Angela also holds additional qualifications in psychiatric nursing and workplace assessment and training. She is employed as a research officer and nurse educator with the Collaborative Health Education & Research Centre (CHERC) of Bendigo Health Care Group (Victoria, Australia) specialising in research and education on aged-care issues. Angela has been involved in a number of research projects, many of which have included the design and development of care pathways in a variety of settings. Some of these projects have included: a regional dementia management strategy; health assessments under Medicare schedule items; asthma management in rural Victoria; health surveillance in the elderly using a health surveillance screening instrument; and home and community care best-practice projects.