Renuka Visvanathan

Biographic Data

ID3063328
NAMERenuka Visvanathan
GIVEN NAMESRenuka
FAMILY NAMEVisvanathan
SIGNATUREVISVANATHAN R
AFFILIATIONSBasil Hetzel Institute
ORCID0000-0002-1303-9479
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • A focus group study of the thermal environments of houses of older people with low socioeconomic status

    Open AccessLarissa Arakawa Martins, Renuka Visvanathan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Housing and the Built…2025References: 2

    Older people of low socioeconomic status generally have less access to financial, social, and health resources compared with those with a higher socioeconomic status. Low socioeconomic status may also be an indicator of poorer quality housing and thermal environments, which may in turn impact residents’ overall health and wellbeing. Therefore, older people of low socioeconomic status are likely to benefit most from evidence-based knowledge of low…

  • Evidence for the external validity of the Consumer Choice Index Six Dimension (CCI-6D) for people living in residential aged care with dementia

    Open AccessRachel Milte, Agathe Daria Jadczak et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2024References: 36

    The large proportion of people living in residential aged care services with dementia necessitates that any instrument used to measure quality of care is meaningful and practical to be completed by this group. This study assessed the external validity of using the Consumer Choice Index Six Dimension (CCI-6D) instrument to assess quality of care in a large sample of people living in residential aged care, including those with dementia. We applied …

  • The Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable Environment (Haven) Index

    Open AccessDanielle Taylor, Olga Theou et al.ARTICLEGeographical Research2024Cited by: 1References: 53

    This study describes the development and testing of the Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable Environment (HAVEN) Index, a prototype composite spatial index for South Australia that reflects an area’s age‐friendliness. The index incorporates over 40 indicator variables across six variable themes: income and employment; education; health and housing; social connectedness; geographic access; and physical environment. Based on the deficit accumulation approach,…

  • General practice access in regional and remote Australia for ageing populations

    Open AccessDanielle Taylor, Jarrod Lange et al.ARTICLEGeographical Research2021References: 24

    Identifying and removing access barriers to the timely provision of comprehensive health care is increasingly important for the wellbeing of Australia's rapidly ageing and frail populations, particularly those in non-metropolitan settings. This study has examined if current general practice (GP) locations in non-metropolitan South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA) are geographically accessible to the rapidly growing frail and prefrail pop…

  • Root Cause Analysis to Identify Medication and Non-Medication Strategies to Prevent Infection-Related Hospitalizations from Australian Residential Aged Care Services

    Open AccessJanet K Sluggett, Samanta Lalic et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Infections are leading causes of hospitalizations from residential aged care services (RACS), which provide supported accommodation for people with care needs that can no longer be met at home. Preventing infections and early and effective management are important to avoid unnecessary hospital transfers, particularly in the Australian setting where new quality standards require RACS to minimize infection-related risks. The objective of this study…