DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN AGED CARE FACILITIES

Pain management in residential aged care facilities.

BACKGROUND Persistent pain is prevalent in aged care facilities and there are a number of barriers that make effective pain management more difficult to achieve in this setting. OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to provide an evidence-based approach to assessment and management of pain experienced by residents of aged care facilities. DISCUSSION Barriers to effective pain management in r...

Pharmacological management of pain in Australian Aged Care Facilities.

BACKGROUND up to 80% of residents in aged care facilities (ACFs) experience pain, and previous studies have found that older patients with pain are often undertreated. Few studies have been conducted in Australia evaluating the use of analgesic therapy in ACF residents. OBJECTIVE to explore the use of analgesics among ACF residents, including independent predictors of analgesic use, evaluate ...

Medication charts in residential aged-care facilities.

Pertusis outbreaks in aged-care facilities.

We concur with Al-Murieb and colleagues that pertussis outbreaks are a potential and probably under-recognised problem in aged-care facilities.1 In February 1999, we investigated an outbreak of acute respiratory infection, which had affected over 50% of the residents of a Sydney nursing home. Serological and virological testing pointed to influenza A as the major cause of illness in 19 of 35 co...

A multi-organisation aged care emergency service for acute care management of older residents in aged care facilities.

This case study describes a multi-organisation aged care emergency (ACE) service. The service was designed to enable point-of-care assessment and management for older people in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Design of the ACE service involved consultation and engagement of multiple key stakeholders. The ACE service was implemented in a large geographical region of a single Medicare L...