Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders

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 16 Issue 4 November 2021

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 3 August 2021

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 2 May 2021

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 16 Issue 1 February 2021

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 4 November 2020

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for improving aged care in Australia

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 3 August 2020

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 2 May 2020

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Special Issue 1.2 April 2020

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 15 Issue 1 February 2020

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 4 November 2019

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 3 August 2019

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 2 May 2019

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 14 Issue 1 February 2019

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 4 November 2018

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 3 August 2018

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 2 May 2018

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 1 February 2018

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 4 November 2017

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 3 August 2017

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 2 May 2017

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 1 February 2017

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 4 November 2016

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 3 August 2016

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 2 May 2016

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 11 Issue 1 February 2016

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10 Issue 4 November 2015

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10 Issue 3 August 2015

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2015

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 10, Issue 1, Feb 2015

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9, Issue 4, Dec 2014

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9 Supplement Edition Dec 2014

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9 Issue 3 Sep 2014

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 9, Issue 2, Jul 2014

Volume 9 Issue 1 Feb 2014

Volume 8, Issue 3, Dec 2013

Volume 8, Issue 2, Jun 2013

Volume 8, Issue 1, Mar 2013

Volume 7, Issue 3, Sep 2012

Volume 7, Issue 2, Jun 2012: Special Edition

Volume 6, Issue 4, Dec 2011

Volume 6, Issue 3, Sep 2011

Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2011

Volume 6, Issue 1, Feb 2011: Consolidation

Volume 5, Supplement, 2 Dec 2010: Special Edition

Volume 5, Issue 3, Aug 2010

Volume 5, Issue 2, Jun 2010

Volume 5, Issue 1, Feb 2010
