Deidre is an occupational therapist with a 26 years clinical experience in rehabilitation and acute care. She has 13 years in specialist palliative care and 15 + years as a researcher and academic. Her research focuses on functional priorities at the end-of-life from patient, caregiver and clinician perspectives. She is particularly interested in ways to enable optimal function in the face of deterioration and how to measure meaningful clinical change. Deidre is a member of the Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying (RePaDD).