A scoping review of adverse incidents research in aged care homes: Learnings, gaps, and challenges

B St Clair, M Jorgensen, A Nguyen… - Gerontology and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Adverse incidents are well studied within acute care settings, less so within
aged care homes. The aim of this scoping review was to define the types of adverse …

Mapping the rise of digital mental health technologies: Emerging issues for law and society

P Gooding - International journal of law and psychiatry, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of digital technologies in mental health initiatives is expanding, leading to calls for
clearer legal and regulatory frameworks. However, gaps in knowledge about the scale and …

Co-designing a dashboard of predictive analytics and decision support to drive care quality and client outcomes in aged care: a mixed-method study protocol

K Ludlow, J Westbrook, M Jorgensen, KE Lind… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction There is a clear need for improved care quality and quality monitoring in aged
care. Aged care providers collect an abundance of data, yet rarely are these data integrated …

A systematic review of opioid prevalence in Australian residential aged care facilities

LA Dowd, L Reynolds, AJ Cross, F Veal… - … Journal on Ageing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To systematically review the prevalence of opioid prescribing, dispensing and
administration in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Methods MEDLINE …

Transforming routinely collected residential aged care provider data into timely information: current and future directions

KL Seaman, ML Jorgensen, MZ Raban… - … Journal on Ageing, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic information systems are becoming increasingly common in residential aged care
in Australia. These systems contain valuable data generated during day‐to‐day care …

Integrating pharmacists into aged care facilities to improve the quality use of medicine (PiRACF Study): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

S Kosari, J Koerner, M Naunton, GM Peterson, I Haider… - Trials, 2021 - Springer
Background Medication management in residential aged care facilities is an ongoing
concern. Numerous studies have reported high rates of inappropriate prescribing and …

Longitudinal cohort study of discrepancies between prescribed and administered polypharmacy rates: implications for National Aged Care Quality Indicator Programs

N Wabe, R Urwin, K Seaman… - BMJ Quality & …, 2024 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Polypharmacy is frequently used as a quality indicator for older adults in
Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) and is measured using a range of definitions. The …

Trends, determinants and differences in antibiotic use in 68 residential aged care homes in Australia, 2014–2017: a longitudinal analysis of electronic health record …

MZ Raban, KE Lind, RO Day, L Gray… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Internationally, point prevalence surveys are the main source of antibiotic use
data in residential aged care (RAC). Our objective was to describe temporal trends in …

Duration of antipsychotic medication use by aged care facility residents with dementia

KE Lind, MZ Raban, A Georgiou… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: This work was a retrospective dynamic cohort study of people aged 65 years or
above with dementia in 68 residential aged facilities during the period spanning from 2014 …

Impact of on-site pharmacists in residential aged care facilities on the quality of medicines use: a cluster randomised controlled trial (PiRACF study)

I Haider, S Kosari, M Naunton, T Niyonsenga… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Residents of residential aged care facilities (RACFs) have a high prevalence of use of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and resultant medicines-related harm. This …