Australian Consortium for Aged Care
The ACAC was formed in 2020 and is comprised of Australia’s leading researchers in aged care and implementation science.
ACAC takes a systems‑wide approach to addressing key research questions that underpin, inform, and improve the quality of long term care services for older people, both in Australia and internationally.
The ACAC Founding Members expertise and leadership spans many areas, including:
The evidence base for aged care settings
Aged care epidemiology
Aged care policy and research translation
Models of aged care service delivery
Improving the delivery of care through implementation science
Quality and safety monitoring in aged and health care settings
Data infrastructure and informatics
Statistics and predictive analytics
Quality use of medicines and medication management systems in aged care
Network analysis
Collaborative research with consumers and communities.
To ensure older people accessing aged care services, their families and carers, health professionals, service providers, and policymakers and funders have access to reliable, timely and relevant evidence to inform their experience and how to best deliver care to older people.
A national aged care system which every Australian can be proud of, with evidence‑based best practices embedded throughout to deliver safe, high‑quality, person‑centred care that improves quality of care, quality of life, and health outcomes for older people.
Founding Members
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
University of Queensland
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
Registry of Senior Australians Research Centre
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
University of Queensland
Pioneering aged care innovation
The ACAC unites Australia’s leading researchers in aged care and implementation science to enhance the quality of long term care services for older people. Since 2020, we have focused on addressing key research questions that underpin, inform, and improve the quality of care for older people, both in Australia and internationally.
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