Australian Institute of Health Innovation: Aged Care

Research improving the safety and quality of aged care

Explore our projects to see how we are shaping the future of aged care and supporting better services, experiences and outcomes for older Australians.

Our work spans across a range of projects focused on improving the quality, safety and experiences of our aged population. We collaborate with older people, families, care providers, technology providers and policymakers to ensure our research contributes to meaningful change.

Our aged care projects

• Aged Care Voices – Listening to consumer experiences and preferences for care delivered in residential aged care to improve quality and safety.
• AiCT-Med – An AI platform supporting deprescribing in residential aged care.
• eMMR project – An electronic Medication Management Review (eMMR) portal: a one-stop platform to improve medication reviews in aged care.
• MQ-Dash – A predictive dashboard for falls management in residential aged care.
• National aged care medication roundtable – Improving medication management in aged care.
• OneDementiaHub – An AI platform supporting proactive and evidence-based dementia care in rural and remote residential aged care.
• Sensory care in residential aged care – How is vision and hearing care being delivered in Australian residential aged care homes?
• Support4Resilience – Strengthening leadership in residential aged care through development and evaluation of the evidence-based support4resilience toolbox.
• Transforming residential aged care with informatics – Building evidence for safer medication use through scalable digital innovation.

Other resources and ways to engage with us

• Aged care leadership workshops – Register for a half-day workshop and access the support4resilience toolbox.
• WOMBAT (Work Observation Method by Activity Timing) – Discover the time and motion tool used to capture workflow and communication patterns.