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About the Australian Consortium for Aged Care

A national consortium of Australia’s leading researchers in aged care and implementation science has formed to answer key research questions that underpin, inform and monitor the policy response and implementation of the recommendations and invaluable work of the Royal Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

National research consortium members

Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite

Professor Johanna Westbrook

Associate Professor Peter Hibbert

Dr Louise Wiles

Aged Care Evaluation and Research (ACER) team

University of Queensland / Queensland University of Technology

Professor Len Gray

Professor Elizabeth Beattie

Associate Professor Tracy Comans

Registry of Senior Australians, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

Professor Steve Wesselingh

Associate Professor Maria Inacio

Associate Professor Gillian Caughey

Associate Professor Craig Whitehead

Selected publications

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Residential medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care facilities

Sluggett, J. K., Bell, J. S., Lang, C., Corlis, M., Whitehead, C., Wesselingh, S. L., & Inacio, M. C. (2021). The Medical Journal of Australia

Reducing preventable harm to residents in aged care: a systems approach

Hibbert, P. D., Clay-Williams, R., Westbrook, J., Reed, R. L., Georgiou, A., Wiles, L. K., … Braithwaite, J. (2020). Australasian Journal on Ageing.

Trends, determinants and differences in antibiotic use in 68 residential aged care homes in Australia, 2014–2017: a longitudinal analysis of electronic health record data

Raban, M. Z., Lind, K. E., Day, R. O., Gray, L., Georgiou, A., & Westbrook, J. I. (2020). BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 1-12. [883].

Adverse Events, Functional Decline, and Access to Allied Health Therapies for Patients With Dementia During Acute Hospitalization

Fox A, MacAndrew M, Wyles K, Yelland C, Beattie E. Journal of Applied Gerontology. May 2020.