residential aged care facilities
Roles for pharmacists in improving the quality use of psychotropic medicines in residential aged care facilities
... The major psychotropic drug classes are antipsychotics, antidepressants and anxiolytic/hypnotics. Professional guidelines advise that these agents should only be prescribed to manage behavioural and psychological ...
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The lived experience of younger people with a disability living in residential aged care facilities: a phenomenological study
... in residential aged care facilities compared to what is observed in other countries such as Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom (Price Waterhouse Cooper, ...in residential ...
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Texture-modified food and fluids in dementia and residential aged care facilities
... Results: A total of 3,722 publications were identified, and 22 studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies were heterogeneous in design and methodology. There were no publications examin- ing dementia exclusively; ...
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Silent and suffering: a pilot study exploring gaps between theory and practice in pain management for people with severe dementia in residential aged care facilities
... in residential aged care ...in residential aged care facilities is not proactively assessed; pain tools exist in the facility but are not used or found use- ful; both ...
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Examining the role of information exchange in residential aged care work practices-a survey of residential aged care facilities
... Methods: A survey of staff (n = 119), including managers, health informatics officers (HIOs), quality improvement staff, registered nurses (RNs), enrolled nurses (ENs)/endorsed enrolled nurses (EENs) and assistants in ...
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Supporting residents’ expression of sexuality: the initial construction of a sexuality assessment tool for residential aged care facilities
... proving care for older people living in aged care facil- ...in aged care facilities “need…tools in order to address residents’ [sexual expression] and the many bar- riers to ...
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Costs of potentially inappropriate medication use in residential aged care facilities
... the Residential Environment for Dementia (INSPIRED) study is a cross- sectional observational study of residential aged care facilities in Australia and was designed to include ...
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A qualitative study exploring issues related to medication management in residential aged care facilities
... cost-effective care for patients based on their ...health care institutions, issuance of a prescription by a doctor as well as documentation of any procedure related to the patient in the patient’s records, ...
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Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia
... dential Care: A pilot study, unpublished, ...vision care on their own in the usual care arm, or people who refuse the intervention in the intervention arm) and loss to follow-up (~ 25% largely due to ...
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Geriatrician interventions on medication prescribing for frail older people in residential aged care facilities
... by a senior registered nurse. The assessment includes a comprehensive diagnosis list, justification of all medica- tions documented, functional profile, cognitive assessment confirming the presence or absence of ...
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An instrument to assess the education needs of nursing assistants within a palliative approach in residential aged care facilities
... Palliative Care Survey (PCS) [22], have demonstrated low scores compared to registered or licensed nurses [24, ...palliative care [20 – 24], this study shows that across the spectrum of experience, nurs- ...
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Medication incident reporting in residential aged care facilities: Limitations and risks to residents’ safety
... deputy care manager (Site A) also reported that the most common incidents were related to staff adminis- tering medications and then realising that they have not signed the administration sheet but do so ...
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Lived experiences and the design implications for living and dying with dementia in residential aged care facilities
... Australian aged care system (Andrews-Hall et ...xix). Care provision and accreditation is overly process-based, bureaucratic and reporting requirements reduce the time for personal care and ...
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The association between benzodiazepine use and sleep quality in residential aged care facilities: a cross-sectional study
... extracted from current medication charts, providing a more accurate reflection of actual medication exposure than relying on prescribing or dispensing data to ascertain medication use. We conducted separate analyses for ...
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A protocol for an individualised, facilitated and sustainable approach to implementing current evidence in preventing falls in residential aged care facilities
... A cost effectiveness analysis will be conducted as a part of this project from societal and health-service provider (residential aged care facility) perspectives. The costs of program implementation ...
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<p>Using the Delphi Method to Identify Risk Factors Contributing to Adverse Events in Residential Aged Care Facilities</p>
... errors, infectious diseases, falls, pressure ulcers, and other injuries to older adults in the caring process. 22 Adverse events are a signi fi cant issue in RACF settings as they can lead to substantial morbidity and ...
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Emergency department transfers and hospital admissions from residential aged care facilities: a controlled pre-post design study
... low care beds in Newcastle, Australia, between March and November ...clinical care manual to support care along with a nurse led telephone triage line, education, establishing goals of care ...
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Medication supply to residential aged care facilities in Western Australia using a centralized medication chart to replace prescriptions
... The use of a centralized medication chart model was proposed under the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agree- ment [7]. This model was also supported by stake- holders in the HMA review who identified resources needed to ...
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<p>Medication Regimen Complexity In 8 Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Impact Of Age, Length Of Stay, Comorbidity, Frailty, And Dependence In Activities Of Daily Living</p>
... community-based aged care, residents admitted to RACFs are increasingly older, frailer and have more complex care ...long-term care facilities use 9 or more regular ...
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An integrated oral health program for rural residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods comparative study
... The audit tool was developed in 2 stages. The first stage involved development of an initial draft based on the Australian Aged Care Quality Accreditation Stand- ard 2.15, and the National Oral Health ...
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