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Understanding Frailty In Older People: An Epidemiological Insight
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$314,644.00
Summary
We need to find better and more efficient ways to identify older people at risk of poor outcomes. The measurement of frailty, a key concept in geriatric medicine, may provide this exact information. The proposed research will investigate frailty in large-scale population datasets across both community and hospital settings. Results can be used to guide patient management, influence public health policy and inform future intervention studies.
Implementing Delirium Prevention In Hospitalised Older Patients Using Normalisation Process Theory
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$175,303.00
Summary
Hospital-acquired delirium in older people is preventable. The study aim is to translate the research evidence for the prevention and management of delirium in hospitalised older people into practice. The outcome will be person and family-centred delirium prevention practices embedded into nursing work, with delirium prevention integrated into the workplace culture of Gold Coast Health. A collaborative implementation model inclusive of end users, namely nurses and consumers, will be used.
Prospective Study Of The Emergence Of Syndromal And Sub Syndromal Anxiety And Depression During Cognitive Decline.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$555,696.00
Summary
In older people it is well known that memory impairment and cognitive decline are associated with depression and anxiety. However, it is remains quite uncertain which comes first. For a long time it had been thought that deteriorating brain function associated with ageing and the development of dementia is also the cause of new symptoms of depression and anxiety found in older people. Recently, some evidence has emerged to challenge this hypothesis. So we plan to study this question in detail wi ....In older people it is well known that memory impairment and cognitive decline are associated with depression and anxiety. However, it is remains quite uncertain which comes first. For a long time it had been thought that deteriorating brain function associated with ageing and the development of dementia is also the cause of new symptoms of depression and anxiety found in older people. Recently, some evidence has emerged to challenge this hypothesis. So we plan to study this question in detail with data from an existing longitudinal study of ageing women.Read moreRead less
Optimising Pharmaceutical Care For People With Dementia In Acute Care Settings
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$719,637.00
Summary
Delivering appropriate acute care services for people with dementia is a major healthcare challenge in Australia. People with dementia do not receive appropriate care in hospitals and are more likely to experience worse clinical outcomes compared to people without dementia. This proposal will establish the first large-scale multi-centre cohort of inpatients with dementia, to systematically investigate the impact of hospitalisation on prescribing, clinical and patient-centred outcomes.
Falls and broken bones are costly health problems among the elderly, even more so when there is a growing older population aged over 65 years. In Australia about 1 million older people have at least one fall each year and about 40-60% will sustain major injuries including broken bones. Therefore there is a need to identify effective ways to reduce falls and improve outcomes of those who break a bone, especially of the hip.
Frailty Trans-Disciplinary Research To Achieve Healthy Ageing
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,301,169.00
Summary
Frailty may lead to a loss of independence which is more common with ageing but not inevitable. This centre of research excellence brings together a national team of clinician and academic researchers and forges strong links to three international centres of excellence in frailty research. Whilst providing new opportunities for the next generation of frailty clinicians and researchers, new research evidence to support the prevention and treatment of this hidden health issue will be developed.
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