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2014
Guide, user guide or guidelines

2014
Fact sheet or brochure

Safe and high-quality care for patients with cognitive impairment (dementia and delirium) in hospital.

2014
Guide, user guide or guidelines

2021
Fact sheet or brochure

This fact sheet lists the quality statements for clinicians included in the Delirium Clinical Care Standard.

2021
Fact sheet or brochure

This resource for consumers explains what each quality statement in the Delirium Clinical Care Standard means for people at risk of, or experiencing delirium. It explains what you can do to have an active role in your care.

2016
Publication, report or update

2016
Poster or graphic

The Delirium Clinical Care Standard poster displays the key steps for treatment and prevention of delirium. 

2018
Guide, user guide or guidelines

2012
Guide, user guide or guidelines

2015
Guide, user guide or guidelines

This guide explains what the 10 elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care mean for you as a patient, and for families, carers and consumers.

2013
Publication, report or update

The purpose of this background paper was to present a précis of the policy and clinical framework for end-of-life care within the Australian acute healthcare setting and as interpreted by consumers, clinicians and policy makers in 2013.

2012
Fact sheet or brochure

Day procedure services face particular challenges when implementing a recognition and response system. This fact sheet provides specific information and implementation strategies for such services.

2012
Fact sheet or brochure

Small, rural and remote health services face particular challenges when implementing a recognition and response system. This fact sheet provides specific information and implementation strategies for such services.

2019
Publication, report or update

Safe and high-quality care for patients with cognitive impairment or at risk of delirium in acute health services

2019
Guide, user guide or guidelines

This user guide outlines critical actions in the second edition of the NSQHS Standards that support safe and high quality care for patients with cognitive impairment or at risk of delirium.

2019
Fact sheet or brochure

Clinicians can take action to reduce the risk of harm.

2016
Poster or graphic

Delirium is an acute disturbance of consciousness, attention and cognition that tends to fluctuate during the course of the day.

2016
Poster or graphic

Dementia causes progressive cognitive impairment, affecting memory, judgement, language and everyday tasks. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia.

2021
Other resource

A Topic Working Group was convened to provide advice to the Commission on this project. The group comprised individuals with relevant expertise in delirium, representatives of key stakeholder organisations as well as a consumer representative.

2018
Poster or graphic

This infographic is targeted at reducing inappropriate use of antipsychotics. It summarises why this is such an important issue for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) across multiple healthcare settings.

2019
Fact sheet or brochure

This guide outlines relevant actions in the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards that support safe and high-quality care for people with cognitive impairment or at risk of delirium. It suggests strategies for implementation, provides links to further resources and highlights examples of good practice that are achievable.

2019
Newsletter

This week’s issue includes items on patient experience, public health, patient safety, speaking up, medication safety, dementia, end of life care, attire, health information technology, surgical instruments and more.

Also covered are new issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and Patient Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and latest from the UK’s NICE.

2019
Newsletter

This week’s issue includes items on bias in health care, Clostridium difficile/Clostridioides difficile, the National Hand Hygiene Initiative, dementia, medication reviews, patient and family engagement, intrapartem care, reporting safety concerns, antimicrobial stewardship and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Patient Experience Journal and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

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