Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 4 November 2022
Two residents die prematurely due to choking on food.
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About the Residential Aged Care Communiqué
The Residential Aged Care (RAC) Communiqué is an electronic publication containing narrative case reports about lessons learned from Coroners’ investigations into preventable deaths in Residential Aged Care settings. In October 2006, the State Minister for Ageing (Victoria) launched the inaugural edition.
Each edition of the RAC Communiqué focuses on a single theme relevant to the clinicians and care staff in aged care (e.g. physical restraint, falls), and provides up to three investigated and closed case summaries. Commentaries from recognised experts deliver relevant information about optimal clinical practice, and electronic references to key national and international resources are included.
The RAC Communiqué is a resource for educating, engaging and motivating staff to make patient and resident care safer. It addresses the entire socio-technical system of health care from policy to the bedside.
The RAC Communiqué is published free, distributed electronically every quarter, and uses cases from local, interstate, and international jurisdictions to explore the challenges that clinicians, carers, and managers face every day in providing care to aged care residents.
Latest Editions
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 3 August 2022
Two deaths due to head trauma related to use of a mechanical hoist and a lift chair.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 2 May 2022
The death of a young male resident from asphyxia could have been prevented with a better internal emergency incident response.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 1 February 2022
The first issue of Residential Aged Care Communiqué for 2022 focuses on falls and falls management.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 4 November 2021
In this edition, we present a case with a wide range of professional, organisational, and environmental risks.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 3 August 2021
This edition examines two cases where early attention and prompt responses to family concerns may have altered the fatal outcomes.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 2 May 2021
This latest edition of the RAC Communiqué examines resident-on-resident aggression.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 1 February 2021
We present two cases investigated by the coroner’s court because of medication errors a common and dangerous aspect of aged care.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 4 November 2020
Welcome to the final issue of 2020 a busy, exhausting and tragic year.
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for improving aged care in Australia
Read the full article: Click here There are lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for improving residential aged care. Around the world, the...
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 3 August 2020
Aged care homes must continue to provide the care for residents irrespective of whether directly or indirectly affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 2 May 2020
Australia has one of the lowest rates of infection and deaths around the world from COVID-19.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Special Issue 1.2 April 2020
This is a special edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it. The challenges
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 1 February 2020
In this edition we present the investigations into the deaths of one resident choking and, another from mixed prescription drug sedation.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 4 November 2019
Sadly, this issue of the RAC- Communiqué addresses the rarely discussed subject of sexual violence in aged care.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 3 August 2019
Welcome to our fifty-first edition and the third issue of 2019. It is another landmark edition for this publication.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 2 May 2019
Welcome to our 50th edition of the RAC Communiqué. It is a golden landmark we are very proud to have achieved.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 1 February 2019
Welcome to the first issue of 2019. This will be a busy year for all our readers with the Royal Commission and the introduction of the new s
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 4 November 2018
We present the findings of the Coroner’s Inquest into a resident death at an aged care facility in Oakden.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 3 August 2018
Welcome to the third edition of the year. This edition examines the plight of young people who live in residential aged care services (RACS)
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 2 May 2018
Welcome to the second edition of the year, one that features a new editor and a single RACC theme that despite its existence
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 1 February 2018
Welcome to 2018 which looks like it will be busier than last year for the whole aged care sector. This first issue of the year focuses on fa
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 4 November 2017
Welcome to the final issue of the RACC for 2017. It has been an amazingly busy year with residential aged care often being in the news.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 3 August 2017
This issue will depart from our usual format in that we focus on the current landscape of how RACS are providing safe and high quality level
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 2 May 2017
Welcome to the second issue of 2017. This edition focuses on one well-known high-risk medication, the oral anticoagulant warfarin.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 1 February 2017
Welcome to our first issue of 2017. We have kept this issue simple. Three cases are presented without any formal expert commentaries.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 4 November 2016
Welcome to our 40th issue as we celebrate our 10 year anniversary.
Over those 3653 days we have had many nervous and exciting moments. The s
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 3 August 2016
Welcome to the third issue of 2016. This issue focuses on some of the legal aspects of providing care for older people.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 2 May 2016
Welcome to the second issue of 2016. We focus on the gaps in care that arise every year, in every human service, as a result of a much antic
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 1 February 2016
Welcome to our first issue of 2016, which is also the year that marks our tenth anniversary, and so we have a short report about the history
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10 Issue 4 November 2015
Welcome to the final issue for 2015 in which we consolidate the lessons from the case reports we published over the past year. This issue ex
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10 Issue 3 August 2015
Welcome to the third issue for 2015. In this issue we focus on a single tragic event that most readers will already be familiar with concern
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2015
Welcome to the second issue of 2015. In this extended issue we focus on resident-on-resident aggression (RRA). We build on some of the theme
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10, Issue 1, Feb 2015
Welcome to the first issue of the RAC Communiqué for 2015. This contains one new
case that you are probably already aware of involving a fai
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9, Issue 4, Dec 2014
Welcome to the final issue of the RAC Communiqué for 2014. It is a bumper issue with a supplement to cover the complex topics, goals-of-care
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9 Supplement Edition Dec 2014
Welcome to the special supplement of the final issue of the RAC Communiqué for 2014.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9 Issue 3 Sep 2014
Welcome to the third issue of the RAC Communiqué for 2014 in which we examine three cases involving falls.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9, Issue 2, Jul 2014
Welcome to the June 2014 issue of RAC Communiqué, in which we examine two cases involving the use of medication for residents who have
Volume 9 Issue 1 Feb 2014
Welcome to the first issue of RAC Communiqué for 2014. As we explained in our previous issue we are conducting a comprehensive survey of our
Volume 8, Issue 3, Dec 2013
Welcome to the third and final issue of RACC for 2013. This is our 26th issue and seventh year since we were established in October 2006.
Volume 8, Issue 2, Jun 2013
Welcome to our second issue for 2013. This issue focuses on a single and lengthy inquest into a RACS that had an outbreak of gastroenteritis
Volume 8, Issue 1, Mar 2013
Welcome to the first issue of 2013. In this issue we present a fascinating case of a resident who dies within an hour of admission to RACS.
Volume 7, Issue 3, Sep 2012
Welcome to the third issue of 2012, in which we present one new case that potentially covers all the topics from the past 12 months.
Volume 7, Issue 2, Jun 2012: Special Edition
This issue includes a short description of the RACC pilot program and concludes with tips for networking.
Volume 6, Issue 4, Dec 2011
This issue of RAC-Communiqué also provides the opportunity to consider the important factors when we translate recommendations.
Volume 6, Issue 3, Sep 2011
Welcome to our third edition for 2011 in which we discuss the contentious issue of risk, rights and responsibility.
Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2011
Welcome to the second issue of 2011. This edition focuses on the use of mobility aids, specifically motorised scooters and wheelchairs.
Volume 6, Issue 1, Feb 2011: Consolidation
Welcome to the first issue of 2011. This also marks the 15th edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué.
Volume 5, Supplement, 2 Dec 2010: Special Edition
This issue describes two practice change studies drawn from this work using the familiar style and format of the RAC-Communiqué.
Volume 5, Issue 3, Aug 2010
This edition features two cases from the Coroner’s Office in South Australia, both required an extensive investigation and inquest.