Professor of Social Work, Southern Cross University
Mark Hughes is a social worker and has worked in health, aged care and mental health settings in both Australia and the UK. His research interests centre around ageing and the delivery of health and aged care services to older people. He is currently engaged in a program of research on ageing in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) communities, which has involved projects on sexual identity expression in health and aged care, lesbian and gay people's experiences and expectations in accessing services, and the care networks of older LGBTQ+ people. In addition to work on ageing, Mark has also published more broadly on social work and social work education. Mark is currently Professor of Social Work and Editor of the Australasian Journal on Ageing.
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