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Aged care search collection

Instant access to aged care evidence

Finding relevant and reliable high-quality evidence can be time-consuming. That's why we've created our aged care search collection, offering instant access to aged care research and information, in the click of a button.

Our automated searches use PubMed database to streamline the search process, making it simple to find and evaluate information quickly. 

Aged care search collection

The aged care collection is organised into five themed categories accessible in multiple formats:

  • All (all articles)
  • Australia
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Free access (free-to-access articles)

We also provide expert guidance on how to refine our searches or craft your own using specialist filters. Beyond PubMed, our online searches align with our priority topics and direct you to valuable research collections, enhancing your access to vital aged care knowledge.

Our collection includes:

Aged care 

The aged care searches align with our workforce's identified priority topics in both residential and home care. They include additional themed searches that support our findings from a scoping study of systematic reviews on each topic.

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Providing care

Providing care involves addressing individual needs with compassion and professionalism. Our providing care search collection includes two themes, care matters and principles of care, in residential and home care services (aged care).

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Diverse groups

People in aged care environments come from diverse backgrounds and have a variety of lived experiences. Our searches for diverse groups include those identified by the Aged Care Diversity Framework, as well as other significant populations such as refugees and young people in aged care.

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Professional groups

The aged care workforce is made up of a diverse mix of skills, workers and professionals. Our professional group searches include all individuals that are involved in care delivery.

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Provider considerations

Providers need to address various aspects that impact the delivery of care, such as implementing change and innovation, retaining and recruiting staff, and ensuring quality and safety in care delivery. Our provider considerations searches connect you to the latest evidence on these aspects and more.

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Create your own and online searches

You may wish to tailor our searches to your specific areas of interest or create your own from scratch. This section provides information on using search filters to refine your search and automated online searches based on our priority topics, using Google.

Create your own searches

While we have created many searches for use in PubMed, we have also provided guidance on how you can construct your own searches and how to use established search filters to restrict your searches to particular formats, groups or subjects.

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Online searches 

Good research practice involves searching across various sources, including grey literature. Our online searches include additional searches using Google based on our priority topics. We have also created a handy guide to help you develop your own online searches using Google Advanced Search.

Online searches
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Would you like to know more information such as key organisations and research sources in aged care? See our resources section below.

Aged care research organisations

This section provides a curated list of essential research sources in aged care, offering easy access to the latest studies, data, and evidence-based insights to support informed decision-making and innovative practices.

Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA)

ARIIA has information to support the workforce to develop their knowledge and skills needed to implement innovative, evidence-based changes within aged care services and organisations. Our resources include:

Ageing Futures Institute (UNSW)

Applies multiple perspectives to address complex issues in our ageing population across the life course and addresses real-life problems and nurtures a research-innovation ecosystem to build capacity and create impact.

Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO)

The APO is and open access platform containing research, policy and information related to aged care.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)

CEPAR is a collaboration of leading researchers in population ageing.

Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG)

The AAG is Australia’s only independent, impartial membership organisation whose over-arching aim is to improve the experience of ageing by connecting gerontological research, policy and practice.

Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC)

ACEBAC advocates person-centred, evidence-based care of older people and are involved in research, education and professional practice. All of their research involves collaboration with a mix of disciplines and consumers.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

AIHW collects and reports information on a wide range of topics and issues, including health and welfare expenditure, hospitals, disease and injury, mental health to ageing, homelessness, disability, and child protection.

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

APNA is the peak body and professional membership association for all nurses working outside of a hospital setting in Australia.

CareSearch

The CareSearch Project consolidates online palliative care knowledge for health professionals, people needing palliative care and their families, and for the general community.

Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC)

The Department of Health and Aged Care, formerly the Department of Health, is a department of the Australian Government responsible for health research, funding, promotion and regulation in Australia.

National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse (NACDC) and GEN

NACDC is an independent and central repository of national aged care data. It brings together information on people receiving aged care and the services and organisations providing care. GEN (aged care data) is a comprehensive “one–stop shop” for data and information about aged care services in Australia. It reports on capacity and activity in the aged care system focusing on the people, their care assessments and the services they use.

National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)

NARI is Australia’s leading independent, non-profit medical research institute dedicated to ageing and aged care research.

Sax Institute

The Sax Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that improves health and wellbeing by driving better use of evidence in policies, programs and services.

UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC)

UARC integrates partnerships with practice in producing research and coordinating multiple areas of expertise to address the key challenges in ageing and aged care, while working to resolve them.

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