Residential Aged Care

Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 19 Issue 4 November 2024

We present two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

We present two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

Palliative care involving terminal sedation of a resident in aged care.

A resident is administered medication to which he has a known allergy leads to review of practice and systems of care.

The common underlying factor in both cases was ‘timeliness of care’.

This edition examines the premature deaths of residents due to suboptimal management of diabetes mellitus

The Communiqués

We present two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

The Communiqués

Webinar Recording 1:00pm Wed 13 November 2024

The Communiqués

A culmination of missed opportunities and systemic issues resulted in a poor patient outcome during an interhospital transfer.