Medication management for providers of aged care | Bendigo

Medication management and restrictive practices in aged care | Provider session

Hosted by Murray PHN in collaboration with The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

To ensure quality of life for older people through appropriate use of medications, the Commission will provide education on the current evidence, legislative requirements and roles and responsibilities of aged care providers.

Target audience: Clinical staff working in aged care, including registered nurses, clinical managers, allied health staff, and pharmacists.

Topics:

• Polypharmacy – the prevalence of polypharmacy in aged care and ways to address this.
• Psychotropic medications – appropriate informed consent, review, prescribing and deprescribing
• Pain management – reducing reliance on opioids to manage pain.
• UTI management – use of a clinical pathway to address overprescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract conditions including asymptomatic bacteriuria.
• Person-centred behaviour support including causes of changed behaviour and behaviour support planning.
• Chemical restraint – restrictive practice legislation, the Royal Commission and the role of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Clarify the role of aged care providers regarding psychotropic medications and chemical restraint.

Presenters:

• Anna McIntyre, Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacy Unit
• Loren deVries, Senior Practitioner, Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices Unit
• Megan Cox, Director, Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices Unit

About the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

The Commission is the national regulator of Commonwealth-funded aged care services and works to safeguard the wellbeing and rights of older Australians.

The Commission is responsible for:

• approving providers to deliver (Commonwealth-subsidised) aged care services

• engaging with and educating key stakeholders in the aged care sector about the Commission’s functions

• resolving complaints about aged care services

• accrediting residential aged care services

• monitoring providers’ compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards and other obligations

• administering the Serious Incident Response Scheme

• regulating aged care workers, volunteers and governing persons under the Code of Conduct

• undertaking compliance and enforcement actions

• revoking the approval of an organisation to deliver (Commonwealth-subsidised) aged care services.