Search Results - "Commonwealth Fund"
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Accessing the NDIS - Assisting people with psychosocial disability to access the NDIS: a guide for Commonwealth-funded community mental health service providers.
Published 2017“…The practice guide has been developed to assist Commonwealth-funded community mental health and carer respite program providers in supporting participants to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). …”
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The Integration of Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes in the Australian Higher Education Sector. Part I: Integration, Evidence and Legal Consequences
Published 2021“…Australian Commonwealth-funded reports and academic literature suggest that it is difficult for universities to produce convincing evidence that the institutions have comprehensively and systematically developed the learning outcomes and graduate attributes promoted in their educational policy. …”
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Reducing pressure ulcer prevalence in residential aged care: results from phase II of the PRIME trial
Published 2009“…A total of 1228 residents from 23 residential aged care facilities were enrolled in this Commonwealth-funded study. The findings suggest that the PRIME intervention significantly reduced pressure ulcer prevalence risk by 52% (p<0.001) and highlighted the association between cachexia, Braden sub-scales for activity, nutrition, friction/shear and pressure ulcer risk. …”
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Pressure ulcer prevalence and its relationship to comorbidity in nursing homeresidents: results from phase 1 of the PRIME Trial.
Published 2005“…A total of 1956 residents from 23 nursing homes in NSW, VIC, SA and WA were enrolled in this Commonwealth funded study. This paper presents the results from phase 1 of the trial and indicates that the prevalence of pressure ulcers in the cohort of 1956 residents was 25.9%. …”
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Improving pressure ulcer management in Australian nursing homes: results of the PRIME Trial organisational study
Published 2006“…A total of 1956 residents from 23 nursing homes in NSW, Vic, SA and WA were enrolled in this Commonwealth funded study.This paper presents the results from phase 1 of the trial and indicates that the prevalence of pressure ulcers in the cohort of 1956 residents was 25.9%. …”
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Advocacy for older people against the backdrop of the Royal Commission and Covid-19 pandemic
Published 2021“…OPAN provides free support to older people and their representatives to address issues related to Commonwealth-funded aged care services as well as elder abuse. …”
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Changing petroleum engineering education to meet industry demand
Published 2010“…This loss in both student numbers and staff at the same time threatened the department’s future, and resulted in the need for a new focus to return the department to stability.A number of new initiatives were introduced, which included: bringing industry into the decision-making processes; introducing a new two-year Masters program to assist high quality migrant students obtain Australian permanent residency; increasing the advertising of petroleum engineering as a career option to schools and industry; linking with UNSW, UWA and Adelaide universities to establish a joint Masters program; introducing a new Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering; changing the block form of teaching to a semester-based form; and having the Commonwealth recognise the new Masters program for Commonwealth funding of Australian students as a priority pathway to a career as a petroleum engineer while the Bachelors program gathered momentum. …”
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