Elizabeth Ainsworth, MOccThy, Grad Cert Health Sci graduated
in 1989 with a bachelor of occupational therapy (honors) degree and
completed a master’s in occupational therapy (contemporary clinical
practice at the University of Queensland) and a graduate
certificate in health science (occupational therapy at the
University of Sydney) in 2000. She is the Principal Occupational
Therapist in Housing and Homelessness Practice Improvement at the
Queensland Department of Communities, leading a highly competent
team of occupational therapists who specialize in working with
older people and people with disabilities applying for or who live
in social housing and who might experience barriers in the home
environment. Elizabeth also provides home modification and
universal design education and training in a private capacity to
occupational therapy university undergraduate and postgraduate
students and to occupational therapy clinicians working in a range
of settings in the community. She is an active member of the
Australian Network for Universal Housing Design (ANUHD) and the
Australian Access Consultants Association (ACAA).
Desleigh de Jonge, MPhil (OccThy), Grad Cert Soc Sci
graduated in 1978 with a bachelor of occupational therapy from the
University of Queensland and completed a master’s in philosophy
from this university in 2001. She currently lectures in the School
of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of
Queensland and developed the curriculum on assistive technology and
environmental design for the undergraduate, graduate entry, and
postgraduate programs. Desleigh’s national and international
reputation in consumer-oriented analysis of assistive technologies,
environmental design, and home modifications has earned her
invitations to present at international conferences on assistive
technology and home modification services and outcomes in the
United States and Australia, and she has been published in national
and international journals. Her teaching and research is focused on
interventions and outcome measures that recognize consumer goals
and priorities. She is a research associate of the Housing Policy
Research Program at the University of Queensland’s Social Research
Centre and a member of the research team that recently completed an
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)-funded
project on the role of home maintenance and modification services
in achieving health, community care, and housing outcomes in later
life. Desleigh is also a member of the Editorial Board for
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology and a member of
the research review panel for the Home Modification Information
Clearinghouse at the University of New South Wales.
Elizabeth and Desleigh have worked together during the past 11
years to provide training to occupational therapy students and
practitioners. They have presented at national and international
conferences on home modifications and universal design to a broad
range of people from various backgrounds. This is the first book
they have produced together.
“The reader, either student or therapist, would have no difficulty
following the flow of information within the text. It would be
possible, at the end of a thorough reading, to participate in home
evaluation and service delivery. I strongly recommend this book to
therapists who are involved in service delivery of home
modifications and to instructors of occupational therapy students,
for use in the classroom. It is excellent and provides many
resources.” -Sandi Spaulding, Canadian Journal of Occupational
Therapy
“The authors are to be commended for their attention to detail, and
I would recommend it as a useful reference as I feel it conveys the
importance and value of occupational therapists in the home
modification/adaptation process.” -Shane Elliott, The British
Journal of Occupational Therapy
“This is a book that should be on the bookshelf in every clinic…
and should be a core text for students." —Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L,
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