Rate My Professor Minah Gaviola

Dr Minah Gaviola is a registered nurse and a Lecturer of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Minah completed her PhD in Nursing in 2020 and Master of Nursing – Advanced Practice (Older People) in 2015 at the University of Newcastle, along with a Master of Arts (Nursing) and Bachelor of Science (Nursing) from the University of San Carlos, Philippines. With more than 15 years’ experience in nursing, her career started in the Philippines teaching at a school of nursing for six years, followed by over ten years in residential aged care specializing in older people, dementia specific care, and palliative care. Her teaching at the University of Newcastle began as a sessional academic in 2019, transitioning to full-time lecturer in 2022. She is the course coordinator for NURS1005: Essentials of Caring for the Older Person and has taught courses like NURS3103: Healthy Ageing Across Contexts and Communities. Currently, she is a board member of an aged care provider in the Hunter Region.

Minah’s research interests encompass psychosocial interventions for older people and people with dementia in residential aged care, staff training on dementia specific care and palliative care, culturally appropriate care for older people from CALD backgrounds, and healthy ageing. Selected publications include: Stubbs M, Gaviola M, et al. (2026) ‘Articulating Grief: Arts-Based Therapy as a Pathway to Resilience in Nursing Practice’, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; Gaviola MA et al. (2025) ‘Advanced Care Plan Among Older Chinese in Residential Aged Care: A Retrospective Review’, Journal of Transcultural Nursing; Gaviola MA et al. (2024) ‘Caring for people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in nursing homes: A scoping review’, International Journal of Nursing Studies; Gaviola MA et al. (2021) ‘Individualised music for people living with dementia and the experiences and perceptions of residential aged care staff: A qualitative study’, Australasian Journal on Ageing; and Gaviola MA et al. (2020) ‘Impact of individualised music listening intervention on persons with dementia: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials’, Australasian Journal on Ageing. She has published from her thesis and post-PhD projects, presented at conferences, and secured $54,844 in grants, including leading a $29,684 project on culturally appropriate palliative care (2024-2025). Awards include the 2023 Women’s Regional, Rural and Remote Diversity Scholarship. She has completed supervision of one honours student.