Medical details crucial for residential care.

Medical and social factors influencing admission to residential care.

The increasing number of people aged over 75 in Britain makes heavy demands on health and social services. To obtain accurate information for rational allocation of resources to domiciliary and residential services a group of 98 housebound women over 75 were compared with a group of 99 women of the same age in residential care. They had a similar range of physical disorders with the exception t...

Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Position Statement No. 9 Medical Care for People in Residential Aged Care Services

1. People are rarely admitted to residential care facilities for social reasons alone. Dementia, chronic illness and physical disability are the major determinants of admission, and compulsory pre-admission assessments ensure that this is so. Many among the 140,000 people currently living in Commonwealth subsidised residential aged care facilities have complex medical service needs, and augment...

Residential Aged Care Funding

Psychotropic medications for elders in residential care.

Implementation of ‘Goals of Patient Care’ medical treatment orders in residential aged care facilities: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

INTRODUCTION Systematic reviews demonstrate that advance care planning (ACP) has many positive effects for residents of aged care facilities, including decreased hospitalisation. The proposed Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) 'Goals of Patient Care' (GOPC) form incorporates a resident's prior advance care plan into medical treatment orders. Where none exists, it captures residents' preferen...