Research Publications

Haesler, E., McAuliffe, L., Fetherstonhaugh, D., & Solly, K. (2026). Strategies to promote effective staff-family relationships in the care of older people in residential aged care settings: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2026.105338

Wells, Y., Haines, S., Mackey, P. J., Solly, K., & Hampton, I. (2024). A qualitative evaluation of The Little Things training for diverse background PCAs in aged care. Global Qualitative Nursing Research11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936241296336

Solly, Kane, and Nancy A. Pachana, ‘An Integrative Perspective on Positive Ageing in Later Life’, in Elizabeth Rieger, and others (eds), Toward an Integrated Science of Wellbeing (New York, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 May 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197567579.003.0012.

Mackey, P. J., Hampton, I., Wells, Y., Haines, S., & Solly, K. (2023). Evaluation of the impact of The Little Things training on personal care assistants’ confidence to communicate with residents in aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing42(1), 213–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13135

Solly, K., Smyer, M. A., Nichols, K., Steffens, N. K., Kastelle, T. H., & Pachana, N. A. (2022). Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program. Australasian Journal on Ageing41(2), e206–e209. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069

Fetherstonhaugh, D., Rayner, J.-A., Solly, K., Beattie, E., Harrington, A., Jeon, Y.-H., Moyle, W., & Parker, D. (2022). Teaching the care of older people in Australian nursing schools: Survey findings. Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia)29(6), 873–879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2022.02.007

Solly, K., & Wells, Y. (2021). What predicts consumer experience in residential aged care? An analysis of consumer experience report data. Australian Health Review45(4), 485–490. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH20270

Gulliver, R., Chapman, C. M., Solly, K., & Schultz, T. (2020). Testing the impact of images in environmental campaigns. Journal of Environmental Psychology71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101468

Solly, K., & Wells, Y. (2020). How well have senior Australians been coping in the COVID‐19 pandemic? Australasian Journal on Ageing39(4), 386–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12880

Wells, Y., & Solly, K. (2020). Consumer Experience Interview for Home Services: Data analysis. La Trobe. Report. https://doi.org/10.26181/25833757.v1

Wells, Y., Fetherstonhaugh, D., & Solly, K. (2019). Development of a consumer experience reporting questionnaire for residential aged care homes in Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing38(4), 267–273. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12664

Wells, Y., Brooke, E., & Solly, K. N. (2019). Quality and safety in aged care virtual issue: What Australian research published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing tells us. Australasian journal on ageing38(1), E1-E6. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12638