Nurses, Older People And Hospitals: Meeting New Challenges.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$462,500.00
Summary
This project addresses an area of pressing international concern- how to improve health care provision in acute care hospitals to a growing group of patients, people aged 85 years and over. It is known that people 85 years and over have complex health needs. It is also known that older people typically do not do well in hospital. In fact, there is often a decline in their health following hospitalisation. The need to cope with older and often sicker patients will continue to place, substantial p ....This project addresses an area of pressing international concern- how to improve health care provision in acute care hospitals to a growing group of patients, people aged 85 years and over. It is known that people 85 years and over have complex health needs. It is also known that older people typically do not do well in hospital. In fact, there is often a decline in their health following hospitalisation. The need to cope with older and often sicker patients will continue to place, substantial pressure on the acute hospital system and those who work in it. The Registered Nurse [RN], as a part of the health care team, has a pivotal role in providing and coordinating the care that people 85 and over require while in hospital. Yet, little is known about the problems that RNs face in providing care to people 85 and over in hospital. The aim of this project is to identify the problems that impact upon RNs in the provision of care to people 85 years and over and find innovative solutions to those problems. In so doing, the final project recommendations will address ways to assist RNs to enhance the care of people 85 and over in hospital, and at the same time enhance the professional working life of RNs. These recommendations will feed into health and aged care policy development, and the educational preparation of nurses, and thus will have relevance at an individual, organisational, and policy level.Read moreRead less
Effect Of An Interactive Therapeutic Robotic Animal On Engagement, Mood States, Agitation And Antipsychotic Drug Use In People With Dementia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,144,641.00
Summary
This study aims to reduce the impact of dementia symptoms and burden on the person with dementia, family and care staff, as well as potentially reducing pharmaceutical usage through an engaging activity using a robotic animal called PARO.
Preventing Recurrence Of Leg Ulcers In Older Adults With Peripheral Vascular Disease: Identifying Predictors And Evaluating Strategies.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$311,860.00
Summary
Peripheral vascular disease – disease of the arteries and veins in the limbs – leads to chronic leg ulcers for 1–4% of adults aged over 60. The ulcers are slow and difficult to heal and after healing, up to 70% recur, many within a few weeks. The aim of this research is to identify predictors and evaluate strategies to prevent recurrence of chronic leg ulcers; and improve our understanding of relationships between biology, localised disease and health in adults suffering from chronic leg ulcers.
Identification Of Early Predictors Of Non-healing Venous Leg Ulcers And Development Of A Risk Assessment Tool
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$43,271.00
Summary
Venous leg ulcers make up about 70% of all chronic leg ulcers and are often debilitating. This project aims to examine the relationships between physiological and psychosocial variables in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers in relation to healing at 24 weeks thereby guiding the development of a risk assessment tool that will then be tested. Identification of risk factors for non-healing at 24 weeks would offer an opportunity for clinicians to be able to determine realistic outcomes.