Designed for:
Allied Health Professionals, Clinical Nurses, Facility Managers, Nurse Assistants, Nurse Managers, and Registered Nurses.
Overview:
Aged care staff play a vital role in supporting residents in their later years. Recognising and responding to deterioration in a resident’s condition is an essential clinical skill that enables clear communication with staff, families, and carers.
Accurately identifying deterioration ensures residents receive high-quality, personalised care while allowing staff to provide support aligned with the resident’s values, preferences, and goals.
Timely recognition and response help minimise unnecessary escalation and transitions from the preferred place of care. It also ensures medications are appropriately prescribed and deprescribed, keeps families informed about care and symptoms, and can prevent avoidable hospitalisations or medical interventions.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognise the signs of deterioration in residents and understand the importance of early identification for timely intervention.
- Develop effective communication strategies to collaborate with staff, families, and carers when a resident’s condition deteriorates.
- Understand how to embed personalised care based on a resident’s values, preferences, and goals, particularly during times of deterioration.
- Identify strategies to minimise unnecessary escalations and transitions from the resident’s preferred place of care, including avoiding hospitalisation.
Presented By:
Dee Whitty
Nurse Practitioner, Specialty and Ambulatory Services Residential Care Line