Duncan McKellar is a psychiatrist specialising in the care of older people. In 2017 he was a co-author of Australia’s landmark Oakden Report, which triggered the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. An Everyone Story a book written by Duncan inspired by the inquiry, explores what we might learn from the stories of people who lived and worked at the Oakden Campus. The book asks why cultures of care and service go wrong and what we might do to achieve a kinder and more compassionate world.

Duncan had been living in Edinburgh, working as part of HammondCare’s international team and returned home to Australia in 2024. He is the co-creator of A Box of Memories, a musical written with his composer daughter Erin, about a family dealing with dementia.