 16 year mutidisciplinary program of research has comprised 7 ARC Grants (4 ARC Linkages, 2 Discovery Grants and a Small ARC grant), 2 AHURI grants and projects (4) funded directly by government and/or community services. Primary areas of interest are older people and financial transfers within families, the managment of older people's money, elder abuse, supported and substituted decision making in a range of contexts (e.g. asset managment, financial abuse, end of life care, entry into residential care, consumer directed care), capacity and older people's housing choices and opportunities.International connections include a replicattion study in Hong Kong with colleagues at the Unversity of Hong Kong and writing on decision makin, person hood and demenita with colleagues at the University of British Columbia.
Research Interest
Examining the processes and outcomes of the intersection of policy and practice; On consumer experiences and participation in the area of ageing. Interdisciplinary collaborations include those with law, economics, psychology and psychiatry.
