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Reporting Missing Residents

Lessons

Status

Target Audience 

Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses

Goal

Staff will understand their mandatory requirements in reporting missing residents in Aged Care Facilities

Objectives

At the end of the session the participant should be able to:

  • Provide a background to mandatory reporting in aged care.
  • To revise mandatory reporting requirements.
  • To explain what happens when a report is made.
  • To narrate internal processes for reporting residents who have gone missing

References

Department of Health (2016).The Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth), s 63-1, 63-1(m), 63-1B.

 Australian Government, Department of Social Services ‘Ageing and Aged Care: New Compulsory Reporting Resources for Aged Care Services’ viewed on the 29th of February 2016

< https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/ageing-and-aged-care/overview/advice-to-the-aged-care-industry/aged-care-entry-record/new-compulsory-reporting-resources-for-aged-care-services>

Australian Government, Aged Care Quality and Compliance Group (Aged Care Complaints Scheme) ‘What can we learn?  Aged care residents who go missing: What can we learn from compulsory reports?, viewed on the 29th of February 2016.  <https://www.agedcarecomplaints.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/what_can_we_learn_report_-_missing_residents.docx> 

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