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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders
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.
Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 7 Issue 3 July 2022
This edition focuses on safe transfer of care when dealing with critically ill patients.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #12: Positional asphyxia
Death of a resident from positional asphyxia. Highlights need for better internal emergency incident responses and deploying staff.
Future Leaders Communiqué Episode #9: Asplenia
This preventable death of a six-year-old child highlights lessons about the management of sepsis in an asplenic patient.
Clinical Communiqué Volume 9 Issue 2 June 2022
Pre-eminent leaders in health, law, and ethics reflect on the evolution of quality and patient safety in Australia and overseas.
Clinical Communiqué Episode #8: Fall Injuries in Older Adults
Podcast addresses the challenges in assessing older patients who had a fall to avoid delays in recognition and treatment of serious injury.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 21 Issue 3 August 2026
Trusted systems lead to unintended harm. Understanding the risks of misplaced assumptions in aged care practice.
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Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 21 Issue 2 May 2026
Understanding whether non-standard clinical care is suboptimal, consistent with a person's documented authentic wishes or a dignity of risk preference.
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Short course: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Aged Care 2026
This course is designed for consultant physicians, senior clinicians, and clinical leaders working at the frontline of care for older people.
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