Resources & education
Resources
Information for residents, families, aged care staff and clinicians, written from the perspective of a GP who works in residential aged care. There are four sections. Choose the one you need.
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Aged Care Quality Standards
The Aged Care Quality Standards, in plain language
What each of the strengthened Standards requires of an aged care provider, outcome by outcome, and what that means for day-to-day care — written for residents, families and facility staff.
7 Standards · 34 outcomes interpreted
Read the Standards section →
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Dementia care
Dementia care — our full evidence review
Diagnosis, changed behaviours, medicines and restrictive practices, risk reduction, a graded review of every supplement marketed for memory, and end-of-life care — written for families, aged care staff and clinicians.
10 topics · 5 reader pathways · 103 sources
Read the dementia section →
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Falls and frailty
Falls, frailty and dignity of risk
What prevents falls and what does not, restraint and bed rails, medicines, bone health, what should happen after a fall, and decisions about hip fracture — written for families, aged care staff, clinicians and facility leadership.
10 topics · 46 sources
Read the falls and frailty section →
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Medicines
Medicines and deprescribing
Why medicines need regular review, what deprescribing trials show, antipsychotics and sleeping tablets, preventive medicines when life expectancy is limited, diabetes in frailty, and how medication reviews work — written for families, aged care staff, clinicians and facility leadership.
10 topics · 45 sources
Read the medicines section →