Joseph Ibrahim profile image

Joseph Ibrahim

Head, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine
Joseph.Ibrahim@monash.edu

12 Posts

Core expertise

Aged care
Geriatric medicine
Elder abuse
Medico-legal death investigation

Biography

Joseph is a practising senior specialist in geriatric medicine with over 30-years of clinical experience in the health and well-being of older people.

He has research interests in medico-legal death investigation, elder abuse and "dignity of risk", as well as quality of clinical care, performance measurement and patient safety.

He established the Health Services Research Unit at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine after completing the Doctorate of Philosophy investigating the relationship between quality of care and performance indicators.

Read more about Joseph Ibrahim's research

Older people who get lost sometimes sadly lose their lives, but those with dementia are more likely to survive post image
Medicine and health

Older people who get lost sometimes sadly lose their lives, but those with dementia are more likely to survive

by Marta Woolford
How to choose a legal decision-maker as you get older post image
Politics and society

How to choose a legal decision-maker as you get older

by Joseph Ibrahim
Aged care staff urgently need training to report and prevent sexual assault post image
Medicine and health

Aged care staff urgently need training to report and prevent sexual assault

by Joseph Ibrahim
Safe at home? We need a new strategy to protect older adults from violent crime post image
Medicine and health

Safe at home? We need a new strategy to protect older adults from violent crime

by Briohny Kennedy
Millions more to fight COVID-19 in aged care, but still no real plan. Here's what one should look like post image
Coronavirus

Millions more to fight COVID-19 in aged care, but still no real plan. Here's what one should look like

by Joseph Ibrahim
Coronavirus: Four steps to avert a full-blown COVID-19 disaster in Victoria's aged care homes post image
Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Four steps to avert a full-blown COVID-19 disaster in Victoria's aged care homes

by Joseph Ibrahim
Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are three things we can do to make a start post image
Medicine and health

Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are three things we can do to make a start

by Joseph Ibrahim
Royal commission's areas of immediate action are worthy, but won't fix a broken system post image
Medicine and health

Royal commission's areas of immediate action are worthy, but won't fix a broken system

by Joseph Ibrahim
Tackling the challenges of an ageing population post image
Politics and society

Tackling the challenges of an ageing population

by Joseph Ibrahim
Physical restraint doesn't protect patients – there are better alternatives post image
Health sciences

Physical restraint doesn't protect patients – there are better alternatives

by Joseph Ibrahim
Aged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it's too late for the silent generation post image
Better governance and policy

Aged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it's too late for the silent generation

by Joseph Ibrahim
Dignity of risk – living better to live longer in aged care post image
Medicine and health

Dignity of risk – living better to live longer in aged care

by Joseph Ibrahim
More Posts