Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing

Stephen Jacobs is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing, the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland lecturing of Health Services for Older People and Leadership and Management for Quality Healthcare. He is also co-director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing coordinating five research streams: workforce, mental health, best practice, community, and rehabilitation. He researches in two key areas: community dementia services and the adaptive leadership and empowerment of nurses. His PhD was in Medicine, researched quality control of home support services for older people. From 2000 till November 2006 he was Senior Advisor in the Health of Older People in the New Zealand Ministry of Health Prior to that, he was for five years Manager, Services for Older People, Wesley Wellington Mission, managing a community service, a home care service, two rest homes, and two continuing care hospitals.