Publications by authors named "D McCaskie"
Unlabelled: The majority of patients hospitalised for trauma survive their injuries, with the quality of the survival potentially influenced by early acute hospital rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to review the outcomes of patients managed under an intensive Allied Health Model of Care (AHMOC) compared to a baseline cohort.
Methods: The AHMOC was commenced in February 2020 on the Trauma ward at Alfred Health for 12 months.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the impact of a Disability Liaison Officer (DLO) service in the Emergency Department (ED) on adults with various disabilities, focusing on their length of stay (LOS).
- Conducted in a major referral ED in Melbourne, the research compared standard care patients with those supported by the DLO, analyzing their outcomes over a one-year period.
- Results suggested that the DLO service significantly reduced LOS for patients with disabilities, particularly those discharged directly from the ED, indicating the need for further studies on the service’s effectiveness and cost-efficiency.
Background: Across the care economy there are major shortages in the health and care workforce, as well as high rates of attrition and ill-defined career pathways. The aim of this study was to evaluate current evidence regarding methods to improve care worker recruitment, retention, safety, and education, for the professional care workforce.
Methods: A rapid review of comparative interventions designed to recruit, retain, educate and care for the professional workforce in the following sectors: disability, aged care, health, mental health, family and youth services, and early childhood education and care was conducted.
Background: Strict isolation of COVID-19 patients to prevent cross infection may inadvertently cause serious adverse outcomes including psychological harm, limitations to care, increased incidence of delirium, deconditioning and reduced quality of life. Previous research exploring the staff perspective of the effect of isolation on patients is limited. The aim of this study is to understand staff perceptions and interpretations of their experiences of the care and treatment of isolated patients and the impact of isolation on patients, families, and staff.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Private hospitals in Australia manage 11% of acute and 48% of rehabilitation stroke admissions, yet little is known about implementation of stroke clinical guidelines in this setting. Clinical guidelines recommend that acute stroke patients be co-located in a stroke unit in a geographically defined area, rather than dispersed across the hospital.
Objective: To investigate post-intervention adherence to clinical guidelines for stroke management, and to explore staff barriers and facilitators to guideline implementation.