Targeting in Community Care: A Review of Recent Literature and Analysis of the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Data Set
Report on recent literature and analysis of the aged care assessment program minimum data set
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Anna Howe1, Colleen Doyle2 and Yvonne Wells2
April 2006
Contributions of authors
AH contacted key authors and centres, conducted grey literature searches; compiled literature into domains; reviewed key journals and departmental literature search documents; wrote first draft summaries of Part B literature domains 3, 7, 8 & 9 and jointly wrote Part A with CD.CD conducted OVID searches, grey literature searches, Cochrane and Current Controlled Trial searches; reviewed key journals and departmental literature search documents; wrote first draft summaries for Part B literature domains 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 and jointly wrote Part A with AH. AH & CD reviewed each other’s choices of articles according to exclusion and inclusion criteria and revised all first drafts.
YW provided analyses and summaries of ACAP MDS data and wrote and revised Part C.
The work reported here is the responsibility of the authors alone, and is based on the best information available to the authors at the time of writing.
Suggested citation
Howe, A., Doyle, C., & Wells, Y. (2006) Targeting in community care: a review of recent literature and analysis of the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Data Set. Unpublished report to the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.1 Consultant gerontologist
2 Lincoln Centre for Ageing and Community Care Research, Australian Institute of Primary Care, La Trobe University
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Program/Initiatives
- Better Oral Health in Residential Care training
- Multidisciplinary Case Conferencing
- Aged Care Access Initiative
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for Residential Aged care Facilities on how to get involved
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for GPs and Allied Health Providers on how to get involved
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