Staff profile

Dr Michael Bauer

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care

Health Sciences 2, 5th Floor, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD, M Gerontology, BA, Dip Ed, RN, ND

Membership of professional Associations

Member Australian Association of Gerontology

Recent Publications

 

Journal Articles (2005 on)

Bauer, M., & Fetherstonhaugh, D. Tarzia, L & Chenco, C. (In Press) Staff-family relationships in residential aged care facilities: The views of family members and care staff. Journal of Applied Gerontology.  

Bauer, M., Fetherstonhaugh, D., & Lewis, V. (In Press) Attitudes towards family-staff relationships in Australian residential aged care settings: development and psychometric evaluation of the “Family and Staff Relationship Attitude Tool” (FASRAT). Australasian Journal on Ageing.

Bauer, M., Fetherstonhaugh, D., & Lewis, V. (2012) Assessing the quality of staff-family relationships in the Australian residential aged care setting: development and evaluation of the Family and Staff Relationship Implementation Tool (FASRIT). International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine. 2(3) 564-567.

Bauer, M., & Fetherstonhaugh, D. Tarzia, L. Nay, R. Wellman, D. & Beattie, E. (2012). I always look under the bed for a man.” Needs and barriers to the expression of sexuality in residential aged care: The views of residents with and without dementia. Psychology and Sexuality. DOI:10.1080/19419899.12.713869

Bauer. M., McAuliffe, L., Nay R. & Chenco, C. (In Press) Sexuality in older adults: Effect of an education intervention on attitudes of residential aged care staff. Educational Gerontology.

Bauer, M. Rayner, R. Koch, S. & Chenco,C. (2012). The use of multi-sensory therapies as interventions to manage dementia related behaviours in the aged care setting: A survey of one Australian state. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 21, 3061-3069.

Bauer, M. & Rayner, J.  (2012) The use of complementary and alternative medicine in residential aged care: A review of the literature.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 18(11), 989-993.

Tarzia, L., Fetherstonhaugh, D., & Bauer, M. (2012). “Dementia, Sexuality and Consent in Residential Aged Care Facilities”, Journal of Medical Ethics. 38, 609-613.

Bauer, M. (2012). Relationships between patients, informal caregivers and health professionals in care homes. Commentary on Lindahl B, et al. A meta-synthesis describing the relationships between patients, informal caregivers and health professionals in home-care settings. J. Clin Nurs. 2011 Feb;20 (3-4):454-63. Evidence Based Nursing 15 (1), 28-29.

Bauer, M., Nay, R. (2011). The promotion of collaborative family–staff relationships in low care facilities: The views of the family. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(6), 1232–1241.

Bauer, M.,  Fitzgerald, L., Koch, S. (2011).  Hospital discharge as experienced by family carers of people with dementia: A case for quality improvement. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 33 (6) pp 9-16.  

Bauer, M, Fitzgerald, L. & Koch S. (2011). How family carers view hospital discharge planning for the older person with a dementia. Dementia: The international journal of social research and practice, 10, 317-323.  

Fitzgerald, L. Bauer, M, Koch, S, King S. (2011). Hospital discharge: recommendations for performance improvement for family carers of people with dementia. Australian Health Review, 35 (3), 364-370.

 McAuliffe, L, Bauer, M, Nay, R (2010). Sex in the city (and the country): Staff knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality in the residential aged care setting. Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol 29 Supplement 2, p26.

Bauer, M., Rayner, J. & Koch S. 2010. Managing dementia in residential aged care using Snoezelen and other multi-sensory therapies. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19 (Supp 1), p44.

Bauer, M., Nay, R., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Bathgate T., Winbolt, M & McAuliffe, L. (2010). Promoting improved staff-family relationships in residential aged care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19 (Supp 1), p133.  

Fetherstonhaugh, D., Nay, R., Bauer, M., Winbolt, M. & Edvardsson, D. (2010). Translating rhetoric about person-centredness into practice in care of older people with dementia. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19 (Supp 1), p139.

Haesler, E., Bauer, M., Nay, R. (2010) Factors associated with constructive nursing staff-family relationships in the care of older adults in the institutional setting: An update to a systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 8 (2), 1744-1609.

Bauer, M, Fitzgerald L. (2010) Response to Manthorpe, J’s commentary on Bauer, M, Fitzgerald, L, Haesler, E & Manfrin, M. (2009) Hospital discharge planning for frail older people and their family. Are we delivering best practice? A review of the evidence. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 2539–2546. p1173-1174.

 Bauer, M., Nay, R., & McAuliffe, L. (2009) Catering to love, sex and intimacy in residential aged care: What information is provided to consumers? Sexuality and Disability, 27, 3-9.

Bauer, M., Fitzgerald, L., Haesler, E., & Manfrin, M. (2009). Hospital discharge planning for frail older people and their family. Are we delivering best practice? A review of the evidence. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(18),  2539-2546.

Bauer, M., McAuliffe, L., Nay, R., Fetherstonhaugh, D. (2009).  Sex in the City and Older People. XIXth International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) world Congress. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, Vol. 13 Supplement 1, S173.

 Bauer, M. (2007). Nursing home carers’ constructions of the family: a typology of challenging behaviors International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2, 213-218.

Haesler, E., Bauer, M., & Nay, R. (2007). Staff-family relationships in the care of older people: a report on a systematic review. Research in Nursing & Health, 30, 385-398.

Bauer, M., & McKenzie, G. (2007). Using agar to teach the importance of hand hygiene. Nurse Educator, 32(6), 236-237.  

Bauer, M., McAuliffe, L., & Nay, R. (2007). Sexuality, health care and the older person: An overview of the literature. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2, 63-68.

McAuliffe, L., Bauer, M., & Nay, R. (2007). Barriers to the expression of sexuality in the older person: The role of the health professional. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2, 69-75. 

Nay, R., McAuliffe, L., & Bauer, M. (2007). Sexuality: From Stigma, Stereotypes and Secrecy to Coming Out, Communication and Choice. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2, 76-80.

Bauer, M. (2006). Collaboration and Control: Nurses' constructions of the role of family in Nursing Home care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(1), 45-52.  

Haesler, E., Bauer, M., & Nay, R. (2006). Factors associated with constructive nursing staff-family relationships in the care of older adults in the institutional setting. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare 4, 288-336.     

Book Chapters

McAuliffe, L. Nay, R. Bauer, M. (2012) Sexuality, body awareness, relationships- maintaining roles and status. In J. Reed (Ed.), Nursing Older Adults. Open University Press.

Bauer, M., McAuliffe, L. & Nay, R. (2009). Sexuality and the reluctant health professional. In R. Nay & S. Garratt (Eds.), Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care (3rd Ed.) (pp 292-309). Elsevier, Sydney.

Nolan, M., Bauer, M. & Nay, R. (2009). Supporting family carers: Implementing a relational and dynamic approach. In R. Nay & S. Garratt (Eds.), Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care (3rd Ed.) (pp 136-152). Elsevier, Sydney.

Bauer, M. (2009). Hygiene. In Dempsey, J., French, J., Hillage, S. & Wilson, V. Fundamentals of Nursing & Midwifery: A Person Centred Approach to Care (pp. 862-907). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Sydney.

Bauer, M. (2009).  Rest and Sleep. In Dempsey, J., French, J., Hillage, S. & Wilson, V.  Fundamentals of Nursing & Midwifery: A Person Centred Approach to Care (pp.1002 – 1025). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Sydney.