Are we respecting the wishes of older persons who are living in residential aged care?
Older persons living in residential aged care are frequent users of ambulance services and hospital emergency departments (ED). A clinical audit of 300 randomly selected presentations from aged care to ED found that residents were often transferred to hospital against their values, preferences and d...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
2019
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| Online Access: | https://agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions/Pages/default.aspx http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75741 |