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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders



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.


Future Leaders Communiqué Episode #6: Opioid - Escalation of Care
The episode examines two topics central to patient safety: iatrogenic injury, and barriers to escalation of care.


Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2021
In this edition, we present a coronial investigation into the death of an elderly Indigenous man in hospital following a surgical procedure.


Clinical Communiqué Episode #6: Access Block
In this podcast episode we look at the problem of access block, a major barrier to delivering safe and timely care to patients in hospitals.


RAC Communiqué Episode #8: RRA and DBMAS
This podcast focuses on harm resulting from resident-on-resident interactions.


Clinical Communiqué Volume 8 Issue 3 September 2021
In this edition we look at paediatric appendicitis - the most common cause of acute abdomen in children.


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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