The quality and safety commission is rolling out an evidence-based training and support program to reduce the inappropriate use of sedatives in aged care homes in remote and very remote areas.
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RedUSe program could minimise restraint, say stakeholders
Renewed calls for the federal government to roll out an intervention proven to reduce the use of antipsychotics in aged care facilities are going unanswered.
Peak requests $17 million to test in-facility pharmacist model
The peak body representing Australian pharmacists is calling for funding to test an in-house pharmacist model to improve medication safety in residential aged care in its budget submission.
National trial of RedUSe program achieves 13 per cent drop in use of psychotropics
Inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic medications in residential aged care facilities can be reduced using proven intervention strategies, according to new University of Tasmania research.
Change in psychotropic prescribing among residents
The use of antipsychotics in residential aged care has gone down but other medications with similar side effects are being used more often, new research shows.
Providers improving pain management for people with dementia: research
Residential aged care providers may be more effectively recognising and managing pain among people with dementia than they have been in the past, according to a forthcoming study.
Urgent call to act on psychotropic drugs
Researchers say the overuse of psychotropic medication including antipsychotics and sedatives in residential aged care raises significant ethical questions and should be urgently addressed to reduce harmful risks to residents in care.
Psychologists target Treasurer for aged care funds
The Australian Psychological Society wants to pilot a postgraduate student placement program in residential aged care as part of it’s mission to improve access to psychological care services for elderly people.
