Nicky Baker
Aged care Research & Industry Innovation Australia
Nicky Baker
Nicky is a Research Fellow in ARIIA’s Workforce Capability and Capacity team. Her role links research to practice for innovative projects, implementation and evaluation frameworks. With over 20 years’ clinical and management experience in Health and Aged Care, Nicky’s research interests are evidence-informed service delivery, inter-agency collaboration and co-design. Nicky is passionate about person centredness for living and ageing well.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Australia; |
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| Topics | Ageing in place; Care integration/ coordination; Co-production in LTC; Community-based LTC; Implementation; Person-centered care; Prevention and rehabilitation and LTC; Relationship between LTC use and hospital use; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Residential LTC services; Social connection; Survey measures; |
| Methods | Assessment tool development; Co-production methods; Ethnography; Focus groups; Guidelines development; Implementation science; Knowledge-exchange; Measure validation; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Qualitative studies; Questionnaire; Research ethics; Scoping reviews; Simulation models; Surveys; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; Translation and cultural adaptation of instruments; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Ageing and Place; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; |
| Website | https://www.ariia.org.au/node/1651 |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0002-6255-3191 |
| GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=83b6RXcAAAAJ&hl=en |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicky-baker-358077bb/?originalSubdomain=au | |
| Research interests | Pre-frailty and frailty – identifying, preventing, managing and reversing Near falls and falls – risk identification and mitigation Aged care workforce capability and capacity |
| Key publications | Baker, N., Grimmer, K., & Gordon, S. (2021). Balance provocation tests identify near falls in healthy community adults aged 40-75 years: an observational study. Physiotherapy Theory & Practice http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2021.1983909 Baker, N., Gough, C., & Gordon, S. (2021). Inertial sensor reliability and validity to measure static and dynamic balance: a systematic review. Sensors. 21, 5167 Gordon, S., Steffens, M., & Baker, N. (2022). Appropriate and acceptable health assessments for people experiencing homelessness. BMC Public Health. Gordon, S., Gillham, D., Xiao, L., de Bellis, A., & Baker, N. (2021). Simulation and coaching to prevent aggressive events in aged care: A pilot study. Australasian Journal of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12961 Baker, N., Lawn, S., Gordon, S. J., & George, S. (2020). Older Adults’ Experiences of Goals in Health: A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820918134 Gordon, S.J., Baker, N., Kidd, M. Maeder, A. & Grimmer, K. (2020). Pre-frailty factors in community-dwelling 40–75 year olds: opportunities for successful ageing. BMC Geriatrics 20, 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1490-7 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer, K. A., Baker, N., Bell, E., Coveney, J., … & Perimal-Lewis, L. (2019). Feasibility of population screening tests to establish a healthy ageing trajectory. SAGE Open Medicine, 7, https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118822440 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer, K., Bradley, A., Direen, T., Baker, N., Marin, T., … & Hume, C. (2019). Health assessments and screening tools for adults experiencing homelessness: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 994. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7234-y Gordon, S.J., Kidd, M., Maeder, A., Baker, N., Marin, T. & Grimmer, K. (2019). Health deficits in community dwelling adults aged 40 to 75 years. BMC Geriatrics, 19(148) https://doi.org/10/1186/s12877-019-1153-9 |