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  1. Promoting Independence Through Quality Dementia Care at Home (PITCH): An Australian Stepped‐Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating a Dementia Training Program for Home Care Workers

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, September 2024, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  2. Who speaks my language? Linguistic diversity among people living in Australian residential aged care facilities

    Article • Australasian Journal on Ageing, January 2024, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  3. Facilitating advance care planning in the thriving retirement village setting

    Article • Australasian Journal on Ageing, December 2022, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  4. Strategies to support older adults’ mental health during the transition into residential aged care: a qualitative study of multiple stakeholder perspectives

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  5. Co-designing a dementia-specific education and training program for home care workers: The ‘Promoting Independence Through Quality Dementia Care at Home’ project

    Article • Dementia, February 2022, SAGE Publications

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  6. What constitutes ‘good’ home care for people with dementia? An investigation of the views of home care service recipients and providers

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  7. Promoting Independence Through quality dementia Care at Home (PITCH): a research protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Article • Trials, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  8. Self-Identity and Meaning in Life as Enablers for Older Adults to Self-Manage Depression

    Article • Issues in Mental Health Nursing, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  9. Strategies to optimize aged care volunteer recruitment and retention: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Gerontological Social Work, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  10. A Theory on the Components of Depression Self-Management in Older Adults

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  11. Volunteer-led behavioural activation to reduce depression in residential care: a feasibility study

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  12. Challenges in Conducting an Online Survey and Qualitative Telephone Interviews With Affected Family Members (Caregivers) of Relatives With Substance Misuse

    Article • January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  13. The Influence of a Successful Wellness-Illness Transition on the Experience of Depression in Older Adults

    Article • Issues in Mental Health Nursing, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  14. ‘I know they are not trained in dementia’: Addressing the need for specialist dementia training for home care workers

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, October 2019, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  15. Experiences of family members supporting a relative with substance use problems: a qualitative study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, April 2019, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  16. Factors influencing self-management of depression in older adults: a qualitative study

    Article • Aging & Mental Health, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  17. Understanding, choosing and applying grounded theory: part 1

    Article • Nurse Researcher, December 2018, RCNi

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  18. Understanding, choosing and applying grounded theory: part 2

    Article • Nurse Researcher, December 2018, RCNi

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  19. Help-seeking experiences of older adults with a diagnosis of moderate depression

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, August 2018, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  20. Addressing the vexed issue of authorship and author order: A discussion paper

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, July 2018, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  21. Undergraduate student nurses’ perspectives of an integrated clinical learning model in the mental health environment

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, June 2018, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  22. Preceptors’ perspectives of an integrated clinical learning model in a mental health environment

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, February 2018, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  23. False gold: Safely navigating open access publishing to avoid predatory publishers and journals

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 2017, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  24. Paying patient and caregiver research participants: putting theory into practice

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, December 2016, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  25. Improving care planning and coordination for service users with medical co-morbidity transitioning between tertiary medical and primary care services

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, August 2016, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  26. Improving mental health service users’ with medical co-morbidity transition between tertiary medical hospital and primary care services: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  27. Making themselves at home: Support needs of older Germans in Australia

    Article • Australasian Journal on Ageing, March 2016, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek

  28. Mental health consumers' with medical co-morbidity experience of the transition through tertiary medical services to primary care

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, January 2016, Wiley

    Ms Meg Polacsek