scholarly journals Why is it so hard to organise healthcare for older people in residential aged care facilities in Australia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Leon Flicker
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Residential Aged Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Residential Aged Care Facilities

Creating the conditions for self-fulfilment for aged care residents

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 777-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Brownie ◽  
Louise Horstmanshof
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Residential Aged Care ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Residential Aged Care Facilities

In 1991 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Principles for Older Persons as a framework for international policy responses to population ageing. These principles promote independence, participation, care, self-fulfilment and dignity as legitimate entitlements of all older people. Although these principles, or variations of them, are embedded in standards of best-practice in residential aged care facilities, the literature shows that in reality institutional care can deny older people opportunities to exercise some of these entitlements. More specifically, residential aged care facilities can deprive older people of access and support to pursue opportunities for the full development of their potential, i.e. their entitlement to self-fulfilment. This discussion article explores the influence of institutional care on older people’s ability to exercise their entitlement to self-fulfilment. We identify the characteristics of a ‘good life’ in institutional care, according to aged care residents themselves. The Eden Alternative™ is presented as a model of aged care that aims to create the conditions for a ‘good life’ and self-fulfilment for aged care residents.

scholarly journals Associations between drug burden index and physical function in older people in residential aged care facilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Wilson ◽  
S. N. Hilmer ◽  
L. M. March ◽  
I. D. Cameron ◽  
S. R. Lord ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Residential Aged Care ◽  
Drug Burden Index ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Residential Aged Care Facilities

scholarly journals Preparing dental graduates to provide care for frail and care-dependent older patients: An educational intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Angie Nilsson ◽  
Louise Young ◽  
Felicity Croker
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Residential Aged Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Residential Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Dental Curriculum

Introduction: Australia’s population is living longer and retaining more of their dentition. While the demand for oral health services in residential aged-care facilities increases, there is a call for further inclusion of gerodontology in the undergraduate dental curriculum. This qualitative study explored the attitude of dental students to providing oral health care to older people using a pilot gerodontology curriculum as an intervention during a final-year clinical placement in Hobart, Tasmania.Methods: Focus groups with undergraduate dental students on clinical placement were conducted in 2018 prior to and after implementation of a pilot gerodontology curriculum. The qualitative data was thematically analysed.Results: Two focus groups were conducted with a total of 18 dental students. The main themes included: applied practical learning in aged care, unpreparedness for managing frail older patients, lack of confidence with the process of gaining consent from people with dementia, barriers to providing care to older people and interactions with residents and staff of residential aged-care facilities. Conclusions: This study highlighted the barriers for dental students providing care to older people. There is a need to evaluate how gerodontology is currently taught in the undergraduate dental curriculum to better prepare the dental workforce to respond effectively and more confidently to the growing population of dentate older people in residential aged-care facilities.

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