Associate Professor Christine Toye
Throughout 2008, Associate Professor Chris Toye was a Member of the WA Centre for Cancer & Palliative Care and an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Post-Graduate Medicine at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia. She taught in the School’s postgraduate program and conducted research for the School, ECU’s Vario Health Institute, and the WA Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care.
In yet another role, A/Prof Toye was a research consultant in the Centre for Nursing Research at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Her clinical background and research interests are both in the area of the care of older adults, including those who have dementia. A/Professor Toye led a project funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to develop evidence-based guidelines for a palliative approach for older adults living in the community and has been involved in a program of research to test and refine pain assessment tools for use with frail older adults. She has also evaluated interventions in the area of dementia care and is carried out a project investigating the early re-presentation to hospital of older adults.
In January 2009, Dr Toye took up a new role in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Curtin.
