Susan Feldman
Susan Feldman is a Social Gerontologist at Monash University, Australia, and has over 20 years' research experience. Her research interests include the psychosocial health and wellbeing of community dwelling older people, particularly women and older people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities; relationships between generations, particularly with regard to psychosocial health and wellbeing; the experience of widowhood for women and the impact of this experience on their health and wellbeing. Dr Feldman is actively involved in developing innovative strategies for translating research findings and health promotion messages for the general community and in particular the older population through the use of community based theatre. Her publications include numerous journal articles and the following edited book collections; The Art of Ageing Well and the Art of Caring for Older Adults (2007); A Certain Age: Women Growing Older (1999); Something that Happens to Other People (1996); Family Violence: Everybody’s Business, Somebody’s Life (1991).