Evaluation of a mental health service reform program, the Pathways to Community Living Initiative, for people with severe mental illness and complex needs.

Objective: The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) aims to reform mental health care for people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and complex needs. This study reports independent evaluation findings on transitions from hospital and practice change in mental health services.

Methods: Data for this mixed-methods evaluation were obtained from administrative collections and semi-structured interviews with PCLI program managers, teams and executive leads; aged care managers; and leaders in inpatient, community and older people's mental health services.

Support for people with dementia experiencing severe responsive behaviours: Unpacking the disconnect between policy and practice.

Objective: The Severe Behaviour Response Team (SBRT) program, which was established in 2015 to support aged care residents with dementia experiencing very severe and extreme responsive behaviours received far fewer referrals than projected during its first year. This article describes the outcomes of a brief survey to identify potential barriers to referrals and identify opportunities to improve the uptake of the service.

Methods: A pragmatic, quasi-experimental study was conducted involving clinical leads working in a representative sample of care homes that had not used the SBRT.

The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC): a new casemix classification for residential aged care.

Objective: To develop a casemix classification to underpin a new funding model for residential aged care in Australia.

Design, Setting: Cross-sectional study of resident characteristics in thirty non-government residential aged care facilities in Melbourne, the Hunter region of New South Wales, and northern Queensland, March 2018 - June 2018.

Participants: 1877 aged care residents and 1600 residential aged care staff.

Rapid response teams to support dementia care in Australian aged care homes: Review of the evidence.

Objectives: To identify attributes of rapid response services designed to support people with very severe and extreme responsive behaviours, otherwise known as behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, in aged care homes.

Methods: A rapid evidence assessment was conducted to inform the evaluation of the Severe Behaviour Response Team (SBRT) service, including a targeted search of peer-reviewed academic literature and an Internet-based search of government, service provider, peak body and university websites.

Results: A number of localised rapid response services targeting people with similar clinical profiles were identified, but none operated on the scale of the SBRT.

Younger Onset Dementia.

This literature review focused on the experience, care, and service requirements of people with younger onset dementia. Systematic searches of 10 relevant bibliographic databases and a rigorous examination of the literature from nonacademic sources were undertaken. Searches identified 304 articles assessed for relevance and level of evidence, of which 74% were academic literature.