Flinders University
Ms Stacey Masters
Ms
Stacey
Masters
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/stacey.masters
| Position/s: | PhD Candidate General Practice |
| Research Associate General Practice | |
| Phone: | +61 8 72218541 |
| Email: | stacey.masters@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Health Sciences Building (3.14) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Qualifications
MSc(PHC), BN, Dip. Nursing
Honours, awards and grants
Australian Postgraduate Award, Flinders University 2009
Teaching
Teaching interests
Tutor, HLTH3105, Quantitative Methods for Social Health Research, S2, 2011
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Aged care. Medical and nursing interventions that promote quality in health care for older adults and enrich the older person's experience of health care. Policy directions in health and aged care. The diminished role of nursing in aged care and inherent devaluation of the health care needs of older persons.
Publications
Books
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2003. Public health nutrition: identifying models and effective approaches to workforce development, Adelaide, SA: South Australian Community Health Research Unit.
Refereed journal articles
Masters, S.C., Giles, L.C., Halbert, J.A., & Crotty, M., 2010. Development and Testing of a Questionnaire to Measure the Older Person's Experience of the Transition Care Program in Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29(4), 172-178.
Yaxley, A., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., Ahern, M.J., & Crotty, M., 2010. Body composition in older orthopaedic rehabilitation inpatients: Are field methods valid?. Nutrition and Dietetics, 67(3), 160-165.
Fares, S., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., & Crotty, M., 2008. Measuring energy expenditure in community-dwelling older adults: are portable methods valid and acceptable?. Journal of The American Dietetic Association, 108(3), 544-548.
Masters, S.C., Halbert, J.A., Crotty, M., & Cheney, F., 2008. What are the first quality reports from the transition care program in Australia telling us?. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 27(2), 97-102.
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2002. Exploring the links between community health services and non-government organisations in two regions of South Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 8(1), 57-64.
Refereed conference papers
Masters, S.C., 2004. Shifting sands: articulating a new relationship between funders, funded agencies and evaluation. Diverse Voices in Evaluation, (TH4), 1-8.
Jolley, G.M., Masters, S.C., Baum, F.E., Duffy, J.M., & Bament, D.J., 2003. Measuring the effectiveness of community health services. Research - making a difference to health and health care, 103-104.
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2001. Exploring the Links Between Community Health Services and Non-Government Organisations in Two Regions of South Australia. 'What type of Society do we want in the 21st Century?' Session 9 - Education, 1-12.
Conference publications
Masters, S.C., Whitehead, C.H., Davies, O.J., White, H., Duffield, M., Smith, P., & Crotty, M., 2010. Coaching Older Adults and their Carers to have their preferences Heard: a RCT in Transition Care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29(s1).
Books
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2003. Public health nutrition: identifying models and effective approaches to workforce development, Adelaide, SA: South Australian Community Health Research Unit.
Refereed journal articles
Masters, S.C., Giles, L.C., Halbert, J.A., & Crotty, M., 2010. Development and Testing of a Questionnaire to Measure the Older Person's Experience of the Transition Care Program in Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29(4), 172-178.
Yaxley, A., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., Ahern, M.J., & Crotty, M., 2010. Body composition in older orthopaedic rehabilitation inpatients: Are field methods valid?. Nutrition and Dietetics, 67(3), 160-165.
Fares, S., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., & Crotty, M., 2008. Measuring energy expenditure in community-dwelling older adults: are portable methods valid and acceptable?. Journal of The American Dietetic Association, 108(3), 544-548.
Masters, S.C., Halbert, J.A., Crotty, M., & Cheney, F., 2008. What are the first quality reports from the transition care program in Australia telling us?. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 27(2), 97-102.
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2002. Exploring the links between community health services and non-government organisations in two regions of South Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 8(1), 57-64.
Refereed conference papers
Masters, S.C., 2004. Shifting sands: articulating a new relationship between funders, funded agencies and evaluation. Diverse Voices in Evaluation, (TH4), 1-8.
Jolley, G.M., Masters, S.C., Baum, F.E., Duffy, J.M., & Bament, D.J., 2003. Measuring the effectiveness of community health services. Research - making a difference to health and health care, 103-104.
Jolley, G.M. & Masters, S.C., 2001. Exploring the Links Between Community Health Services and Non-Government Organisations in Two Regions of South Australia. 'What type of Society do we want in the 21st Century?' Session 9 - Education, 1-12.
Conference publications
Masters, S.C., Whitehead, C.H., Davies, O.J., White, H., Duffield, M., Smith, P., & Crotty, M., 2010. Coaching Older Adults and their Carers to have their preferences Heard: a RCT in Transition Care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29(s1).
Fares, S., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., & Crotty, M., 2007. Evaluation of a portable, hand-held calorimeter for measurement of resting energy expenditure in a sample of healthy older Australians. Nutrition & Dietetics, 64(Suppl. 1), S15-S15.
Yaxley, A., Miller, M.D., Masters, S.C., Ahern, M.J., & Crotty, M., 2007. Validation of alternative methods of measuring body composition in elderly orthopaedic patients participating in rehabilitation. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 11(5), 404-404.
Other public research outputs
Giles, L.C., Halbert, J.A., Stepien-Hulleman, J.M., Eckermann, S.D., Masters, S.C., Prendergast, J., Whitehead, C.H., Cheney, F., & Crotty, M., 2008. National evaluation of the Transition Care Program RFT 206/0506: final evaluation report.
Further information
My PhD has centred on transitions for older adults who have been admitted to hospital and require additional support to return home or who are not able to return home and are waiting for a residential aged care bed. Providing the 'right care in the right place at the right time' can maximise the older person's function, delay admission to residential care and free up acute hospital beds. For the older person the experience is, increasingly, one of multiple transitions across sites of care and between levels of care within the same site.
In November 2009 I was preparing a presentation and searching for images that captured the experience of older adults at points of transition. Many older persons have shared their stories through interviews at the Repatriation General Hospital and as part of recruitment for the 'Coaching Older Adults and their Carers to have their preferences Heard' (COACH) trial at City Views Transition Care Service (May 2008 to March 2010).
Our research participants are in their eighties and nineties, medically frail and often have problems with cognition. For me, the following image captures the essence of that experience. Placing trust in others to make good decisions, and waiting to hear where they are going next, are just two of many possible interpretations of this photo.
Waiting in Grand Central Station, New York 2003
Photograph by James Maher Photography
