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Bowel Management
It has been estimated that constipation affects 74% of nursing home residents. There are many factors that predispose aged care residents to constipation incuding significant causes near the end-of-life.
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Palliative care in RAC
High care facilities (nursing homes) will be able to provide for the palliative care needs of their residents. Most "ageing in place low care facilities (hostels) will do as well. High care facilities have registered and enrolled nurses to provide skilled nursing care at all times.
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Preferred Place of Death
Most people, when asked, indicate that they would prefer to die at home. In the last 50 years in Australia and many parts of the western world however, the number of people who die at home has actually decreased. 16% of people die at home, 20% of people die in hospices, 10% in nursing homes and the rest die in hospitals.
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Paid Careworkers In The Home
When someone is being cared for at home there can be a lot of people involved. Sometimes paid care workers will also come in to provide support.
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In residential care or hospital Managing incontinence Continence Foundation of Australia
Continence Foundation of Australia
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Double Orphan Pension - Australian Government Department of Human Services
Help with the costs of caring for orphaned children or children who are unable to be cared for by their parents in certain circumstances.
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Guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities - A guide for residents and carers
The Guiding Principles for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities promote the safe, quality use of medicines and medication management in your aged care home. The Guiding Principles are published by the Australian Government and are based on evidence and advice from experts, providers and users of medicines in health and aged care services.
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Carers Victoria - About respite
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Carers Victoria - About respite
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Planning for a Home Death
GPs have an essential role to play in enabling home deaths a checklist is provided to help with planning care at home when a patient expresses a wish for a home death
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Infection control strategies for preventing the spread of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes for older people | Cochrane
Infection control strategies for preventing the spread of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes for older people
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Regular reminding to prompt going to the toilet for the management of urinary incontinence in adults | Cochrane
Urinary incontinence is very common amongst elderly long-term residents of nursing homes or hospitals. Prompted voiding is a behavioural therapy used mainly in North American nursing homes. It aims to improve bladder control for people with or without dementia using verbal prompts and positive reinforcement. The review found that although there is suggestive evidence of short-term benefit from prompted voiding, it is not known if these persist. Prompted voiding is also resource-intensive for nursing staff. Prompted voiding can take up a lot of carers time and this hinders its wider use. There was no evidence about long-term effects.
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Types of indwelling urinary catheters for long-term bladder drainage in adults | Cochrane
Prolonged urinary catheterization is common amongst people in long-term care settings, for example in nursing homes or home care. In addition, many people living in the community need to have a permanent catheter. Long-term catheterization was defined as for more than 30 days. We identified only three trials involving 102 adults in various settings. All three trials were too small to provide reliable evidence to indicate which types of catheters are best to use in which patients.
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Withdrawal of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia | Cochrane
Withdrawal of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia
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Interventions to optimise prescribing for older people in care homes | Cochrane
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Exercise for older patients in hospital | Cochrane
This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effects of exercise for older patients who are admitted to hospital. The review shows that:
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Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses | Cochrane
This review aimed to examine whether specialist paediatric home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses reduce the number of hospital admissions and length of stay, enhance health care in the community and reduce stress for families at the time of their child's illness. It is an update of our original review published in 2006. We found seven relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of total of 840 children aged from birth to 18 years with acute and/or chronic illnesses receiving either specialist home-based nursing services or conventional health care. The outcomes included use of health care services, physical and mental health, satisfaction, adverse health outcomes and costs. We decided not to combine the results of these RCTs because of the variety in types of services provided, types of participants and the outcome measures used. The results of individual RCTs show improved satisfaction with home-based care with no adverse impact on physical health outcomes for children. There is some evidence that specialist home-based nursing services reduce the length of hospital stay; however, there is no evidence that it leads to a reduction in use of hospital services. Further trials are required, measuring health, satisfaction, service use and long-term costs.
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Aged care (AIHW)
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Does delivery of home care by outreach nurses improve outcomes for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? | Cochrane
Does delivery of home care by outreach nurses improve outcomes for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
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Absorbent products for moderate-heavy urinary and/or faecal incontinence in women and men | Cochrane
Bladder and bowel control problems are common in women and men and many wear absorbent pads to contain urine and/or faecal leakage and to protect their clothes. In many countries people buy their own absorbent pads, but in some countries (and in institutions such as nursing homes) pads may be purchased and supplied by health services. There are four main designs of bodyworn absorbent products used for moderate-heavy incontinence (i.e. urine or faecal loss that can be contained within a large absorbent pad): disposable pads (sometimes called insert pads) worn with stretch pants, disposable diapers (like babies' nappies), disposable T-shaped diapers (like diapers with a waist-band) and pull-ups (like toddler training pants); there are also washable versions of these. In addition, disposable and washable underpads/bedpads and chairpads may be used, usually to provide 'back-up' for bodyworn pads.
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