“The ACAC is well placed to deliver a long overdue quality measurement framework." SAHMRI & UniSA epidemiologist Maria Inacio will lead a $3m #MRFF funded project to improve the quality of aged care in Australia! Read more ➡️ sahmri.au/MRFF_ACAC

My supervisor out here killing it!!! ⭐️👏 Janet Sluggett

✅Finding ways to summarise academic findings in an accessible and easy-to-read format is a top priority for our research team and collaborators! Check out this great infographic based on a study led by Monica Cations et al. Access the article here: bit.ly/3NotJ3a

Go Olivia Ryan !!! 🌟🌟🌟

I feel so grateful to be doing my PhD with Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) - an awesome registry & team doing big things! It’s an honour to learn here. Read more about how ROSA uses cross-sectoral information to evaluate quality and care provided to older people here ➡️ bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/11/…

Great work Jyoti Khadka introducing Australia’s new quality of life measure (QOL-ACC) and it’s psychometric properties. Important work from Jyoti, Julie and team! This will be implemented nationally soon! Julie Ratcliffe Flinders Caring Futures Institute

Beyond grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Research Council 2022 PhD Thinkers Program at UniSA last week! Big thanks to Prof Maureen Dollard & team for leading this. A pleasure connecting with other female #phd candidates and #researchers

So great hearing about Chelsea’s journey - from pharmacy, to pharmaceutical science, to her PhD, and then to Pfizer! Thanks Chelsea Thorn 🌟🌟🌟

What a great evening! There were just a few(!) legends floating around the room last night - pharmacists, doctors, politicians. Bringing people together to have a conversation, for the inaugural Andy Gilbert Great Debate. PSA

Please reach out if you are interested in this MRFF-funded role with an #agedcare #medicationmanagement focus

Very grateful to be in 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦presenting my PhD work at #ICPE2023 International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology this week! Couldn’t do it without the support from my awesome supervisors, mentors and the ROSA team Janet Sluggett Maria Inacio Deb Rowett Gillian Caughey Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) ☺️

Come and say hello at the FIP poster hall today! We looked at the national trends in #antidepressant medicines use in #agedcare in #Australia 👀📈 #FIP2023 Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Janet Sluggett

Diabetes ascertainment among older Australians residing in long‐term care facilities - Wondimkun - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg… Nearly three in ten nursing home residents live with diabetes!

A new study by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) has found six out of ten Australian aged care residents are taking antidepressant medication. 💊 The study was published in the Journal of American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). Read more ➡️ sahmri.au/Antidepressants

RESEARCHER PROFILE Georgina Hughes Georgina Hughes , Pharmacist & PhD Candidate University of South Australia Clinical and Health Sciences UniSA Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute SAHMRI Georgina

6 in 10 older people living in aged care homes are using an antidepressant: new research led by our PhD student Georgina Hughes on #antidepressant use in #agedcare homes is now online in JAMDA Read for free: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ioTg5QyCqJ%…

Great to be involved in this study which used the 5-step tool MRS GRACE to #simplify #medication regimens in #agedcare homes! It can be used by pharmacists, GPs and geriatricians. Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.saph… Janet Sluggett