Dr Xanthe Golenko

Research Fellow

Dr Xanthe Golenko is a Research Fellow with the Research Institute, and an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Griffith Business School within Griffith University. She is Chair of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Queensland Division and a member of the Advisory Committees for the Australian Institute of Intergenerational Practice (AIIP) and ARIIA Meaningful Lifestyle Activities. Her background is in organisational behaviour, health services management and health workforce education.

Xanthe is passionate about exploring innovative service delivery approaches and creative programs designed to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of older adults. In 2020, she established the Bolton Clarke Storytelling in Health and Aged Care, Research and Education (SHARE) program, which encompasses multiple projects and types of storytelling including life story books, posters, story circles and intergenerational digital storytelling. She collaborates with local and international networks of academics, educators and storytelling practitioners to increase awareness and establish a robust evidence base to support this transformational work.