Associate Professor Frances Batchelor

B App Sc (Physio), Grad Dip Ed (Sport Sc), M Health St, PhD

Director of Clinical Gerontology, Research Lead Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration

Associate Professor Frances Batchelor is a Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Clinical Gerontology Division. She is also a Research Lead for the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration. As a research and clinical physiotherapist she has over 30 years of experience in community, hospital and aged care services and completed her PhD at the end of 2010 entitled “Falls Prevention After Stroke”.

Her current research interests are falls prevention, balance and gait assessment and treatment, healthy ageing, the role of technology in ageing, and health and aged care practice. She has over 60 publications and has been successful in obtaining over $9 Million in research funding. Associate Professor Batchelor’s career is focused on collaborative approaches to research, policy and practice to improve the lives of older people.

Email: [email protected]

Latest

Dr Anna Lane

Dr Anna Lane is a Research Fellow within the Aged Care and MARC Divisions at NARI, working on the IMPART and Befriending with GENIE projects. Her research is focused on ageing and disability, ageing in place, death and dying, and aged care workforce.
Seminar from visiting scholar Andrian Liem: EXploring the experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in caring for older adults in Asia’

Join us on Tuesday 19th September for a free, guest seminar from visiting scholar Dr. Andrian Liem from Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Public Health Cluster) and Monash University Malaysia. He will be presenting ‘EXploring the experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in caring for older adults in Asia’
Dr Upasana Baruah

Dr Upasana Baruah is a Research Fellow in Social Gerontology. She is a social work and mental health professional with fifteen years of experience in the field of clinical social work, mental health and psychosocial research, teaching, supervision, sustainable development, and project management.
Research Officer - Closing date: Sunday 1 October 2023

NARI is seeking a Research Officer to work within its Social Gerontology Division.

Dr Anna Lane

Dr Anna Lane is a Research Fellow within the Aged Care and MARC Divisions at NARI, working on the IMPART and Befriending with GENIE projects. Her research is focused on ageing and disability, ageing in place, death and dying, and aged care workforce.
Dr Upasana Baruah

Dr Upasana Baruah is a Research Fellow in Social Gerontology. She is a social work and mental health professional with fifteen years of experience in the field of clinical social work, mental health and psychosocial research, teaching, supervision, sustainable development, and project management.
Mairead Hallissey

Mairead is a research officer at NARI working on the ENJOY Seniors Exercise Parks Projects. She is an APA Sport and Exercise Physiotherapist with over 12 years of experience across a variety of clinical settings.
Dr Lisa James

Dr Lisa James is a Research Officer at NARI working on the ENJOY Seniors Exercise Parks projects. She is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) and biomechanist with expertise in gait analysis, and factors that increase the risk of trips and falls in older populations.
Elizabeth Watt

Liz is a Registered Nurse and Senior Research Fellow at NARI. Liz is currently working on the development and evaluation of a Massive Online Open Course – Caregiving, Dementia and Incontinence and the IDC-IMPROVE project aimed at improving care of older people in residential care who have a urinary catheter.
Janette Stefanides

Janette is a Research Assistant at NARI. She is working on the ENJOY IMP-ACT project which aims to improve older people’s health through physical activity.
Danielle McCalmont

Danielle is a Research Assistant in the Social Gerontology Division at NARI, working on the e-DiVA project. She has experience in behavioural neuroscience and quantitative analysis.
Wei-Hsuan (Michelle) Chiu

Michelle is a Research Assistant within the Aged Care Division of NARI. She is also a PhD candidate at the Melbourne Medical School of the University of Melbourne and holds an honorary position at Neuropsychiatry of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Caitlin Tay

Caitlin is a Research Assistant within the Aged Care Division at NARI. She has a background in public health and is currently working on the IDC-IMPROVE research project.
Dr Bronwyn Dreher

Dr Bronwyn Dreher is a Research Assistant in the Clinical Gerontology Division at NARI. She is a registered Physiotherapist, with over 20 years of experience. Bronwyn’s current role is focused on supporting older people to maintain and improve their mobility and level of function, including through exercise.

Falls risk for older People in the community: FROP-Com

The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or screening of falls risk.
What is the Seniors Exercise Park?

The Seniors Exercise Park is an outdoor exercise equipment includes multiple stations specifically designed for older people to improve strength, balance, joint movements, mobility and function.
Indigenous Cognitive Assessment: Regional and Urban KICA

The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.
Age-positive language guide

As part of our commitment to combatting ageism, NARI has developed an age-positive language guide. The guide provides practical examples of how words, phrases, and images can better portray older people and combat ageism.
Victorian falls and balance service directory

The Victorian Falls and Balance Service Directory provides details of the clinics and programs operated by public hospitals and community health services in Victoria for older people who have had a fall or are at risk of falling.
Grief in Older People and its Effect on Healthcare Use

Examines the effects of grief in older people on healthcare use from the perspective of (a) the older bereaved person who is experiencing grief and (b) GPs who are treating grieving older people.
BEFRIENDAS

BEFRIENDAS investigates the impact of befriending on levels of depression, anxiety, social support and loneliness in older people living in residential aged care when provided by trained volunteers.
Research participants

Make a difference in the lives of older people and those who care for them by volunteering to be involved in research.
Elder abuse and dementia

These three short films demonstrate how to respond where the carer abuses the person with dementia; where the person with dementia abuses their carer; and where there is unintended neglect related to advancing dementia. They were co-produced with providers and older people, with funding from the State Trustees Australia Foundation.
A Best Practice Model of Continence Care for Residential Aged Care

This research co-designed and evaluated a best practice model for delivering continence care in Australian residential aged care homes. The model helps residential aged care providers deliver high quality continence care that is consistent with the Aged Care Quality Standard.