The Australian Ageing Research Agenda

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The Australian Ageing Research Agenda - Industry
Perspective Mike Rungie ACH Group 24th
September, 2003
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ATA
Acute Transition Alliance
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What would providers need to learn to shift from
Nursing Home placement to Acute Transition
Alliance

• Understand the preferences of older people
• Move from long-term placement approach to
  recovery approach
• Joint venture, pathways not silos
• Sustainability
• Evaluation

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• How much and in what
• ways can researchers
• contribute to increasing
• provider knowledge in
• Strategic areas

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• 90 aged care related
• research is about continuous
• improvement but less than 5
• of Providers engage in any
• research

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What would providers need to learn to shift from
Nursing Home placement to Acute Transition
Alliance

• Understand the preferences of older people
• Move from long-term placement approach to
  recovery approach
• Joint venture, pathways not silos
• Sustainability
• Evaluation

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Busy providers daunted by strategic change can
start by learning

• Joint ventures and relationships developed
  between researchers and providers
• Research agendas developed with consumers and
  providers

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• Silver Chain Home Independence Project

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Framework for Researchers and Providers to talk

• Significant performance innovation
• Positive ageing
• Partnerships
• Sustainability
• Governance and organisation reform

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Providers fear research

• Minor part of continuous improvement
• Research agendas not relevant
• Publications hard to penetrate