Emergency department physiotherapists: consideration of perceived barriers and facilitators to help optimise their role in the Australian emergency department.

Questions: What are the current barriers and facilitators to the role of ED physiotherapists? How do ED physiotherapists believe their role may be optimised within the context of the ED?

Design: Mixed methods study using a cross sectional survey.

Participants: Australian physiotherapists currently providing services to patients within an Australian emergency department.

Intervention: N/A.

Demographics and scope of Australian emergency department physiotherapists.

Questions: To provide workforce data on the status of Australian Emergency Department (ED) physiotherapy practice, including physiotherapist demographic data, staffing levels and funding sources. Evaluate the scope of practice currently undertaken by ED physiotherapists and alignment of ED physiotherapy service provision with demand levels.

Design: Cross sectional survey.

Co-production processes for translation and validation of psychosocial assessments for older adults in aged care.

Objective: Given the diverse ethnic backgrounds of aged care clients, there is a critical requirement to translate psychosocial assessment tools into various languages to effectively evaluate social engagement and quality of life in older adults receiving aged care services. This study aimed to translate psychosocial tools into Turkish, Korean and Mandarin, the primary languages spoken by clients of an Australian community aged care provider.

Methods: A co-development approach encompassing forward and backward translations of the Australian Community Participation Questionnaire and ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people tools, along with focus group discussions involving bilingual staff (n = 7) and clients (n = 16), was employed to ensure precision and cultural relevance.

Perceived barriers and facilitators to the provision of physiotherapy in residential aged care facilities: A national survey of Australian physiotherapists.

Objective: To identify and explore physiotherapists' perceived barriers and facilitators to the provision of physiotherapy in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs).

Methods: A national cross-sectional survey was conducted with physiotherapists who worked in Australian RACFs for at least 50% of their working week. A variety of methods, such as social media, direct contact with aged care providers, and the Australian Physiotherapy Association, were used to advertise the survey.

The type and scope of physiotherapy is under-utilised in Australian residential aged care facilities: a national, cross-sectional survey of physiotherapists.

Background: With an increasingly ageing population in Australia, more older adults who are frail are living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The aim of this study was to detail the type, scope, and funding of physiotherapy utilised in Australian RACFs.

Methods: Registered physiotherapists (n = 219, 72% female, mean age (SD) = 38.