Physical Abuse and medication errors by Staff in Aged Care Facilities in Australia

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Radermacher, H., Toh, Y.L., Western, D., Coles, J., Goeman, D. and Lowthian, J., 2018. Staff conceptualisations of elder abuse in residential aged care: A rapid review. Australasian journal on ageing, 37(4), pp.254-267. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajag.12565

Hullick, C., Carpenter, C.R., Critchlow, R., Burkett, E., Arendts, G., Nagaraj, G. and Rosen, T., 2017. Abuse of the older person: is this the case you missed last shift?. Emergency medicine Australasia: EMA, 29(2), p.223. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5612828/

Sharp, C.A., Moore, J.S.S. and McLaws, M.L., 2018. The Coroner's Role in the Prevention of Elder Abuse: A Study of Australian Coroner's Court Cases Involving Pressure Ulcers in Elders. Journal of law and medicine, 26(2), pp.494-509. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/ML_Mclaws2/publication/329987100_The_Coroner's_Role_in_the_Prevention_of_Elder_Abuse_A_Study_of_Australian_Coroner's_Court_Cases_Involving_Pressure_Ulcers_in_Elders/links/5c6240d5299bf1d14cbf85cf/The-Coroners-Role-in-the-Prevention-of-Elder-Abuse-A-Study-of-Australian-Coroners-Court-Cases-Involving-Pressure-Ulcers-in-Elders.pdf

Chen, E.Y., Bell, J.S., Ilomaki, J., Keen, C., Corlis, M., Hogan, M., Van Emden, J., Hilmer, S.N. and Sluggett, J.K., 2019. Medication Regimen Complexity In 8 Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Impact Of Age, Length Of Stay, Comorbidity, Frailty, And Dependence In Activities Of Daily Living. Clinical interventions in aging, 14, p.1783.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815218/

Westbrook, J.I., Li, L., Raban, M.Z., Baysari, M.T., Mumford, V., Prgomet, M., Georgiou, A., Kim, T., Lake, R., McCullagh, C. and Dalla-Pozza, L., 2016. Stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an electronic medication management system to reduce medication errors, adverse drug events and average length of stay at two paediatric hospitals: a study protocol. BMJ open, 6(10), p.e011811. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/6/10/e011811.full.pdf

Chen, E.Y., Wang, K.N., Sluggett, J.K., Ilomäki, J., Hilmer, S.N., Corlis, M. and Bell, J.S., 2019. Process, impact and outcomes of medication review in Australian residential aged care facilities: A systematic review. Australasian journal on ageing, 38, pp.9-25.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajag.12676

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