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Assoc ProfessorSarah Donnelly

Associate Professor

School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice

Orcid identifier0000-0002-5436-3195 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Professor
    School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
  • 716 8593
  • University College Dublin, School of Social Policy Social Work and Social Justice, Agnes McGuire Building Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS My main areas of research interest include; ageing, dementia, carer harm. capacity and decision-making, care planning meetings, home care robotics, practitioner research,adult safeguarding, action research and healthcare research. 

Orchid ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-3195

GRANTS

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    FEATURED
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    Innovation through reflexivity and participation: Strengthening the education and professionalization of social work in professional interfaces
    Ec - Education Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (Eacea)1 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S,
    • Campbell J
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    FEATURED
    Featured
    Review of Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse Policy 2014
    Trigraph Ltd5 May 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
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    An Exploration of Self-Neglect and Best Practice Toolkit Development
    HSE Office of the Chief Social Worker1 Oct 2025
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    Examining Awareness and Attitudes towards Adult Safeguarding Practices in the Acute Hospital Context in Ireland: A Survey of Ireland East Hospital Group Hospital Staff
    HSE National Safeguarding Office2 Sep 2024 - 1 Sep 2025
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    DEM(H)CARE - Coordinated interventions between elder care, home health care, and primary care to develop best practice for older persons living at home with cognitive disorder
    Swedish Research Council for the Health Working Life and Welfare.14 Feb 2024
    Invited Senior Research Advisor to project.
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    Exploring the rehabilitation needs of people with brain tumours in Ireland
    Health Research Board (Ireland)4 Sep 2023
    Principal Investigator:Prof. Kathleen Bennett, Royal College of Surgeons,Ireland. I am Co-Investigator and will lead Work Package 2.
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    Human Rights Adult Safeguarding And People Living With Dementia(PLWD) In Nursing Homes in Ireland- Giving Voice to the Issues.
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
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    Adult Safeguarding and People Living with Dementia in Nursing Homes in Ireland
    The Alzheimer Society of Ireland1 Oct 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
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    Choice voice and change: developing networks for the involvement of people from seldom heard communities in England Ireland and Scotland
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Mar 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
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    Choice, voice and change: developing networks for the involvement of people from seldom heard communities in England, Ireland and Scotland (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Economic and Social Research Council1 Mar 2021 - 29 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S,
    • Ellis L,
    • Kroll T,
    • Locock L,
    • Ni She E
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    Falling Through the Cracks: The case for change. Key developments and next steps for Adult Safeguarding in Ireland
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2020 - 30 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
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    Falling Through the Cracks: The case for change. Key developments and next steps for Adult Safeguarding in Ireland
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
  • GRANT
    Private for-profit home care providers: views and strategies on marketisation
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
  • GRANT
    Adult Safeguarding Law Policy and Practice in Ireland
    University College Dublin Foundation Clg1 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
  • GRANT
    Technology-supported Community Care in Ireland, Finland and Japan Non-Grant Holder
    University College Dublin1 Apr 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
    Seed Funding - Dissemination and Outputs
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    Academic Technical Review of HSE Adult Safeguarding Policy 2019
    HSE National Safeguarding Office10 Feb 2019 - 24 May 2019
    To carry out an academic technical review of the HSE Adult Safeguarding Policy 2019
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    ' An exploration and identification of research priorities utilising a co- design approach between family caregivers of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients in the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), Dun Laoghaire and Spinal Injuries Ireland(SII)'
    UCD PPI Ignite1 Nov 2018 - 31 May 2019
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    Exploring patient family member and professional perspectives of rehabilitation hospital family meetings using a participatory action research approach with a Medical Social Work Team.
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2018 - 30 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S
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    Promoting Assisted Decision Making in Acute Care Settings (PADMACS) for Care Planning Purposes
    Health Research Board (HRB)1 Dec 2017 - 31 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Social Policy Analysis for Citizens' Information
    Citizens Information Board (Cib)8 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2019
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Collective Advocacy: Benefits for All? A partnership approach to research as a tool to influence social policy for older people (Donnelly O'Brien Begly and Brennan(2016)
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2017 - 30 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Donnelly S