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Aged care is one of the nine key priority areas for CHN. In the last year, we’ve funded the University of Canberra to provide the Pharmacists in Residential Aged Care Facilities Program.
With an ever-growing aging population, the 2019 ACT PHN needs assessment identified aged care as a health priority for the ACT region. CHN funded the University of Canberra to provide the Pharmacists in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) Program.
This program aims to reduce inappropriate medications, medication-related adverse effects and hospitalisations, as well as improve quality use of medicines indicators such as reducing use of chemical restraints. Embedding pharmacists into RACFs will provide a collaborative service with pharmacists working with residents and their families, RACF staff, nurses, community pharmacists and other health professionals involved in the care of the resident.
The program will be conducted in two phases. Phase one is a randomised control trial which will test the effectiveness of embedding pharmacists into RACFs and will report upon the initial success of the program. Phase two aims to embed pharmacists into RACFs that were in the control group for phase one, as well as additional ACT RACFs who express interest in the program.
CHN Annual Report 2019-20 - Contents (click to expand)
- From the Chair and CEO
- COVID-19 response
- Priority areas
- Workforce
- Care across the continuum
- Vulnerable groups
- Mental health
- The Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
- Suicide prevention: LifeSpan
- Mental health support: Next Step
- Support following a suicide attempt: The Way Back Support Service
- Borderline Personality Disorder: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Emerging Adults
- Psychosocial support for people with mental illness
- Mental health services for young people: headspace
- Aged Care
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Digital health
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Chronic disease management
- Financial Statements