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 …

Background Aged care support services in Australia are delivered through home care
packages, permanent residential care, respite care and transition care. This study aimed to …

The prevalence of age-related hearing loss is high among older adults. Growing longevity
and the older profile of aged care residents is likely to result in an increasing incidence of …

Objective To explore variation in medication regimen complexity in residential aged care
facilities (RACFs) according to resident age, length of stay, comorbidity, dementia severity …

By 2050 the number of older persons is expected to double with figures reaching nearly 2.1
billion worldwide. This projection will challenge every nation's ability to provide the …

ObjectiveThis paper presents past trends in resident characteristics and usage patterns in
residential aged care and explores implications for the future. MethodsTime series analyses …

Objective Australia has been undergoing a major aged care reform process since 2012
focused on consumer‐oriented home and community‐supported care, but little is known …

Objective The aim of this study was to use routinely collected electronic medicines
administration (eMAR) data in residential aged care (RAC) to investigate the quality use of …

Although the demand for aged residential care increases, low use of aged residential care
by Indigenous people raises questions about unrecognised barriers to health care. The …

Objective This paper draws attention to the rapidly growing number of Australian
nonagenarians, presents previously unpublished information on this sub‐group of older …