Here's why we need nurse-resident ratios in aged care homes
- Written by Sarah Russell, Principal Researcher, Research Matters; Research Officer, Monash University
More than 170,000 older Australians live in aged care homes. Of those, 83% are classified as requiring high care. An estimated 60% of “high care” residents have dementia, 40–80% have chronic pain, 50% have urinary incontinence, 45% have a sleep disorder and 30–40% have depression.
The management of these complex conditions,...