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Research Interests

My primary research interests are Ageing Research and Gerontology with particular interest in Transitions in health and illness for older people and their families. I lead the Healthy Ageing Research Programme within the school of Nursing and Midwifery and collaborate on a number of projects with the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation and the Department of General Practice at UCC. I am a member of the multidisciplinary Ageing Research cluster at UCC and the All Ireland Gerontological Nurses Association (AIGNA). My research collaborations extend across Europe and the U.S.  I supervise MSc, PhD and DN research dissertations.I am a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Older People Nursing and I am a reviewer and publish in a number of international journals.

• Research report on self -reported leadership development needs of Directors of Nursing in Older Peoples Nursing Services funded by the HSE (Principle Investigator)

• Development of guidance for Palliative Care in Dementia funded by the Irish Hospice Foundation (Principle Investigator)

•  Development of a Core Competency Framework for Health and Social Care Professionals Working with Older People (ELLAN Project – Funded by Erasmus) Co-Investigator / work package leader)

•  Research Review on Tackling Delayed Discharge and (re)admission avoidance (Principle Investigator)

 Current / on- going research projects

• 2016: Systematic literature review together with national focus groups to support the development of a strategic vision and educational framework for Gerontological nursing funded by the HSE (Principle Investigator)

• 2016: Independent Evaluation of Leaders For Compassionate Care Programme funded by the HSE (Principle Investigator)

• 2015-18: Systematic Implementation of the ‘LetMeDecide’ Advance Care Directives and Online Palliative Care. Randomised Control Trial in Irish Nursing Homes (co-investigator & Work package leader)

 Membership of International Research Networks:

• European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS)

•  Sigma Theta Tau (Phi Mu Chapter)

•  AFE-INNOVNET (Age Innovation Network)

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Book Chapters

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	'Advance care planning: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials conducted with older adults' Weathers E;O'Caoimh R;Cornally N;Fitzgerald C;Kearns T;Coffey A;Daly E;O'Sullivan R;McGlade C;Molloy DW; (2016) 'Advance care planning: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials conducted with older adults'. Maturitas, 91 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Measuring staff perception of end-of-life experience of older adults in long-term care' Cornally, N;Coffey, A;Daly, E;McGlade, C;Weathers, E;O'Herlihy, E;O'Caoimh, R;McLoughlin, K;Svendrovski, A;Molloy, W (2016) 'Measuring staff perception of end-of-life experience of older adults in long-term care'. Applied Nursing Research, 30 :245-251 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Measuring Staff Perception of End-of-Life Experience of Older Adults in Long Term Care' Cornally N, Coffey A, Weathers E, McGlade C, OCaoimh R, Daly E, Svendrovski A, McLoughlin K, Molloy DW. (2015) 'Measuring Staff Perception of End-of-Life Experience of Older Adults in Long Term Care'. Applied Nursing Research, [Details]
	(2015)	'Evaluating the systematic implementation of the 'Let Me Decide' advance care planning programme in long term care through focus groups: staff perspectives' Cornally, N;McGlade, C;Weathers, E;Daly, E;Fitzgerald, C;O'Caoimh, R;Coffey, A;Molloy, DW (2015) 'Evaluating the systematic implementation of the 'Let Me Decide' advance care planning programme in long term care through focus groups: staff perspectives'. BMC palliative care, 14 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'COLLaboration on AGEing-COLLAGE: Ireland's three star reference site for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA)' O’Caoimh, R.,Sweeney, C.,Hynes, et al (2015) 'COLLaboration on AGEing-COLLAGE: Ireland's three star reference site for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA)'. European Geriatric Medicine, 6 (5):505-511 [Details]
	(2015)	'Evaluating the systematic implementation of the “Let Me Decide” advance care planning programme in long term care through focus groups: staff perspectives' Cornally N, McGlade C, Weathers E, Daly E, Fitzgerald C, O’Caoimh R, Coffey A, Molloy DW. (2015) 'Evaluating the systematic implementation of the “Let Me Decide” advance care planning programme in long term care through focus groups: staff perspectives'. BMC palliative care, [Details]
	(2015)	'Measuring staff perception of end-of-life experience (SPELE) of older adults in long term care' Cornally N, Weathers E, Coffey A, Daly E, McGlade, C, Molloy, D.W (2015) 'Measuring staff perception of end-of-life experience (SPELE) of older adults in long term care'. Applied nursing research : ANR, [Details]
	(2015)	'Challenges in implementing Advance Care Planning in long-term care' Daly E, Cornally N, Coffey A, McCarthy, J, Weathers E, Molloy, D.W. (2015) 'Challenges in implementing Advance Care Planning in long-term care'. Nursing Ethics, [Details]
	(2015)	'Healthcare assistants’ attitudes towards older people and their knowledge about ageing' Whitehead, N., Coffey, A (2015) 'Healthcare assistants’ attitudes towards older people and their knowledge about ageing'. RCN Nursing Older People, [Details]
	(2015)	'Attitudes to ageing and perceptions of working with older people of students of health and social care' Coffey, A., Tyrrell, M., Buckley, M., et al (2015) 'Attitudes to ageing and perceptions of working with older people of students of health and social care'. RCN Nursing Older People, [Details]
	(2015)	'Mental health nurses perspectives on Psychiatric advance Directives (PADS)' Quinlan, C and Coffey, A (2015) 'Mental health nurses perspectives on Psychiatric advance Directives (PADS)'. Mental Health Practice, [Details]
	(2015)	'Advance care planning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials conducted with older adults' Weathers, E., Cornally, N., Coffey, A., Daly, E., O'Caoimh, R., W. Molloy (2015) 'Advance care planning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials conducted with older adults'. Journal of American Geriatric Society, [Details]
	(2015)	'Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for Older People: development and psychometric testing from three countries' Mabire, C.,Weiss, M.,Coffey,A (2015) 'Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for Older People: development and psychometric testing from three countries'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, [Details]
	(2015)	'Concept analysis of spirituality: an evolutionary approach' Weathers, E., McCarthy, G., & Coffey, A. (2015) 'Concept analysis of spirituality: an evolutionary approach'. Nursing Forum, [Details]
	(2014)	'A multicentre survey of acute hospital nursing staff training in dementia care' Alice Coffey, Mark Tyrrell, Mary Buckley, Edmund Manning, Vanessa Browne, Aoife Barrett, Suzanne Timmons (2014) 'A multicentre survey of acute hospital nursing staff training in dementia care'. Clinical nursing research, :39-46 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Advances In Nursing Science' Cornally N, Coffey A, Cronin U, Daly E, McGlade C, Weathers E, O’Herlihy E, O’Caoimh R, Svendrovski A, Molloy DW (2014) 'Advances In Nursing Science'. Advances In Nursing Science, [Details]
	(2014)	'Constipation and the pros and cons of laxatives for older adults' Day M.R. Wills T. & Coffey A. (2014) 'Constipation and the pros and cons of laxatives for older adults'. Nursing and Residential Care, 16 (4):2-4 [Details]
	(2013)	'Clinical Unity and Community Empowerment: The Use of Smartphone Technology to Empower Community Management of Chronic Venous Ulcers through the Support of a Tertiary Unit' Edel Marie Quinn, Mark A Corrigan, John O'Mullane, David Murphy, Elaine A Lehane, Patricia Leahy-Warren, Alice Coffey, Patricia McCluskey, Henry Paul Redmond, Greg J Fulton (2013) 'Clinical Unity and Community Empowerment: The Use of Smartphone Technology to Empower Community Management of Chronic Venous Ulcers through the Support of a Tertiary Unit'. Plos One, [Details]
	(2013)	'Clinical unity and community empowerment: the use of smartphone technology to empower community management of chronic venous ulcers through the support of a tertiary unit' Quinn, E. M.,Corrigan, M. A.,O'Mullane, J.,Murphy, D.,Lehane, E. A.,Leahy-Warren, P.,Coffey, A.,McCluskey, P.,Redmond, H. P.,Fulton, G. J. (2013) 'Clinical unity and community empowerment: the use of smartphone technology to empower community management of chronic venous ulcers through the support of a tertiary unit'. Plos One, 8 (11) [Details]
	(2013)	'Nurses’ preferred end-of-life treatment choices in five countries' Coffey, A., McCarthy, G., Weathers, E., Friedman, I., et al. (2013) 'Nurses’ preferred end-of-life treatment choices in five countries'. International Nursing Review, [Details]
	(2012)	'Person Centred Care in Nursing Documentation' Broderick, M. C & Coffey, A (2012) 'Person Centred Care in Nursing Documentation'. International Journal of Older People Nursing, doi: 10.1111/opn.12012 [Details]
	(2012)	'Older People with Dementia in the perioperative care environment: Key issues for perioperative nurses' Coffey, A (2012) 'Older People with Dementia in the perioperative care environment: Key issues for perioperative nurses'. British Journal of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing Journal, 12 (3-4):45-49 [Details]
	(2012)	'Older people’s perception of their readiness for discharge and post discharge use of community support and services' Coffey, A & McCarthy G (2012) 'Older people’s perception of their readiness for discharge and post discharge use of community support and services'. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00316.x [Details]
	(2012)	') Older people and laxative use: comparison between community and long term care settings' Cusack, S., Day, M.R., Wills, T., and Coffey, A (2012) ') Older people and laxative use: comparison between community and long term care settings'. British Journal of Community Nursing, [Details]
	(2012)	'Community supports used by older people following discharge' Coffey, A & McCarthy G (2012) 'Community supports used by older people following discharge'. British Journal of Community Nursing, 17 (4):170-176 [Details]
	(2012)	'2012) Older people and laxative use: comparison between community and long-term care settings' Cusack S, Day MR, Wills T, Coffey A (2012) '2012) Older people and laxative use: comparison between community and long-term care settings'. British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 11, 21(12 (21):711-4-716-7 [Details]
	(2012)	'Readiness for Discharge of Patients following Hip Fracture Surgery' Brent, L & Coffey, A (2012) 'Readiness for Discharge of Patients following Hip Fracture Surgery'. Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing, [Details]
	(2011)	'Older people’s experiences of relocation to Long Term Care' Fraher, A and Coffey, A (2011) 'Older people’s experiences of relocation to Long Term Care'. RCN Nursing Older People, 23 (10):23-27 [Details]
	(2010)	'Staff perceptions of elder abuse' Daly, J & Coffey, A; (2010) 'Staff perceptions of elder abuse'. RCN Nursing Older People, 22 (4):33-37 [Details]
	(2009)	'Discharge planning: the role of discharge co-ordinator' Day, M.R., McCarthy, G. & Coffey, A. ; (2009) 'Discharge planning: the role of discharge co-ordinator'. Nursing Older People, 21 (1):26-32 [Details]
	(2009)	'Incontinence Prevalence Management, Staff Knowledge and Professional Practice Environment in a Rehabilitation Unit in Ireland' McCarthy, G., McCormack, B., Coffey, A. & Wright, J.; (2009) 'Incontinence Prevalence Management, Staff Knowledge and Professional Practice Environment in a Rehabilitation Unit in Ireland'. International Journal of Older People Nursing, :3-11 [Details]
	(2009)	'Development and Testing of the Context Assessment Index (CAI)' McCormack, B,McCarthy, G,Wright, J,Slater, P,Coffey, A; (2009) 'Development and Testing of the Context Assessment Index (CAI)'. Worldviews On Evidence-Based Nursing, 6 :27-35 [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	'Management and Promotion of Continence in Rehabilitation Settings' Coffey, A., McCarthy, G., McCormack, B., Wright, J. & Slater, P.; (2008) 'Management and Promotion of Continence in Rehabilitation Settings'. Nursing Times Research, 104 (6):35-36 [Details]
	(2007)	'Development and Testing of the Context Assessment Index (CAI)' McCormack B., McCarthy G., Wright J., Slater P., Coffey A.; (2007) 'Development and Testing of the Context Assessment Index (CAI)'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, * (*):*-* [Details]
	(2007)	'Evaluating the context within which continence care is provided in rehabilitation units for older people' Wright J., McCormack B Coffey A., McCarthy G ; (2007) 'Evaluating the context within which continence care is provided in rehabilitation units for older people'. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2 :9-19 [Details]
	(2007)	'Incontinence: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management in Two Rehabilitation Units for Older People' Coffey, A., McCarthy, G., Wright, J and McCormack, B ; (2007) 'Incontinence: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management in Two Rehabilitation Units for Older People'. World Views on Evidence Based Nursing, 4 (4):179-186 [Details]
	(2006)	'Discharging Older People from hospital to home: what do we know?' Coffey, A. ; (2006) 'Discharging Older People from hospital to home: what do we know?'. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 1 (3):141-150 [Details]
	(2006)	'Developing a tool to asses person-centred continence care' Wright, J., McCormack, B., Coffey, A., McCarthy, G. ; (2006) 'Developing a tool to asses person-centred continence care'. RCN Nursing Older People, 18 (6):17-21 [Details]
	(2005)	'The clinical learning portfolio: a practice development experience in Gerontological nursing' Coffey, A.; (2005) 'The clinical learning portfolio: a practice development experience in Gerontological nursing'. International Journal of Older People Nursing in association with the Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14 (8b):75-83 [Details]
	(2004)	'Perceptions of Training Care Attendants employed in the care of older people' Coffey, A.; (2004) 'Perceptions of Training Care Attendants employed in the care of older people'. Journal of Nursing Management, 12 (*):322-328 [Details]

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Conference Publications

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	A Systematic Literature Review On Tackling Delayed Discharges in Acute Hospitals Inclusive of Hospital (Re) admission Avoidance. Coffey, A., Leahy-Warren, P., Savage, E., Hegarty, J., Cornally, N., Day, MR., Maher, B., Browne, J., Sahm, L., O'Caoimh, R., Flynn, M., Hutton, S., O'Mahony, A., Arenella, K. (2015) A Systematic Literature Review On Tackling Delayed Discharges in Acute Hospitals Inclusive of Hospital (Re) admission Avoidance. HSE, Ireland. [Details]
	(2014)	An evaluation of the HSE guiding framework for the implementation of nurse prescribing of medical ionising radiation (X-Ray) in Ireland. Drennan J, Naughton C, Griffins M, Butler ML, Grehan J, Moughty A, Kavanagh E, Hyde A, Butler M, Sheridan A, Coughlan B, Hegarty J, Savage E, Coffey A, O Connell R, Creedon R (2014) An evaluation of the HSE guiding framework for the implementation of nurse prescribing of medical ionising radiation (X-Ray) in Ireland. Health Service Executive, Ireland. [Details]
	(2007)	The Role of the Discharge Co-ordinator: An Exploratory Study. McCarthy, G., Coffey, A., Day, M.R. ; (2007) The Role of the Discharge Co-ordinator: An Exploratory Study. Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit Southern Area HSE, Cork. [Details]
	(2006)	Development of the Context Assessment Index (CAI); Final Project Report. Wright J, Coffey A, McCormack B, McCarthy G ; (2006) Development of the Context Assessment Index (CAI); Final Project Report. University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland and the University of College Cork, Republic of Ire, . [Details]

Abstract

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	A Systematic Literature Review on Tackling Delayed Discharges in Acute Hospitals Inclusive of Hospital (Re) admission Avoidance. Coffey, A. Leahy-Warren, P., Savage, E., Hegarty, J. Cornally, N., Day, MR., Maher, B., Browne, J., Sahm, L., O’ Caoimh, R., Flynn, M., Hutton, S., O’Mahony, A., Arenella, K (2016) A Systematic Literature Review on Tackling Delayed Discharges in Acute Hospitals Inclusive of Hospital (Re) admission Avoidance. Age and Ageing Suppl 2: Abstract [Details]
	(2015)	Advance Care Planning: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials conducted with older adults. • Weathers, E, Cornally, N, Coffey, A, Daly, E, Philip, M, Molloy D.W. (2015) Advance Care Planning: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials conducted with older adults. Abstract [Details]
	(2014)	Too Much, Too Late: Polypharmacy at End-of-Life. Coveney, S,Cornally, N,Coffey, A,McGlade, C,Molloy, W,Daly, E,O'Caoimh, R (2014) Too Much, Too Late: Polypharmacy at End-of-Life. Abstract [Details]
	(2014)	Capturing the Quality of Death and Dying in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities: Family Perspectives. Cronin, U,Cornally, N,Coffey, A,O'Herlihy, E,Daly, E,McGlade, C,Molloy, W (2014) Capturing the Quality of Death and Dying in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities: Family Perspectives. Abstract [Details]
	(2014)	Attitudes to Ageing and Perceptions of Working with Older People of Students of Health and Social Care. Coffey, A,McCarthy, G,Tyrell, M,Buckley, C,Gaidys, U,Sansoni, J,Arola, M,Deimante-Hartmane, D (2014) Attitudes to Ageing and Perceptions of Working with Older People of Students of Health and Social Care. Abstract [Details]
	(2013)	A Multicentre Survey of Acute Hospital Nursing Staff Training in Dementia Care. Buckley, M,Coffey, A,Tyrell, M,Bartley, M,Deenihan, C,Manning, E,Browne, V,Barrett, A,Timmons, S (2013) A Multicentre Survey of Acute Hospital Nursing Staff Training in Dementia Care. Abstract [Details]
	(2012)	Harnessing Mobile Technology to Support the Community Care Of Chronic Ulcers Under the Direction of a Tertiary Unit. Quinn, EM,Corrigan, M,O'Mullane, J,Murphy, D,Lehane, E,Leahy-Warren, P,Coffey, A,McCluskey, P,Redmond, HP,Fulton, G (2012) Harnessing Mobile Technology to Support the Community Care Of Chronic Ulcers Under the Direction of a Tertiary Unit. Abstract [Details]
	(2012)	The Influence of Healthcare Professional's Confidence and Training in Palliative Care and Treatment Choices at the End-of-Life. McGlade, C,Timmons, S,Coffey, A,Weathers, E,Pope, G,Goggin, C,Molloy, W (2012) The Influence of Healthcare Professional's Confidence and Training in Palliative Care and Treatment Choices at the End-of-Life. Abstract [Details]

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Teaching Interests

I teach and I am module leader across the Undergraduate and Post Graduate curriculum.

Present Undergraduate Modules taught

• NU4076 Organisational Management in Nursing 
• NU4003 Management in Nursing (Module leader)
• NU4073 Research Methods for Nursing and Midwifery Practice
• NU4009 Care of Older Adults 

Present Post Graduate Modules taught

• NU6078 Ageing and Older People: Bio Psychosocial Perspectives (Module Leader)
• NU6073 MSc Nursing- Individual Research Supervision
• NU6005 MSc / PGDiploma Nursing
• NU6116  MSc / ANP Clinical Module Co-ordinator

• CG6009 Principles in Older Person Rehabilitation MSc Rehabilitation for Older People (Department of Gerontology and Rehabilitation): Member of the programme team.

Post Graduate responsibilities:

• 2011  to 2014: Director of Post Graduate Programmes.
• 2001 to 2005 : Co-ordinator of the Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing.

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