Fighting antibiotic resistance in residential aged care Residential aged care facilities are an important frontier in antibiotic stewardship, but they present their own particular challenges for GPs.
RACGP welcomes Federal Government’s royal commission into aged care RACGP President-elect Dr Harry Nespolon has called for ‘real action’ to ensure GPs can provide vulnerable patients with the best possible care.
Residential aged care visits not financially viable for GPs, expert says Associate Professor Joel Rhee says current Medicare benefits are a barrier to more GPs visiting residential aged care facilities.
Funding boost and new aged care standards for older Australians The Federal Government has announced $106 million in funding to improve facilities and strengthen its aged care watchdog.
Doctors reducing visits to residential aged care facilities, report shows Close to a third of doctors plan to cut back or completely end their visits to patients in residential aged care facilities over the next two years.
Unannounced re-accreditation audits for aged care homes designed to ensure quality compliance The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has replaced announced re-accreditation audits of residential aged care facilities with unannounced audits in a bid to ensure high-quality and safe standards for the care of older people.
Elder abuse: Identifying the signs in general practice The recent World Elder Abuse Awareness Day presented an opportunity to raise awareness about this complex and often hidden form of family violence.
Federal Budget 2018–19: An overview for general practice There has been plenty written about this week’s Federal Budget. The RACGP has praised big-ticket spending in specialist GP training, rural health, aged care, and medical research, but there remains little detail on these and other areas.
The role GPs and coroners can play in reducing preventable deaths in aged care homes GPs need not be apprehensive when working with the coroner’s system.
Government reforms to the aged care system: Will they be enough? The Federal Government seeks to restore trust in Australia’s aged care system with a suite of reforms to the sector.