Aged care quality and safety
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Australia's aged care system: the quality of care experience and community expectations
This research paper highlights the need for comprehensive change in aged care and the Australian community’s strong commitment to achieve it.
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Does the quality of residential aged care vary with residents’ financial means?
This research, prepared by the the Office of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, investigates whether the quality of aged care facilities varies with residents’ financial means.
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Hospitalisations in Australian aged care: 2014/15–2018/19
This research by the Office of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety shows the rates of hospitalisation of aged care facility residents aged 65 years or more.
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Report of the Independent Review of COVID-19 outbreaks at St Basil’s and Epping Gardens aged care facilities
The federal Department of Health commissioned this independent review into COVID-19 outbreaks at St Basil's Home for the Aged in Fawkner, and Heritage Care Epping Gardens. The purpose of the review was to provide the public with expert independent analysis, and assist the Department in understanding the lessons learnt, based on the experiences of those...
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Experimental estimates of the prevalence of elder abuse in Australian aged care facilities
Just under 40 per cent of people living in Australian aged care facilities experience elder abuse in the form of neglect, emotional abuse or physical abuse, according to experimental estimates outlined in this report.