Goetz Ottmann
Role and profile
Dr Goetz Ottmann is a Senior Research Fellow in the area of community age and disability care in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Dr Ottmann is an active researcher and currently holds a major ARC Linkage grant focusing on the development and evaluation of an innovative consumer-directed aged care service model. Dr Ottmann's research focuses specifically on understanding and promoting resilience and autonomy and independence in community care. Dr Ottmann has published widely in these and other areas.
Teaching responsibilities
Supervises higher degree students.Guest lecturer Community Nursing. Research interests
Dr Ottmann's research focuses primarily on understanding the environmental factors that shape people's resilience in community care, the barriers and enablers of continuity of care in the community and people's needs and preferences for new community care models in the light of significant demographic shifts. He is particularly interested in investigating older people's ability to shape the care they are receiving and the way older people can be enabled to maintain their autonomy and independence. Dr Ottmann is also interested in the opportunity structures and environmental factors that build the resilience of people who receive social care.
Awards and prizes
1994 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) conferred by the Australian Research Council.1998 Rockefeller Humanities Residency for Research on 'The Privatisation of Culture' conferred by New York University (NYU) Centre for Cultural Studies. 2002 Australian Postdoctoral Award (APD) conferred by the Australian Research Council. Memberships
Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG)International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Service to the University, discipline or community
Dr Ottmann has been involved in several School and Faculty committees including:CCQRM HEAG-H Research and Graduate Studies Committee Dr Ottmann serves on numerous committees and working groups such as: Uniting Care Aged Care Network Research Group Uniting Care Community Options' Research Committee ACCV's Consumer-Directed Care Working Group National Disability Services Research Committee Dr Ottmann serves as an invited member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies; and he regularly reviews manuscripts for numerous scientific journals. Conferences
ASSID Conference. Cashing Out the Safety Net: The need for safeguards in Consumer-Directed Care. Uniting Care Community Aged Conference. Consumer Directed Care for Older People: A Review of the Literature. 11th National CMSA Conference. Evidence-Base and 'Good Practice' for Short Breaks in Mental Health Care: A Review of the Literature. Ageing Landscapes, 41st Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology. Self Directed Care for Elderly Australians in a Community Care Setting: Introducing a Pilot Model. 12th National Case Management Conference and Exhibition. People at Centre Stage Project: Overview and Results from Phase 1. Case Manager Conference. People at Centre Stage: Project Overview & Model Outline. International Federation on Ageing 10th Global Conference, Melbourne. Consumer-Directed Care for Older People: Expections and Outcomes (Symposium). ACCV Tri-nation State Conference (invited presentation). Self-Directed Care for Older People with Complex Needs: Client and Service Provider Attitudes and Preferences. |
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