each wave. Encouraging Better In 2011–12, the EBPAC initiative was incorporated into DSS June 2012- See below for An evaluation To date, there have been three EBPAC funding Practice in Aged Care the ACSIHAG. There are 3 key elements to Dec 2014 individual is being rounds. The first two funding rounds involved 13 (EBPAC) activities under the EBPAC initiative: figures undertaken by projects working within residential aged care Evidence Translation Projects; National Rollout Projects; the Centre for facilities across six states. EBPAC national rollout and Resource Management. Round 3 of EBPAC Health projects build on the successes of the previous commenced in June 2012 and ceased in December evaluation EBPAC projects by rolling out the results more 2014. See specific activities below. The core element of report will be widely across the aged care industry. 3 projects are EBPAC provides grants to the industry to implement published in currently funded through the ACSIHAG Fund, in the evidence-translation projects. May 2015 areas of palliative care, wound management and person centred dementia care. Each project was funded for 2 years and included a project-level evaluation, at the core of which was a ‘before and after’ design i.e. measuring a series of variables before implementation commenced and then measuring the same variables after implementation of the evidence. The outcomes of the programme for residents were difficult to measure. For many people residing in aged care facilities maintaining health status rather than improving health status may well be a satisfactory outcome. The three behaviour management projects produced the best evidence that resident outcomes improved. Encouraging Better Develop and promote an evidence-based person DSS 1 July 2013- $466,190 Yes (yet to be The Project resulted in the development and Practice in Aged Care centred community dementia support framework and 29 Jan 2015 completed) promotion of an evidence-based resource to assist (EBPAC): Person organisational self-assessment tool for community aged in the delivery of Person-Centred Dementia Care by Centred Dementia care and HACC providers. These tools will support these aged care providers. The participants within the Support in Community organisations to improve the quality of services project found the effort and experience worthwhile. delivered to packaged care and HACC recipients with The resources have application beyond the planned dementia cope of those living with Dementia. Pilot providers flagged the appropriateness of these resources for fail older consumers without Dementia. Other providers and industry stakeholders have identified the relevance of these resources to residential aged care as well.
each wave. Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC) In 2011–12, the EBPAC initiative was incorporated into the ACSIHAG. There are 3 key elements to activities under the EBPAC initiative: Evidence Translation Projects; National Rollout Projects; and Resource Management. Round 3 of EBPAC commenced in June 2012 and ceased in December 2014. See specific activities below. The core element of EBPAC provides grants to the industry to implement evidence-translation projects. DSS June 2012- Dec 2014 See below for individual figures An evaluation is being undertaken by the Centre for Health evaluation report will be published in May 2015 To date, there have been three EBPAC funding rounds. The first two funding rounds involved 13 projects working within residential aged care facilities across six states. EBPAC national rollout projects build on the successes of the previous EBPAC projects by rolling out the results more widely across the aged care industry. 3 projects are currently funded through the ACSIHAG Fund, in the areas of palliative care, wound management and person centred dementia care. Each project was funded for 2 years and included a project-level evaluation, at the core of which was a ‘before and after’ design i.e. measuring a series of variables before implementation commenced and then measuring the same variables after implementation of the evidence. The outcomes of the programme for residents were difficult to measure. For many people residing in aged care facilities maintaining health status rather than improving health status may well be a satisfactory outcome. The three behaviour management projects produced the best evidence that resident outcomes improved. Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC): Person Centred Dementia Support in Community Develop and promote an evidence-based person centred community dementia support framework and organisational self-assessment tool for community aged care and HACC providers. These tools will support these organisations to improve the quality of services delivered to packaged care and HACC recipients with dementia DSS 1 July 2013- 29 Jan 2015 $466,190 Yes (yet to be completed) The Project resulted in the development and promotion of an evidence-based resource to assist in the delivery of Person-Centred Dementia Care by aged care providers. The participants within the project found the effort and experience worthwhile. The resources have application beyond the planned cope of those living with Dementia. Pilot providers flagged the appropriateness of these resources for fail older consumers without Dementia. Other providers and industry stakeholders have identified the relevance of these resources to residential aged care as well.
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