Research

A new research paper by the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University highlights the need for comprehensive change in aged care and the Australian community’s strong commitment to achieve it.

New research by the Office of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety investigates whether the quality of aged care facilities varies with residents’ financial means.

New research by the Office of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety shows the rates of hospitalisation of aged care facility residents aged 65 years or more.

Around 39.2 per cent of people living in Australian aged care facilities experience elder abuse in the form of neglect, emotional abuse or physical abuse according to experimental estimates by the Office of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

New research shows many people in non-metropolitan regions move more than 100 kilometres, or drive for more than 60 minutes, from their home when they begin permanent residential aged care or use respite in an aged care facility.

The research was conducted to improve understanding of quality in the aged care system. The report presents over 50 quality indicators about residential aged care including how results are distributed across facilities.

In this survey, telephone interviews were conducted between mid-April 2020 and early June 2020 with a randomly drawn representative sample of 1,223 respondents with questionnaires exploring quality of care, general life satisfaction, quality of life, and concerns and complaints.

This report presents the results of a survey designed to enable those living in residential aged care, including those living with cognitive decline, to express how they feel about their lives and the care they receive.

The Royal Commissioners into Aged Care Quality and Safety engaged global professional services firm BDO to analyse the data supplied by aged care providers to the Australian Department of Health.

Research and modelling by Deloitte Access Economics examines key aged care funding reforms the Royal Commission is considering. The modelling indicates reform would need new funding equivalent to a 1 percentage point increase in income tax rates.

The University of Wollongong conducted its research in collaboration with the University of Queensland for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Their work provides a measure of relative care needs to assist with supplying data and care quality indicators.

The University of Queensland conducted its research for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety using detailed financial data, a comprehensive set of care quality indicators for aged care homes, and a measure of relative care needs, which was developed by the University of Wollongong in Research Paper 10.

The new research from SAHMRI examines practices in 11 countries and 305 care quality indicators. In addition to Australia, the countries were New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland.

Paper 7 - Models of Integrated Care, Health and Housing provides an overview and analysis of integrated models of care for older people, as they relate to health care, social care, and housing or accommodation in Australia.

Landmark new research by Flinders University shows Australians strongly support increased funding to ensure universal access to high-quality aged care services in the future. The research was conducted for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and is based on a survey of 10,000 adults not currently using aged care services.

Prepared for the Royal Commission by Ipsos, this paper is the result of 35 focus groups and 30 in-depth interviews conducted during July-September 2019 about attitudes to ageing and aged care.

Prepared for the Royal Commission by Roy Morgan, this paper surveys 10,000 people seeking their views on ageing and aged care.

To assist the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, a review of international models of aged care has been undertaken, identifying key innovative models of care from Australia and around the world.

This review of international approaches to the provision of long-term care (LTC) aims to provide learnings for the aged care system in Australia and to situate the Australian aged care system within the appropriate global context.

This paper undertakes analysis of international and national staffing profiles for residential aged care services in order to better understand how staffing can be improved in Australia. This analysis will contribute to a better understanding of the costs involved in delivering higher quality care through effective staffing levels in residential aged care facilities.