Frances Batchelor

Biographic Data

ID4593527
NAMEFrances Batchelor
GIVEN NAMESFrances
FAMILY NAMEBatchelor
SIGNATUREBATCHELOR F
AFFILIATIONSThe Royal Melbourne Hospital
ORCID0000-0002-7302-7293
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The third age interrupted

    Open AccessAllan S Gilbert, Stephanie M Garratt et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2025References: 34

    The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has profoundly affected older adults, particularly in the state of Victoria, which experienced strict lockdown restrictions six times since the pandemic began in 2020; totalling 245 days over three years. This study explored the experiences of older adults living in retirement villages during the first three lockdowns in Victoria from March 2020 to February 2021. We draw on the concept of the ‘third age’ to expl…

  • Results from the Enjoy MAP for HEALTH

    Open AccessPazit Levinger, Bronwyn Dreher et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    This trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Trial registration number ACTRN12621000965808. https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=380745&isReview=true

  • Keeping our distance”

    Open AccessAllan S Gilbert, Andrew S Gilbert et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging Studies2023Cited by: 1References: 8

    The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on everyday life in Australia despite relatively low infection rates. Lockdown restrictions were among the harshest in the world, while older adults were portrayed as especially vulnerable by politicians and the media. This study examines the perceptions and experiences of the pandemic and lockdowns among 31 older Australians. We investigated how participants perceived their own vulner…

  • World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults

    Open AccessManuel Montero‐Odasso, Nathalie van der Velde et al.ARTICLEAge and Ageing2022

    BACKGROUND: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present. OBJECTIVES: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older a…

  • The Enjoy MAP for HEALTH

    Open AccessPazit Levinger, Jeremy Dunn et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This trial is retrospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Trial registration number ACTRN12621000965808 . Date registered 23/07/2021

  • DisCOVeRY

    Open AccessDanielle Hitch, Sara Holton et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021

  • Challenges and lessons learnt from the Enjoy project

    Open AccessPazit Levinger, Jeremy Dunn et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Trial registration number ACTRN12618001727235. Date of registration 19th October 2018, https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=375979

  • Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people – the Enjoy Senior Exercise Park project translation research protocol

    Open AccessPazit Levinger, Maya G Panisset et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    This trial is prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Trial registration number ACTRN12618001727235 registered 18th of October 2018

  • I know they are not trained in dementia’

    Open AccessMeg Polacsek, Anita Goh et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2019Cited by: 6References: 3

    Global population ageing has meant a rapid increase in the numbers of older people with dementia, most of whom live in their own homes. Staying at home is an important determinant of health and well-being. As care needs increase, the quality of community support which older people receive directly influences their capacity to remain in their own homes. While many are supported informally by family carers, formal support provided by home care work…