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A New Approach to Koori Hospital Liaison Services
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A project to develop and consult on comprehensive guidelines for Victorian health services regarding the delivery and management of effective Koori Liaison Officer services, as a condition of health services receiving enhanced Aboriginal WIES supplements; to develop a transitional plan for any health services currently funded for a Koori Hospital Liaison Officer where projected receipt of the Aboriginal WIES supplement may not cover a full time Liaison Officer salary; and to develop and consult on innovative options for the future provision of Koori Liaison services in light of the recommendations of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hospital Accreditation Project.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2004
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A Pilot Study to Investigate if Wii video game use can improve health and wellbeing of middle and older age women
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This pilot study aims to assess: whether Wii is an acceptable and feasible activity to use in a planned activity group (PAG); whether and how the use of the Wii video game improves social health and mental wellbeing of women over 60 years of age; the intensity and frequency of physical activity in older women while using Wii during a PAG.The study will include women over 60 years of age who attend the groups in Reservoir East Darebin Community Health Centre.
Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Grant |
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CHSD
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2009
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A Way Forward for Consumer, Carer and Community Engagement in Primary Health 2007-2010
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A project to undertake a review of present practices and to develop recommendations about how the Primary Health Branch can continue to support effective consumer, carer and community participation in the primary care sector until 2010.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2007 - 2008
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Adapting Murray Basin Communities
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This project was a small pilot study to test the concepts of place identity in rural communities. Outcomes from this small project were provided in a report to participants, and have been written up in an article for Journal of Rural Studies
La Trobe University Seeder Research Grant |
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JRI
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2010
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Aged Care and Community Care Services Review Project
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A project to (a) develop a preferred information model for nominated community and aged care services including integration with non-community and non-aged care information management systems; and,
(b) provide detailed specifications for the implementation of the community and aged care services information management system.
ACT Government |
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Director
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2007
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Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Grant
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Residential respite is commonly advocated to provide stress relief for carers. There are, however, ongoing concerns from carers and debate in the literature about its overall efficacy, including the extent to which it has a disruptive impact on dementia sufferers. These questions have not yet been satisfactorily addressed by research. Measures will be taken with 20 carer-care recipient pairs at five successive time points, before, during, and after respite care. This study will use a novel methodology, focusing on the use of highly sensitive measures of the client's cognitive status (including orientation, attention, speed of processing and short-term memory). The assessment will also include semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and assessments for both clients and carers, including measures of carer wellbeing and attitudes towards relinquishing care. Findings from this study will have important implications for the future planning and targeting of residential respite services.
Alzheimer's Australia |
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Lincoln Centre
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2007 - 2008
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An analysis of potential inflationary effects on health care costs for consumers associated with the Government's 'A Fairer Medicare', and the Opposition Proposal
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Research on the inflationary effects on health costs of proposals to amend Medicare. An analysis of potential inflationary effects on health care costs for consumers associated with the Government's 'A Fairer Medicare', and the Opposition Proposal. This report presents an analysis of what, if any, inflationary effects on health care costs for consumers are likely to emerge from the Government's 'A Fairer Medicare' package, including incentives to practices that agree to bulk bill all concession cardholders, the capacity for non-concessional patients to pay only the gap at the point of service, the introduction of a new $500 safety net for concession cardholders, and the creation of a category of private health insurance for out-of-hospital costs where they exceed $1000; the Opposition proposal, including measures to increase the patient rebate to 95 per cent of the scheduled fee for bulk-billed services, and the introduction of incentive payments to encourage bulk-billing target rates in metropolitan, outer-metropolitan and rural and regional areas.
Australian Senate |
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Director
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2003
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An Examination of Print Media Coverage of the Campaign for PBS Subsidy of Herceptin for Early-stage Breast Cancer
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Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Grant |
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CHSD
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2007 - 2008
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An Independent External Evaluation of the Good Sports Accreditation Program in Victoria
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The Good Sports Accreditation Program (GSAP) was developed to address the issue of alcohol management in amateur sporting clubs. This was based on five years of research conducted by the Australian Drug Foundation in collaboration with a sample of clubs in Victoria. This research enabled the development of a program that was achievable by sporting clubs and relevant to their context. The Good Sports Accreditation Program was piloted in 2000. Following the success of the Pilot Program, the Good Sports Accreditation Program began state-wide implementation in Victoria, beginning in rural Victoria in March 2001, and in the metropolitan region in November 2001. This review was the first external evaluation of the Program since statewide implementation.
Alcohol Evaluation & Rehabilitation Foundation |
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CHSD
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2003
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An Individualised Information Resource for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
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The project will develop a new information resource that aims to (a) produce individualised information provision about cognitive, psychosocial and practical management strategies for clients and families and (b) facilitate early intervention and support when the client and their family remain capable of learning and benefiting from coping strategies, and, in the case of preclinical dementia, to maximise independence for as long as possible. The resource will be evaluated 12 months after it is disseminated.
J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2010
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ARC Linkages Grant: Expectations of Retirement in the Baby Boom Generation
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Individuals, governments, and employers are becoming increasingly aware that the retirement of baby boomers from the workforce will have a major bearing on their own economic and social wellbeing and also the future of younger generations. The national Ageing Baby Boomers in Australia project will focus on individuals born between 1946 and 1958 and will generate an innovative and comprehensive body of knowledge that informs constructive action for better retirement. The research will provide groundbreaking knowledge on baby boomer retirement processes, from preparations and decision-making through to the consequences for the early years of retirement. Comparisons will be made with comparable data from the USA.
Australian Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2010
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Assessment and Accreditation
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Establishment of a system to accredit Housing & Community Building Funded Housing Support and Case-managed Housing Support Organisations
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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QICSA
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2007 - 2010
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Assessment documentation in residential aged care: Do facilities consider the sexual health and sexual needs of residents?
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Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Grant |
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ACEBAC
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2010 - 2011
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Assessment to Service Outcomes - Care Pathways for Older Australians with Dementia, Cardiovascular Disease and Arthritis
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The project will use existing administrative by-product data and apply established data linkage expertise (at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) to explore the care transitions and pathways for older Australians diagnosed with one of three major chronic diseases that contribute substantially to the burden of disease in Australia, namely: Dementia, Cardiovascular Disease and Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions.
National Health & Medical Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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2006 - 2009
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Australian Government Dementia Health Priority Initiative - National Evaluation Project
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The national evaluation is a project to evaluate the Dementia Health Priority Initiative. The national evaluation is being conducted by AIPC in collaboration with The University of Melbourne, Applied Aged Care Solutions and Access Economics.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2006 - 2009
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Best Care for Older People
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Evaluation framework and data analysis for BCOPE program
Northern Health |
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Lincoln
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2012
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Creation of electronic health record: transferring ACE data to BOSSnet
Western Health Care Network |
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e-Health Unit
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2012
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Broadband Enabled Innovation Program
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Healthy, Happy and at Home: NBN-enabled medication management for older adults living independently. With e-Health Unit
Royal District Nursing Service |
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CHSD
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2011 - 2014
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Broadband Enabled Innovation Program
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Healthy, Happy and at Home: NBN-enabled medication management for older adults living independently. With CHSD
Royal District Nursing Service |
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e-Health Unit
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2011 - 2014
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Building Sustainable Ageing Rural Communities: A Case Study in Northeast Victoria
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This one year project formed the basis for Rachel Winterton’s postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Social Participation. The aim of the project was to identify good models of governance and social participation across two regional case studies. The project involved intensive examination of two case study sites, Numurkah and Heathcote. A report of the findings has been prepared; and presentations of the outcomes are currently being given to funding partners, including Victorian government partners and local councils. Four articles are in preparation, as well as conference presentations over 2012.
La Trobe Institute of Social and Environmental Sustainability; Bendigo City Council; Victorian Dept |
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JRI
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2010 - 2011
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Casemix: Performance Management in Primary Health and Community Care - Classification Systems and Performance Indicators
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A paper describing the international experience with classification systems and performance indicators for primary health and community care, commissioned by the Department of Health and Ageing as part of series of short-term casemix research projects.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Director
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2003
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Child Youth and Family Audit Tool
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This short-term project aims to develop an audit tool for use as both an internal and external assessment document for community service organisations that are to be registered under the Children Youth and Family Act 2005. The project has three key deliverables: develop an audit tool to support the internal quality improvement reviews and external quality assurance audits of 105 community service organisations providing family and out-of-home care services; provide advice on sampling to the Department of Human Services regarding the registration process; conduct training in basic CQI practice and in the use of the audit tool.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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QICSA
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2007
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Children in Focus: Development and Evaluation of a Parent Education Resource for Use in Mediation
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A resource to provide an overview of current research and practice material on post-separation parent education and group mediation programs. The nature of enduring post-separation conflict is discussed, and the impact of a spectrum of group programs was considered. Twelve leading group programs from Australia and the USA are outlined, with related research and evaluation findings.
Australian Attorney-General's Department |
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Director
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2005
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Children in Focus: Production of Multimedia Resources on Child-focused Dispute Resolution
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The production of multimedia resources on child-focused dispute resolution.
Australian Attorney-General's Department |
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Director
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2005 - 2006
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Children in Focus: Professional Development Program
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In 2002, a professional development program for professionals working with separating parents was designed and implemented by leading Australian and international experts in child psychology, family law, mediation, counselling, and family therapy. A series of symposia and workshops were conducted throughout Australia.
Australian Attorney-General's Department |
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Director
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2002
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Children in Focus: Research Project
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The project explored comparative outcomes for separated families receiving two different forms of Family Law Mediation. The first group received 'mainstream' child focused mediation (non-child inclusive). The second group received the Children in Focus, Child Consultation model. Outcomes monitored include changes in parental alliance, conflict management, parent-child relationships, contact, child adjustment and children's perception of parental cooperation. Baseline data for parents and children will be collected, and examined against two subsequent timeframes (3 and 12 months post-mediation), in order to test hypotheses that treatment group 2 will demonstrate improved outcomes in each of these areas.
Australian Attorney-General's Department |
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Director
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2003 - 2006
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Chronic Disease and Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System
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The feasibility study was undertaken by a consortium of the Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University; the Victorian Public Health Research and Education Council; the Public Health Information Development Unit, University of Adelaide; and the Menzies School of Health/CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health, Darwin. The consortium was advised by the National Public Health Information Working Group and its committees.
It had four parts: an audit of chronic disease and associated risk factor monitoring and surveillance policies and practices and international best practice; an analysis and audit of existing chronic disease and associated risk factor data collections; a feasibility study on the development of a nationwide integrated behavioural risk factor information and monitoring system through coordination and harmonisation of approach across all jurisdictions, including options and costings; and
a feasibility study on the development of supplementary behavioural risk factor information and monitoring systems, focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and on remote regions.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Director
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2001 - 2003
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Client Experience Monitoring System
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Implementation of Gambler's Help Client Experience Monitoring System. With e-Health Unit, AIPCA
Department of Justice, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2011 - 2012
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Clinical Placement Assessment Instruments Harmonisation Project
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Research and develop strategy for future harmonisation of Competency Based Clinical Placement Assessment Instruments
Health Workforce Australia/James Cook University |
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CHSD
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2012 - 2013
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Clinical Placements Projects
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Uniting Aged Care Lead: Implementation of an expanded settings for clinical placements program
Uniting Aged Care/Health Workforce Australia |
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Lincoln
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2012 - 2013
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Commonwealth Suicide Prevention Activities
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Development and implementation of an evaluation framework for Commonwealth Suicide Prevention Activities
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2012 - 2013
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Community Care Services for Older People
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A paper setting out strategic issues facing the provision of aged care services in community settings.
Catholic Health Australia |
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Lincoln Centre
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2002
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Community Health Services Teaching and Research Program Model
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An examination of options to establish a model for teaching community health services, as outlined in the DHS policy document 'Community Health Services - Creating a Healthier Victoria' (2004).
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2005 - 2006
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Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person
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development, delivery and evaluation of
interdisciplinary education on undertaking comprehensive health assessments of the older
person, for the Victorian Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services workforce.
Department of Health Victoria |
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ACEBAC
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2011
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Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person 2
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Development and provision of interdisciplinary training to health professionals working in Victorian Public Health Services, District Nursing Services, Bush Nursing Services, and emergency and urgent care departments
Department of Health Victoria |
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ACEBAC
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2012 - 2013
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Connecting Healthcare In Communities
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AIPC recently commenced work on a $1.5 million evaluation of Connecting Healthcare In Communities (CHIC), a major Queensland Health initiative that will establish partnerships involving stakeholders in primary health care in Queensland. This project builds on similar work undertaken by AIPC with Primary Care Partnerships in Victoria.
The CHIC Initiative aims to minimise duplication, improve integration and service coordination, and potentially increase the capacity of the health system to improve the health of Queenslanders. In particular, the anticipated outcomes of the CHIC Initiative will include improved integration in health service delivery, reduction in demand for hospital services and better access to primary health care services for Queenslanders.
The CHIC Initiative is being implemented progressively and in diverse ways across the state, taking account of other changes in the health system. The evaluation is to be undertaken over four years.
Queensland Health |
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CHSD
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2008 - 2011
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Constructive Staff/Family Relationships in Residential Aged Care
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A three year research project undertaken by ACEBAC in association with three residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Melbourne, Australia. The project aimed to identify and address the barriers to constructive staff-family carer relationships in residential care on the basis of a systematic review of the literature on staff-family relationships.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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ACEBAC
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2009
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Consultations and Report for the Review of the NHMRC Roadmap
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With Flinders University, a strategic framework for improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through research
National Health & Medical Research Council |
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CHSD
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2008
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Data Analysis and Report on a Trial of Home and Community Care Dependency Measures
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A series of analyses of data collected in the Pilot Client Dependency Survey and in the HACC MDS record, in order to identify the relationship between dependency and other factors relevant to HACC service utilisation, and inform future versions of the MDS, periodic data collection and program planning.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2003 - 2004
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DCRC: Dementia Collaborative Research Centre
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In collaboration with QUT, Griffith University, Alzheimer's Australia, Hammond Care, Curtin University: Responding to sexuality in residential aged care facilities; Families and acute care; Experience and processes for decision-making by direct care staff in residential aged care facilities when the person about whom decisions are to be made has a diagnosis of dementia; Social participation and carers of people with dementia (with the Institute for Social Participation); Everyday decision-making - the experience of people living with dementia; Knowledge translation; Quality of life and care for people with dementia in residential aged care facilities
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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ACEBAC
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2010 - 2013
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Demand for Ambulance Services and Future Funding Options
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A project in two parts: (1) Scope for position paper on ambulance demand trends, current funding models and future options for sustainable and equitable funding arrangements (2) Analysis of available data; understanding issues involved in modelling; developing preliminary hypothesis; workshop to canvass findings and test hypothesis.
Convention of Ambulance Authorities |
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CHSD
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2003 - 2004
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Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals
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Person-centred acute care of older people: Qualitative exploration and scale development
Swedish Research Council |
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ACEBAC
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2009
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Dementia-specific Community Aged Care Packages
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Evaluation of dementia-specific Community Aged Care Packages
Baptcare |
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Lincoln
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2011 - 2012
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Department of Veterans' Affairs Lifecycle Project
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Provide academic support for the ongoing DVA Analysis of Lifecycle Review Project
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Inc. |
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CHSD
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2012
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Design and monitoring an evaluation for the Australian Better Health Initiative
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In collaboration with the School of Public Health, a project to provide a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Australian Better Health Initiative that will focus on key strategy features of the program to ascertain its efficiency, appropriateness and effectiveness across Australia, while allowing for coordinated evaluation efforts on particular program activities at the state and local levels.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2007
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Development of State-wide Evaluation Framework for the Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnership
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This project develops a framework that allows stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of the AHPACC Partnership Model within the Victorian context, using a set of common indicators and methodologies across the Partnership sites.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD & CQIRP
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2006
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Development of a National Assessment Approach to Community Care
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A project to develop a national system of comprehensive assessment for the Packaged Care Tier, by developing a single consistent comprehensive assessment approach. The primary outcome of the project was a report that describes a nationally consistent approach to comprehensive assessment, including proposed tool(s), protocols and guidelines for implementing the system.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005 - 2006
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Development of Case Management Definitions for the Aged Care Assessment Program
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A short report, including a set of recommendations, guidelines and support material, which will allow the Commonwealth to begin gathering consistent data on case management in the ACAP in the April/June quarter, 2005.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Development of Program Logic Models for Evaluations of Projects Funded under the 'Living is for Everyone' ('LIFE') Program
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Pilot testing of the draft LIFE Evaluation Framework Manual for projects funded under the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2002 - 2003
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EACH Dementia Development Research Project
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A project is to provide the Department of Health and Ageing with an identification and analysis of best practice in dementia care to inform the development of eligibility criteria and a services and care model for the Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages.
The aims of the project were to identify and analyse - through a literature review - for people with a diagnosis of dementia and who have complex high care needs associated with cognitive, functional or behavioural deficits and issues, the following: both residential and community models of dementia care found within Australia and internationally; features of the models including optimal service types, mix and intensity and service strategies and approaches required to maintain independent living and functioning; typical client profiles of individuals with complex high-care needs, what the needs are, and how the needs are best met; best practice in needs identification and how client outcomes are measured; best practice in the role of carers in models of care and how carer needs are best met; and best practice in service coordination and management, including intake and assessment, as required to meet the total need of care recipients.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Early Intervention in Chronic Disease: Data Gathering and Reporting Development Proposal, Stage 1
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A project to design a framework for gathering data and reporting requirements for the early intervention data gathering and reporting development program currently being implemented in community health services.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2006
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eBusiness Stage 1 - eACCR
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An extension of the ACAP Evaluation: a project to support the electronic capture and lodgement of Aged Care Client Record information for processing within the aged care payments system.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2004 - 2010
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Developing and testing a toolkit for the implementation and evaluation of person-centre evidence-based responses to need-driven behaviours associated with dementia. With Queensland University of Technology and University of Technology Sydney
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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ACEBAC
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2011 - 2012
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Establish an evaluation framework for the EN-ABLE Program
Hunter Institute |
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Lincoln
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2012
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Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care (EBPRAC) Pain Management Project
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The Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care (EBPRAC) Pain Management Project aims to establish an effective and sustainable implementation strategy for pain assessment and management for the residential aged care setting. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the project is led by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) in a multi-disciplinary partnership of six research organisations, and five residential aged care facilities, across Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The participating residential aged care facilities include a mix of high and low care, small and large facilities, metropolitan and regional facilities.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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ACEBAC
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2009
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Entrust-u: Evaluative Life Review and Advance Care Planning
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This project involved the development of a volunteer intervention in facilitating advance care planning. Volunteers were recruited, trained and evaluated in this role in an attempt to increase accessibility of advance care planning in rural communities. A final report and training guidelines were produced from the research, and submitted to Department of Health. To date, two conference presentations have also been produced
Department of Health Victoria |
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JRI
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2011
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Evaluation Advisory Services for the Community Aged Care Packages Continence Research Project
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The provision of an evaluation advisory service to assist with the development of a comprehensive and feasible evaluation framework for the Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) Evaluation Project. This included the design of an evaluation strategy, recommendations on data items and collection strategies, and the development of information resources for key stakeholders.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Evaluation of "Respecting Patient Choices Program" National Roll-out
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An evaluation of the community implementation of the Respecting Patient Choices Program and development of an evaluation framework and survey instruments for the roll-out of the Program into palliative care and aged care sites.
Austin Health |
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CHSD
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2005 - 2006
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Evaluation of Access Points Demonstration Projects
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The aim of the project is to improve access to and navigation of the community care system for older people, their carers, families and friends, and to assist service providers. The project inolves a state-level evaluation, following a national evaluation in 2009, to inform a future wider rollout of Access Points in Victoria
Department of Health Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2010
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Evaluation of Allied Health Workforce Project
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A project to provide DHS with data, analysis, tools and a framework to inform and assist in the future strategic development of allied health workforce recruitment and retention activities, including the parameters for tendering further initiatives in 2005.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2005
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Evaluation of Child and Maternal Health Pilot Projects
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A project to develop an evaluation framework for the implementation, establishment and review of the Child and Maternal Health Pilot Projects. The aim of the evaluation framework will be to determine whether the aims and objectives of the pilot projects have been met.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2004 - 2007
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Evaluation of Education and Training of Staff in Dementia Care and Management in Acute Settings
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To evaluate projects funded by the Department of Human Services that aim to improve care of patients with dementia in acute hospital settings.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2003 - 2004
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Evaluation of National Drug Centres of Excellence
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This project focuses on Australia's national centres of excellence on drug use: the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre; the National Drug Research Institute, and the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction. The main purpose of the project is to ascertain the effectiveness of the research centres in the provision of quality research and products that contribute to evidence-informed practice by health, law enforcement and education services. Mechanisms to enhance the provision of this research will be identified and progress made against findings of the 2003 evaluation will be ascertained. The appropriateness of infrastructure funding arrangements for each research centre will be examined.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2007
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Evaluation of Supported Leisure Options
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A project to develop and implement assessment procedures so that the impacts of involvement in a Supported Leisure Option (SLO) program on both the client taking part and, where appropriate, their carer, can be reliably measured.
Transport Accident Commission, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2003 - 2004
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Evaluation of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Quality Improvement Program
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A project to provide the Department of Health and Ageing with a comprehensive evaluative report on the activities and outcomes of each project funded under the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Quality Improvement Program (AMQuIP) against the projects' and programs' aims and objectives; and a comprehensive evaluative report on the overall performance and outcome of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Quality Improvement Program, against the program's aims and objectives.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CQIRP
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2005 - 2007
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Evaluation of the 'Creative Ways to Care' Program
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An evaluation of the efficacy of the 'Creative Ways to Care Program'. The Program provides education and training for family carers of people living with dementia
Alfred Health |
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Lincoln Centre
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2009 - 2010
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Evaluation of the Aboriginal CRC
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An evaluation of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health that focuses on identification of impacts and outcomes from CRCAH-related activity
CRC for Aboriginal Health |
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CHSD
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2009 - 2010
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Evaluation of the Aged Care Assessment Program
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As the Victorian state Evaluation Unit for the Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) since 1983, the Lincoln Centre oversees the collection of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) on the approximately 50,000 assessments carried out each year by Victoria's 18 Aged Care Assessment Services (ACAS). With e-Health Unit
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005 - 2009
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Evaluation of the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation
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A project to provide independent evaluation advice to the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, an organisation established in 2002 with the main goal of reducing alcohol and licit drug-related harm in Australia.
Alcohol Evaluation & Rehabilitation Foundation |
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CHSD
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2003 - 2005
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Evaluation of the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet)
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A project to develop a program logic map/framework for the specified elements of Auseinet's work; the identification of relevant indicators and evaluation questions; and a comprehensive evaluation plan.
Auseinet |
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CHSD
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2005 - 2006
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Evaluation of the Best Start Childhood Welfare Project in the City of Whittlesea
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An evaluation of the process and impact of the Whittlesea Best Start Demonstration Project. Best Start is a whole-of-government early years project jointly auspiced by the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Department of Education and Training (DE&T), in partnership with the Departments of Justice (Crime Prevention); Sport, Tourism and the Commonwealth Games (Sport and Recreation); Industry, Innovation and Regional Development; Premier and Cabinet and Victoria Police, that aims to improve the health, development, learning and wellbeing of all Victorian children, from pregnancy through transition to school (eight years of age).
City of Whittlesea |
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CHSD
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2004 - 2006
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Evaluation of the Dementia Care in Hospital Program
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The evaluation will include both an assessment of processes (e.g., what was implemented and how, resource allocation, products used, program reach, participant satisfaction) and an outcome evaluation in each setting. The outcome evaluation will include pre- and post- measures of staff knowledge and attitude and pre- and post- carer measures. The organisational audit tool used in the original study will also be administered pre- and post-intervention.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Director
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2006
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Evaluation of the Eastern Health HARP and HDM Projects
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A project to ensure routine and systematic application of standardised evaluation principles and practices to projects, support Eastern Health HDM projects in rigorous and effective evaluation, assist Eastern Health to establish a culture, systems, and processes that value, support and facilitate evaluation practice, and enable clear conclusions to be drawn regarding outcomes of project implementation.
Eastern Health |
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CQIRP
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2004 - 2006
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Evaluation of the HARP-CDM interRAI Home Care Pilot
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An evaluation to determine the relative efficiency gains and effectiveness of a standardised comprehensive assessment being used (in an electronic environment) in the Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) Chronic Disease Management (CDM) service. The outcome will be a report that presents an outline of the background to the evaluation, the evaluation methodology, major findings, recommendations (supported by evidence) to improve models of practice, and advice on system-wide implementation of the interRAI in HARP-CDM services in Victoria
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2007 - 2009
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Evaluation of the Home and Community Care Minimum Data Set
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A project to establish the extent to which the HACC MDS was achieving its stated objectives and to develop options for improving HACC MDS data and the data collection process. In addition to analysis of the HACC database, the project required extensive consultations with Commonwealth and state officials and HACC providers throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, and an understanding of the complex relationship between state and Commonwealth in funding accountability and reporting.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2002 - 2003
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Evaluation of the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee Community Mental Health Plan
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The Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee Community Mental Health Plan (2006 to 2009) has been developed to facilitate improvements to mental health services, and consequently to mental health, for clients living in the region.
The focus of the evaluation will be on: the process of implementation, including investigating the value of working together across sectors; and developing some recommendations to inform the post-2009 mental health plan for the region.
Central Victorian Health Alliance |
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CHSD
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2009
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Evaluation of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, Community Initiatives Projects
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A project to evaluate community-based suicide prevention projects in Victoria, funded as Community Initiatives Projects under the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. The aim of the Community Initiative Projects is to increase social connectedness and resilience and reduce risk factors that may contribute to suicidal and self-harming behaviours.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2005 - 2006
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Evaluation of the Primary Care Partnerships Strategy
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The work during 2005 evaluated the implementation of the activities of the Primary Care Partnership Strategy, including their effects on agencies and consumers, with particular attention to providing a comparative analysis from data collected in 2002 and 2003.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2001 - 2005
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Evaluation of the Process of Implementing the Use of Hip Protectors in Public Sector Acute/Residential Aged Care Facilities
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The number of hip fractures in Victoria is increasing, mainly due to the ageing population. In Victoria, the direct medical cost of all falls injuries in people aged 65 and over is estimated at $127 million per year, with hip fractures being responsible for the majority of the costs.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Director
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2003
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Evaluation of the Program of Strategic Review of Disability Services
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The evaluation was aimed at providing an understanding of the effectiveness of the Program of Strategic Review of Disability Supports, and to make recommendations about its future.
The Program of Strategic Review of Disability Supports was aimed at independently confirming that funded agencies are operating in a sustainable way, and that they are delivering quality supports to people with a disability.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2004 - 2005
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Evaluation of the School Focused Youth Service
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An evaluation of the SFYS, a jointly-funded initiative of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education and Training, to assess the impact of the SFYS program on schools and young people in the programs target group; assess the effectiveness of the SFYS in facilitating and strengthening partnerships between schools and community sector agencies with a view to supporting young people; receive advice and recommendations in regard to enhancement of the current service delivery model; assess the value-add of the SFYS program to other current DHS and DE&T initiatives.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2006 - 2007
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Evidence-based Best Practice Models, including Care Planning, for Older People Receiving Community Aged Care
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The major output of the project will be a report that outlines evidence-based best practice models for older people receiving community care, and the extent to which these are currently implemented in community care in Australia. The report will also outline factors that facilitate or act as barriers to implementation of these best practice models in Australian Government-subsidised community care services, with a focus on packaged care and carer respite services. With the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care at La Trobe, CareConnect and Silverchain
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008
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Expectations of Retirement in the Baby Boom Generation
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Individuals, governments, and employers are becoming increasingly aware that baby boomers' retirement from the workforce will have a major bearing on their own economic and social wellbeing and also the future of younger generations. The national Ageing Baby Boomers in Australia project is focused on individuals born between 1946 and 1958. It will generate an innovative and comprehensive body of knowledge that informs constructive action for better retirement. The research will provide groundbreaking knowledge on baby boomers' retirement processes from preparations and decision-making through to the consequences for the early years of retirement. Comparisons will be made with comparable data from the USA.
Australian Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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2007 - 2010
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Financial Counselling Standards Pilot Project
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To provide the Office of Gaming and Racing with a robust pilot and evaluation of the Draft Financial Counselling Standards
Department of Justice, Victoria |
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QICSA
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2010
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Research, review and summary of information pertaining to the fundamentals and relevance of developing gender-sensitive health indicators.
World Health Organization |
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CHSD
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2002 - 2003
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An evaluation of the Seniors 'Go For Your Life' Acting Ageing Network and 2008 Improvement and Development Strength Training for Older Adults Program
YMCA |
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Lincoln Centre
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2009 - 2010
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HACC Active Service Model
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Analyses of MAV Survey of HACC home care providers
Municipal Association of Victoria |
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Lincoln
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2012
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Evaluation of the HACC Assessment Service: short-term case management pilot
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency |
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Lincoln
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2012 - 2013
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Health Call Centres Standards Development Study
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An analysis of the development and application of operational and clinical standards in Australia and internationally. Undertaken in collaboration with the Quality Improvement Council, Health Issues Centre and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Director
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2002 - 2003
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Health Indicators Project
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Victorian Community Health Indicators Project: immediate outcome indicators
Victorian Healthcare Association |
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CHSD
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2012
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Healthy Retirement Project (incorporating Healthy Retirement Project 1997-99 and Wellbeing in Retirement Project 2000-2002)
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The Healthy Retirement Project was conceived in response to dissatisfaction with the quality of advice available to help retirees, which concentrates largely on financial issues; and a need for up-to-date information on retirement to assist the development of new programs for retirees.
National Health & Medical Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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1997 - 2002
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Home and Community Care Active Service Model Project: Literature Review and Identification of Service Models
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The outcomes of the project will be:
1. A comprehensive evidence base to support the case for change from a dependency model of service delivery to an approach that includes person-centred capacity building or restorative care to maintain or restore client capacity to live as independently as possible in the community.
2. Engagement of the HACC sector in Victoria in significant changes to policy and practice towards an Active Service Model.
3. Identification of models of service delivery that are applicable in Victoria, including identification of suitable target groups within the HACC target population, having regard to how HACC operates in Victoria and the aims of the Active Service Model Project.
4. Recommendations for implementing person-centred capacity-building and restorative care approaches across the HACC service system in Victoria, with particular attention to funding policies and the readiness of the service sector.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2006 - 2008
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Home and Community Care National Standards Assessment Program for HACC-funded Agencies Accredited with Quality Improvement and Community Services Accreditation (QICSA)
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This project aims to develop and implement an integrated assessment process for assessment against both Quality Improvement Council (QIC) Standards and Accreditation program and the Home and Community Care (HACC) National Standards Assessment program for HACC-funded organisations that are QIC-accredited through Quality Improvement and Community Services Accreditation (QICSA). The implementation phase of the project involves: Conducting an integrated assessment review of 60 QICSA accredited organisations against HACC National Standards and QIC Core and service specific standards;
Development of an agreed Action plan relating to continuous quality improvement of HACC services;
Participation in a moderation process with two other accreditation providers that are providing a similar service, to ensure consistency in interpretation and the HACC standards and ratings;
Participation in a collaborative evaluation of this new model of accreditation assessment.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2007 - 2011
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Home and Community Care Program National Minimum Data Set User Guide
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The production of a clear and concise guide to support the collection of HACC MDS V2 that will assist agencies in the accurate recording and reporting of HACC MDS data; assist all those involved in the interpretation and analysis of HACC MDS data; facilitate mapping of the HACC MDS to other community care program data collections and to broader community services data standards; and the production of a training manual.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2004 - 2005
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Identification and Evaluation of Validated Assessment Tools for the Client Groups of Care Connect Limited
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A project to review and recommend nationally or internationally validated assessment tools to complement the interRAI system. The tool selection to be based on the client groups with Care Connect and include data collection items required by relevant Australian and state governments.
Care Connect Limited |
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Lincoln Centre
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2007
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Identifying the Care Needs of Older Victorians Living Without a Carer
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A project to provide the Department of Human Services and the community care field with more in-depth information about the needs of older people who live alone and have no carer to help them access the formal and/or informal care they need. (A project undertaken with Health Issues Centre)
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2006
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Implementation of Gambler's Help Client Experience Monitoring System
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This project will undertake further developmental work and implement the first wave of a client experience monitoring system across Gambler's Help services in the 2011-2012 financial year. With the Centre for Health Systems Development
Department of Justice, Victoria |
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e-Health Unit
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2011 - 2012
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Implementation of Standards and Accreditation in Victorian Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation Support Services
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This project seeks to improve the safety and quality of PDRSS through the provision of training and support for effective governance and continuous quality improvement. The project also aims to contribute to strategic quality planning for the sector.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2005 - 2007
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Improving Access to Metropolitan Primary Health Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
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The identification of service models that will improve Koori access to mainstream services
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2006
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Improving the Culture of Hospitals
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The primary objectives of the Improving the Culture of Hospitals project are to deliver:
- A comprehensive understanding of the diversity, rationale and effectiveness of tools, processes and guidelines that have been used to improve the culture of hospitals from the perspective of Aboriginal people
- A comprehensive understanding of the characteristics that Aboriginal people believe would make hospitals more culturally appropriate
- A comprehensive understanding of the government and accreditation policy conditions that need to be in place to ensure that cultural improvement can be linked into mainstream accountability processes
- The publication of tools and handbooks describing various stakeholders’ roles in successfully developing a culturally sensitive hospital facility
- A national network of Aboriginal people able to effectively participate in conventional continuous improvement activities that improve the culture of hospitals and health services. This will be achieved by offering formal and appropriate training to Aboriginal community members
- Accreditation processes that emphasise the use of tools and processes that encourage cultural reform in hospitals.
CRC for Aboriginal Health |
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CQIRP
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2006 - 2009
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Intentional Retirement Communities in Rural Victoria
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This innovative pilot project will explore new forms of retirement communities as the babyboomers age in rural Victoria.
Institute for Social Participation |
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JRI
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2012
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Interdisciplinary Training in PSRACS
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Development and provision of interdisciplinary training to staff in public sector residential aged care services (PSRACS) across Victoria covering comprehensive health assessment of the older person
Department of Health Victoria |
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ACEBAC
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2011
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J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust Strategic Grant
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Caring for Older Survivors of Genocide and Mass Trauma: A model for training aged care professionals
J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2009
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Jesuit Social Services Postvention
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A project with the primary goal of enhancing and coordinating access to services and support mechanisms for people most at risk following a bereavement; increase the capacity of service providers to respond to the needs of this group as well as to increase service delivery to them.
Jesuit Social Services |
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CHSD
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2005
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A leading edge series of strategic policy forums for chief executive officers, board members and senior managers in the primary health care sector
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2002 - 2010
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Leadership in Population and Health Promotion in Rural Health Services
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The delivery of 67 population health workshops, targeted to assist the boards of all small rural health services to inform decisions about better meeting the needs of the communities they serve.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Director
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2003 - 2007
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Loddon Mallee Small Towns Typology
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This mapping project was designed to develop a more diverse and robust typology of small towns.
Department of Planning and Community Development Victoria |
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JRI
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2012
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Longitudinal Study of Resilience (LASER)
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Support ongoing implementation of the Longitudinal Study of Residience in the Australian Defence Forces
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Inc. |
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CHSD
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2011 - 2013
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MBS Reform to Support Chronic Disease Management and Workforce Re-design
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An examination of ways that funding of chronic disease care and individual prevention activity in primary medical are settings could improve the overall efficacy and appropriateness of chronic disease management.
Queensland Health |
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CHSD
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2007 - 2008
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MDSv2 Definitions and Coding Guidelines Booklet
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In 2002, the Lincoln Centre produced two booklets intended to accompany the introduction of the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Data Set (MDS) Version 2 Definitions and Coding Guidelines Booklet and the Training Manual. These booklets were distributed nationally and last revised in May 2003. Since that time, both the MDS and the Aged Care Client Record - the form completed by ACAS assessors to collect the MDS, to communicate basic information to service-providers, and to record formal approvals - have undergone substantial changes. The Aged Care Client Record User Guide is now available
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Meals on Wheels: Building towards a New Social Experiment for Our Times
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Australian Research Council Linkage Grant: This three year Australian Research Council project is designed to provide new models of volunteering for a traditional volunteer service, Meals on Wheels. It is being implemented across three years and three stages. Stage One comprised an international review and evaluation stage; resulting in one submitted article, 2 conference presentations and good contextual information for future stages; Stage 2 comprises interviews with CEOs and key stakeholders at national and across levels of MoWs. Data collection has been completed and an article finalised from this phase. Stage 3 comprises a national survey to be rolled out in partnership with national MoWs later in 2012.
Australian Research Council |
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JRI
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2010 - 2013
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A project to evaluate Phase 1 of MindMatters Plus GP - a national initiative that aims to develop and promote sustainable partnerships between schools, their divisions of general practice, GPs and allied health professionals; to promote better access to GPs and allied health professionals by students with high support needs in the area of mental health and wellbeing, through the implementation of referral pathways and networks of care.
Australian Principals Associations |
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CHSD
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2004 - 2006
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MindMatters Plus: A Study of the Outcomes of the "MindMatters Plus" Adolescent Mental Health Program in Schools.
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A project to evaluate Phase 1 of MindMatters Plus: a demonstration school initiative that focuses on prevention and early intervention of mental health problems for the 20-30 per cent of students who have high needs in the area of health and wellbeing, and who require enhanced support within the whole-school approach
Australian Principals Associations |
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CHSD
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2004 - 2006
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Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, with Uniting Aged Care
Australian Research Council |
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Lincoln
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2011 - 2014
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Narrative Evaluation Action Research Project
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A project to build the capacity of staff working in community and women's Health agencies in the Western Metropolitan Region to evaluate and report on their integrated health promotion plans. In particular, the project will focus on supporting and resourcing staff to apply action research and constructivist case-study evaluation methodologies.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2003 - 2004
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National Data Repository for the Aged Care Assessment Program
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A national data repository, established in 2003, responsible for the collation and validation of the ACAP MDS from Evaluation Units in all Australian states and territories. The data are used to monitor trends in numbers and characteristics of ACAS clients and to assist in program evaluation and planning of services for older people.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2003 - 2009
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Outcomes for Older People with Complex or Chronic Needs
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A 12-month longitudinal study of a sample of Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) clients living in the community at assessment and recommended for non-high level residential care. The research evaluated the responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency of the community service sector response to the needs of older people with complex or chronic care needs. Conducted by the Australian Institute for Primary Care, Brotherhood of St Laurence, St George's and North West Aged Care Assessment Services
Brotherhood of St Laurence |
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Lincoln Centre
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2004 - 2005
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Pain in older adults with dementia: Development of a tool to meaure nursing staff knowledge and attitudes
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Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Grant |
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ACEBAC
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2010 - 2011
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Partnership in Healthy Ageing
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A partnership in healthy ageing: service development, education and research
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Australia-China Council |
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Lincoln
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2011 - 2012
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Peer-Led Chronic Disease Self-Management
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A project to bring together the experience, knowledge and expertise of the client and their family, peer leaders and relevant health professionals in a systematic way, so that ultimately a client's capacity for self-management of their condition is recognised and developed. The project involved collaboration between consumer groups, ethno-specific health and welfare agencies, universities and professional colleges.
National Health & Medical Research Council |
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Director
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2004
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Performance Review of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
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A performance audit of the activities of a major Aboriginal community controlled health organisation (ACCHO), which covers such aspects as: governance arrangements; suitability of operational policies, procedures and practices; financial status and risk assessment; to formally report on the findings of the performance audit, including recommendations for future improvement based on existing resource levels; to clarify the key issues to be addressed in the ACCHO's strategic planning process; and to identify and articulate specific requirements for the ACCHO to achieve and maintain accreditation as a drug and alcohol service.
Office of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health |
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CQIRP
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2005 - 2006
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The impact of personalised MP3 content on quality of life and perceived carer burden of family carers of people living with dementia who exhibit behavioural and psychological symptoms in the community. With the Centre for Health Systems Development
Southern Cross Care |
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ACEBAC
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2011 - 2012
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Pilot of the Victorian Quality Council's Safety and Quality Education Program
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This project aims to pilot the provision of the VQC's Safety and Education Program to four teams of 6-8 participants, at three Victorian sites selected from metropolitan, regional and rural Victorian health services. The key service areas will include: central coordination of the program; maintenance of the online component of the course; and provision of a number of expert facilitators to undertake the workshop and provide feedback to participants. In addition, we will identity any changes required to the program to assist with accreditation at university level.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2007
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Primary Health Care Consumer Opinion Survey
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The surveying of consumers at Victorian community health centres project is a two-year state-wide quality improvement initiative funded by the Primary and Community Health Branch of the Department of Human Services. It aims to assist in evaluating and improving services to consumers at CHCs by asking them about their level of satisfaction on three main domains: centre environment, service provision, and degree to which special needs are met by the CHC.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2005 - 2007
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Professional Development and Recognition Program
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This project is being conducted with Moira Health Care and funded through the Department of Health Value Added Intervention Projects. The research involves the development, implementation and evaluation of a professional development and recognition program for nurses within the Moira Shire, conducted with Moira Health Care and funded through the Department of Health Value Added Intervention Projects
Department of Health Victoria |
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JRI
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2012 - 2013
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Provider Resource: Supporting Care Relationships
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The aim of this project is to produce a booklet that will assist aged care service providers to optimise their capacity to support carer/care recipient relationships: 1) Increased awareness among aged care service providers of service innovations and approaches that have been proven to support carer/care recipient relationships, including: Key innovations in respite service delivery; Approaches to support the transition from home to respite and/or residential care; Restorative approaches which encourage the adoption of behaviours that promote health and wellbeing for both the carer and care-recipient. 2) Renewed interest and increased uptake of successful service innovations among aged care service providers. 3) Improved support for carer/care recipient relationships in the community; to assist carers to continue providing high quality informal care for the care recipient.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008
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Provision of a Literature Review: Return to Work Facilitators and Barriers
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A report that summarises the international and Australian literature published since 1995 and relevant to the topic of return to work barriers and facilitators. The report summarises literature under main themes, and also includes commentary that has implications for both policy and practice across the three main interested parties - health and rehabilitation providers, insurance agents, and employees and employers.
WorkCover South Australia |
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Director
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2006
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Provision of a Literature Review on Targeting in Community Care
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A report that summarises the international and Australian literature published since 1999 and relevant to the topic of targeting in community care, and the results of analysis of the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Data Set on the impacts of service provision on outcomes of assessment.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005 - 2006
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Provision of Audit and Audit Support Services
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A project to establish an effective accreditation program for children's and youth services.
Australian Council for Children & Youth Organisations |
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CQIRP
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2003 - 2007
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Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation Support Services: Consumer & Carer Experience of PDRSS
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The production of collaboratively derived, methodologically sound and useful tools that measure PDRSS consumer experience and PDRSS carer experience. The data collected using these tools can help inform CQI initiatives within PDRSS.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2002 - 2004
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Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation Support Services: Outcome Measurements
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A project to develop an outcome measurement approach that could be used by the PDRSS sector. The PDRSS Consumer Outcome Measurement project is one component in the quality improvement strategy for PDRSS. The aim of outcome measurement is to stimulate continuous quality improvement in the PDRSS.
This project was guided by the Quality Improvement Reference Group (QIRG), which consisted of service providers, consumers and carers and their respective peak bodies and advocacy organisations, and representatives of the Mental Health Branch of the Department of Human Services (DHS). In addition to meetings with the QIRG, the project team from AIPC also conducted a range of forums around the state, producing and making these papers and other information available on its website. These information distribution strategies were designed to maximise the transparency of the project activities, and its intent, and to provide all stakeholders with reasonable access to the project details.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2002 - 2004
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Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation Support Services: Quality Improvement Strategy - Accreditation Processes for PDRSS
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A project to develop a methodology and support framework for the introduction of a review process against published standards for the PDRSS sector; to develop tools to support the process; and to make recommendations with respect to possible models of accreditation that are suitable for the PDRSS sector.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2002 - 2003
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Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services Quality Indicator Data Validation Project
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This project endeavours to evaluate and inform improvements in the quality of QI data used in Victorian public sector residential care. The key aims for the QI data validation project are to:
Examine methods used to collect and record QI data and whether or not they are uniform; Determine the current operational management of the QI data including use in continuous quality improvement, reporting structures and impact across the health service; Assess the quality, validity and reliability of current QI data and identify opportunities to improve the consistency and comparability of data across the sector.
Being conducted with the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2009
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Quality Improvement Planning & Accountability in Disability Services
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The development of a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) format and accompanying notes and examples that are user friendly and relevant to service providers while being acceptable to the Department for accountability purposes; the training of disability service providers so that they can systematically use data obtained through the Disability Self Assessment System process to generate quality improvement plans; to assist regional provider networks to develop a program of activities consistent with the practices of a learning network, enabling them to pursue effective strategies for the implementation of the QIP; to develop a reporting strategy to ensure that the QIP becomes the central focus of monitoring and accountability processes involving DHS Disability Staff and Disability Service Providers.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2003 - 2004
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Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, with Uniting Aged Care
Australian Research Council |
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Lincoln
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2011 - 2013
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Recruitment and retention of volunteers for local HACC services
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This research project involved a series of focus group discussions across western Sydney region with either current volunteers to the HACC program or those who were not currently volunteering. The aim of the study was to better understand issues of recruitment and retention in these diverse services. Findings from the project have been presented at the National Volunteer Conference, and are currently being drafted into an article. Presentations of the outcomes to the NSW government and to the agencies are also being scheduled, along with a report of the findings.
Tri Community Exchange and Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW |
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JRI
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2011
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Regional Service Excellence Framework
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Development and delivery of quality improvement planning and training for Department of Human Services' staff.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2004
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Relationship between Rural Living and Wellness
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Australian Research Council Linkage Grant: The relationship between rural living and wellness - what services and supports do older people need? This new ARC Linkage project funded in July 2012 involves partnerships with Victorian Department of Health, Queensland Health and the University of Alberta, Canada
Australian Research Council |
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JRI
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2012 - 2015
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Research into the need for Primary Health Services within the Melbourne Central Business District
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A study commissioned to undertake research in order to report on the feasibility of a Central Business District community health service - detailing those issues that may present barriers to and arguments for the development of such a service. Issues for consideration included: the awareness of existing primary health care services by the people who live in or use the City of Melbourne; and the decision-making processes of individuals in relation to accessing services in the City of Melbourne, including issues of service location.
City of Melbourne |
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CQIRP
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2004
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Research into the Relevance and Role of Gaming Machine Games and Game Features on the Play of Problem Gamblers
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An analysis of quantitative and qualitative data to determine the relationship (if any) between EGM game and game features and the development of gambling problems.
Independent Gambling Authority, South Australia |
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CHSD
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2005 - 2006
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Respecting Patient Choices
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Provide consultancy services to the Respecting Patient Choices department at Austin Health for conduct of projects funded by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Austin Health |
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CHSD
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2012 - 2014
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Responding to the Rural Skills Crisis: Modelling Volunteer Motivations and Incentives to Attract Retired / Semi-retired Professionals to Volunteer in Rural Areas
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Australian Research Council Linkage Grant: This three year Australian Research council project involves a partnership with Queensland University of Technology and the Queensland Department of Communities. The project is designed to develop a new model of recruiting newly retired or semi-retired professionals as short-term volunteers for much-needed rural areas. To date, the project has focused on the motivations and needs of potential volunteers, and a paper and two conference presentations have resulted from this phase of the research. The project is now turning to matching volunteers with rural councils to test the implementation phase. Trials will be held in both Queensland and Victoria over 2012.
Australian Research Council |
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JRI
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2009 - 2011
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Report on and support development of ResponseAbility
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency |
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CHSD
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2012 - 2013
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Review and Identification of an Existing, Validated Comprehensive Assessment Tool
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The overall aim of this project was the identification of an existing, validated, comprehensive assessment tool for assessing people with chronic health conditions, and older people with complex care needs, which can be applied to these client groups across service settings. The review objectives were to review existing comprehensive assessment tools for assessing people with chronic health conditions and older people with complex care needs and to identify a validated assessment tool for use in Victoria; and determine if the identified tool complements or duplicates the Handicap Assessment and Resource Tool (HART), should the identified tool not be the HART.
The project also required that the infrastructure implications of introducing a standardised comprehensive tool be addressed.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2004
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Review and Update of the Service Coordination Tool Template Guidelines
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A project to produce new Service Coordination Tool Template Guidelines that reflect the amended tool templates and support their effective use by practitioners. The SCTTs are a set of tools introduced into primary care settings in 2002 designed to facilitate communication between service providers across the community health sector and reduce unnecessary duplication of information collection. The tools were developed to provide a common set of forms for agencies to record and share client registration, undertake initial needs identification, make referrals and collect client consent.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Director
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2006
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Review of Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services (CDAMS)
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The CDAMS consist of 17 multidisciplinary specialist clinics covering all Victoria that provide early diagnosis, advice, support, and referral for people with cognitive difficulties causing confusion, memory loss or thinking problems. The evaluation entailed a comparative analysis of the clinics across Victoria that examined the service models, the reach of the clinics, unmet need, progress of clients through the CDAMS service and financial performance of the clinics. The evaluation involved extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders and an analysis of existing data sets. A Service Profile Pro forma was developed in consultation with service providers to collect information on salient aspects of the CDAMS operations. The project also involved assessing user satisfaction through interviews with clients and surveys of carers. The impact of the CDAMS on other stakeholders was assessed via interviews of referring general practitioners and surveys of Aged Care Assessment Teams and Psychogeriatric Assessment Teams. Recommendations arising from this project have been influential in guiding subsequent funding and development of this dementia-specific services in Victoria.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2002 - 2003
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Review of Radiation Oncology Standards
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A review of the newly-developed package of standards. The review includes: application of consistent terminology; development of framework and organisation of material; appropriate improvement in readability; inclusion of relevant cross-referencing; and development of presentation format
Radiation Oncology Treatment Services Quality Program |
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CQIRP
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2007
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Review Pilots of the Statewide Homelessness Assessment and Referral Framework (SHARF)
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A review of the pilots of the Statewide Homelessness Assessment and Referral Framework. The Framework aims to achieve a better response to people seeking assistance from homelessness-funded services by increasing the efficiency of the existing homelessness service system and by supporting initial assessment and referral practice as a distinct skill.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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QICSA
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2007
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Review to Identify Opportunities to Improve Outcomes for Aboriginal People
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A review to assess the Department of Human Services' current portfolio of programs, in relation to their ability to contribute to the performance framework of the Victorian Indigenous Affairs Framework; to investigate practices and policies in other jurisdictions; to identify opportunities for DHS to create a more effective match between funding and improving outcomes for Aboriginal people in Victoria
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2007
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Rural City of Wangaratta Community Base Aged Care Assessment Services Mapping
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This project involves exploring community-based aged care assessment processes within the Rural City of Wangaratta in order to inform the development of a collaborative and effective assessment process, and to develop recommendations to support service improvements in aged care assessment.
Central Hume Primary Care Partnership |
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JRI
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2011 - 2012
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SCORE (Strengthening Care Outcomes for Residents with Evidence)
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SCORE (Strengthening Care Outcomes for Residents with Evidence) is an initiative commissioned to support Victorian Health Services operating aged care homes to provide high quality care to residents. SCORE has a focus on managing some key areas of risk for residents and seeks to develop and implement evidence based standardised care processes.
Department of Health Victoria |
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ACEBAC
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2008 - 2009
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Pilot Service Coordination Tool Templates (SCTT)
Department of Health Victoria |
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Lincoln
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2011 - 2012
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Service Coordination Tool Templates Revision
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The main objective of this project is to
ensure that the SCTT suite of tools are structured such that they have the level of reliability
and usability such that they enable appropriate referral.
Department of Health Victoria |
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Lincoln
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2011
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Service Model Evaluation of Drugs and Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
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A project to conduct research to determine good practice and facilitate improved treatment outcomes for people with co-existing mental health and substance abuse problems; and increase the understanding of the impact of service structure on co-morbidity treatment outcomes, as well as develop good practice models to ensure improvement in co-morbidity treatment service delivery
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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CHSD
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2007 - 2009
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Description and evaluation of the use of Snoezelen therapy for dementia in Victorian residential aged care centres
J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust |
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ACEBAC
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2009 - 2010
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Social Inclusion for Older People in the Inner East Primary Care Partnerships Catchment
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The Inner East Primary Care Partnership's (IEPCP) Social Inclusion for Older People initiative plans to build stronger community connections and create a greater sense of community that is inclusive of age, ability and cultural diversity. The project will document:
Models of good practice for improving social inclusion for older people from CALD backgrounds; the achievements, strengths, weaknesses and key learnings of the IEPCP Social Inclusion Initiative projects; a ‘Social Inclusion Model’ to work with socially isolated groups; key factors for successfully transferring the Social Inclusion Model more broadly both within the IEPCP and beyond.
Uniting Care Community Options |
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Lincoln Centre
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2009
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Societal and Economic Burden of Chronic Non-communicable and Communicable Disease in Victoria
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The major outcomes for this project are: a review of Australian and international literature on the societal burden of chronic disease with reference to its relevance to public health policy in Victoria; a review of the economic impact of health inequalities as relevant to socioeconomics of the developed world. A model/methodology for the economic impact of health inequalities due to socioeconomics (in collaboration with DHS); and, estimates of the costs (health, social services and productivity) of health inequalities due to socioeconomics in Victoria
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2007
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A project focused on collecting (qualitative) data from staff funded by the SVH-auspiced HARP projects, about their experience of the current approach to service integration and the impact they perceive this has on service delivery. This work will form part of the ongoing evaluation of these projects being undertaken by SVH and partners and will potentially be used to inform ongoing service development.
St Vincent's Health |
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CHSD
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2005
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Staff-Family Relationships for People Living with Dementia in Residential Aged Care
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Development of an evidence-based on-line resource package to improve staff-family relationships for people living with dementia in residential aged care
Alzheimer's Australia |
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ACEBAC
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2012 - 2013
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Stock-take and Gap Analysis of Indigenous Drug Prevention Research
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A project to conduct a stock-take and review of drug prevention research relevant to the Indigenous community and published over the past five years in Australia, with particular attention to the Victorian context: to identify likely future trends and issues pivotal to Indigenous drug prevention research in Victoria and which will have relevance to future drug prevention research; to identify research needs and gaps relevant to Indigenous drug prevention identified from the research review using the results of the gap analysis; to develop priorities for the Premier's Drug Prevention Council (PDPC), based on the above analysis, identifying where the PDPC can best make a strategic investment in drug prevention research in the short term (1-2 years), medium term (3-5 years) and long term (5+ years).
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CQIRP
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2007
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Strengthening Care Outcomes for Residents with Evidence
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With the Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care, a project to develop a list of ten clinical risk priorities in residential care and develop and test care processes in these areas to establish best practice with six to ten self-selected sites.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2009
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Strengthening Local Communities
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Research project to explore innovative ways for capacity building and strengthening of local communities to be supportive and inclusive of older people
City of Melbourne |
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Lincoln
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2012
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Study of Projects in the Victorian Koori Community to Reduce Consumption of Tobacco
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A project to evaluate the success of five funded tobacco projects within the Victorian Koori community, in collaboration with the VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Program at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society, School of Public Health, Melbourne University. In addition, expert advice was also provided by the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control at The Cancer Council, Victoria.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2003 - 2004
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IT support for ACE Progam in South Australia
SA Health |
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e-Health Unit
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2012
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Support Systems for Indigenous Primary Health Care Services Project
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A project undertaken with the University of Melbourne for the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
CRC for Aboriginal Health |
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CHSD
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2008 - 2011
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Systematic review of the delivery of services to Victorians with a spinal cord injury and development of strategic framework
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A strategic framework that addresses projections for future service demands and achievement outcomes; recommendations to enhance the relevance, quality and accessibility of rehabilitation and community integration services available to people with spinal cord injury (SCI); ways in which existing acute, sub-acute and community services could be re-figured to meet needs more effectively and reduce duplication; specific opportunities arising from improved coordination of existing services across the sector; and additional services required to fill the gaps.
Transport Accident Commission, Victoria |
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Director
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2006 - 2007
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Targeted Programs for Vulnerable Clients
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Overcoming barriers for transitioning vulnerable clients from targeted programs to mainstream
Department of Veterans' Affairs |
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CHSD
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2012 - 2013
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The Changing EGM Industry and Technology
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A project that analysed the composition, and transformation over time, of the technological basis of the Victorian electronic gaming machine (EGM) industry, so as to develop an understanding of the relationship between technology and consumption behaviour - focusing on the technology itself to understand what the capacities and capabilities of the EGM system actually are, and how innovations and manipulations of technology relate to the consumption behaviour of those who use EGMs.
Department of Justice, Victoria |
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Director
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2003 - 2005
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The Impact of Hospital-based Aged Care and Dementia Services on Outcomes for People with Dementia Admitted to Hospital: A regional analysis
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With the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This project will use existing databases to examine outcomes for clients with dementia who are admitted to hospital.
National Health & Medical Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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2008 - 2010
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The Victorian Primary and Community Health Network
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The Primary and Community Health Network (P&CHN) aims to promote debate and influence policy development about primary and community health issues in Victoria. Current members of the Network are the Australian Institute for Primary Care; General Practice Victoria; Municipal Association of Victoria; Royal District Nursing Service; Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association; Victorian Community Health Association, Victorian Healthcare Association and the Women's Health Association of Victoria. The Primary Care Partnerships in Victoria are represented at Network meetings. The Primary and Community Health Branch of the Department of Human Services Victoria has observer status at Network meetings.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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CHSD
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2002 - current
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Transforming the Experiences of Ageing: The ABC of Building Socially Inclusive Communities
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This project addresses the national goal, ageing well, ageing productivly. Serious problems with community and residential aged care services for older Australians are well documented. This project will determine the best way to find out what older people want now and for the future, in terms of housing, supports and services. Professor Yvonne Wells, Dr Carmel Laragy, Associate Professor Elizabeth Ozanne.
Australian Research Council |
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Lincoln Centre
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2010 - 2011
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Trial of the Aged Care Funding Instrument
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A project undertaken in collaboration with Applied Aged Care Solutions Pty Ltd and ACIL Tasman Pty Ltd, involving the design and implementation of a national trial of a new funding instrument - the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) - for residential care in Australia. The aim is to test options for the introduction of a new funding mechanism for residential aged care using the ACFI to classify people eligible for or currently in Commonwealth-funded residential aged care. The trial covers the use and application of the ACFI in both external (i.e. ACAT) and provider (i.e. residential facilities) contexts.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Trialling the Collection of Data from Aged Care Assessment Teams on their Care Co-ordination Activity
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A project to produce and trial materials, draft definitions, and paper-based recording systems to assist ACATs to record care coordination activity reliably and in accordance with the stated objectives of the Department, prior to widespread implementation of recording care coordination late in 2005.
The core objective of the Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) is to comprehensively assess the needs of frail older people and to facilitate access to available services appropriate to their care needs. Details of assessments are recorded in the Aged Care Client Record. New processes are required to supplement the current data collection in order to record details of care coordination.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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Lincoln Centre
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2005
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Validation of the Functional Profile Service Coordination Tool Template
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This project found that the Functional Profile is a useful tool and recommended that it should be retained as part of the revised SCTT suite of tools. It is suggested that the 2006 Functional Profile could be improved by changing the format of the form and adding an item on communication and more specific instructions.
There was confusion in the field about what the Functional Profile is and how it should be used. However, agencies that do use the Functional Profile regularly appear to use it well, as a tool both for Initial Needs Assessment (INI) and for referral to other agencies.
Staff found the Revised Functional Profile usable; they generally approved of suggested changes to the form. Inter-rater reliability on most of the domains in the Functional Profile was satisfactory in most domains.
The project also recommended: that the Functional Profile be given a different name, such as Profile: Need for assistance; that instructions for completing the Functional Profile be improved; and that DHS undertake a wide education process in introducing the revised tool.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Lincoln Centre
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2007
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Victoria and Tasmania Dementia Training Study Centres (previously TIME for Dementia): Training, Innovation, Mentoring and Education for Dementia
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The Centre aims to provide flexible, multi-dimensional education to allied health, medical and nursing nursing professionals and healthcare students in Victoria and Tasmania. DTSC is headed by La Trobe University's Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, in collaboration with Alzheimer's Australia Tas, Alzheimer's Australia Vic, Bendigo Health, Monash University, the National Ageing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health, the University of Tasmania and Professor Joseph Ibrahim.
Australian Department of Health & Ageing |
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ACEBAC
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2009 - 2013
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Victoria and Tasmania Dementia Training Study Centres' Seminars
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Delivery of seminars for Dementia Training Study Centre project
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency |
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ACEBAC
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2011 - 2012
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Water Tariffs and Implications for Rural Seniors
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This pilot project aims to explore the views, preferences and choices of older people in rural communities in the context of significant changes to the operation of water utilities.
Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre and La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainabilit |
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JRI
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2011 - 2012
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Workforce Development for Community, Primary and Women's Health Services
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A report presenting a research and workforce development strategy for the Victorian Primary and Community Health sector funded by the Department of Human Services, Primary Health Program. This sector comprises 100 primary health agencies that deliver services through over 250 sites. About 8000 staff deliver these services.
Department of Human Services, Victoria |
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Director
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2002 - 2003
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Workforce Mapping Project: Rural Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services
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This major consultancy project extended over 11 rural aged care facilities across the region, and involved an extensive process of workforce mapping and observation. Findings were written up and submitted to the Department as part of their workforce planning process. Two papers have also been produced, one on the need for new approaches to research for workforces in aged care, and the second, a methodology paper describing the innovative approach utilised in the project
Department of Health Victoria |
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JRI
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2009 - 2010
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