Summary Case Study - Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard and the Aged Care Quality Standards

This resource uses a fictional scenario to follow the sequence of an older person’s care pathway with an in-home aged care provider. The focus is on the systems and processes that should be in place to support high-quality care of an older person living with dementia. The scenario has four sections that can be used individually or together as education for staff in aged care homes. The sections focus on key areas of risk for older people.

1. Person-centred care – commencing with the provider, identifying their care needs and the roles and responsibilities for delivering care
2. Medication management
3. Managing changed behaviours
4. Transitions of Care – acute deterioration resulting in hospital admission and discharge

Links to the Psychotropic medicines in cognitive disability or impairment Clinical Care Standard and the related Outcomes in the Aged Care Quality Standards are provided through-out the documents to support evidence based clinical care.