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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders



Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #13: Hoist and Chair
Two deaths due to head trauma related to use of a mechanical hoist and a lift chair.


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.


Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #11: Falls
Learn from these two cases and the expert commentaries explaining how to prevent falls.


Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #10: Poisons
This podcast focusses on the death of a resident from inadvertent poisoning.


RAC Communiqué Episode #9: Ryans Law
This podcast focusses on harm resulting from failures to listen carefully to family concerns.


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


Clinical Communiqué Volume 12 Issue 1 Winter 2025
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality.

The Communiqués


Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 20 Issue 2 May 2025
Two cases about medical treatment decision-making at the end of life care in people with cognitive impairment.

The Communiqués


Clinical Communiqué Episode #15: Older drivers
In this episode we look at the challenging aspects of determining fitness to drive in older drivers.

The Communiqués
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