Rate My Professor Stephen Isbel

Isbel's research specializations include allied health care, post-stroke rehabilitation, dementia care, aged care, occupational therapy education, and older drivers. As Chief Investigator, he has secured grants exceeding $3,000,000 from the Medical Research Future Fund and the National Health and Medical Research Council. He received the Dementia Advocates Award in 2022 and the Research Impact Team Award in 2020. Isbel serves as an Associate Editor of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. Key publications encompass “It’s Not like It’s Going to Get Better - I Might Need More Assistance”: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring the Evolving Needs of Care Partners of People with Dementia (2026, Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice); A Digital Alert Feedback System (Aged Care Electronic Dashboard Information Tool, ACED-IT) to Enhance Quality Nursing Care: Participatory Action Research (2025, Journal of Clinical Nursing); A Protocol for Enhancing Allied Health Care for Older People in Residential Care: The EAHOP Intervention (2025, Healthcare); A Scoping Review of the Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Small-Scale Residential Dementia Care (2025, Alzheimer's and Dementia); and Occupation-Based Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance and Quality of Life After Stroke: A Systematic Review (2024, Disability and Rehabilitation).