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About the Hub

Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) supports the aged care sector through evidence, resources and practical guidance. The Knowledge and Implementation Hub (KIH) conducts reviews and develops provider guidance, to help users innovate, implement and apply evidence-based research in aged care practice. 

What can you find in the Hub?

The KIH brings together evidence on topics identified by the aged care sector, alongside information and resources that help users find, understand and apply research in practice.

The Hub supports users in five ways:

  1. Evidence on priority topics: The Hub reviews evidence on selected priority topics and undertakes evidence reviews and scans to develop guidance for providers and the sector. 
  2. Research and project support: The Hub includes research and project support content to help users find current evidence. It provides collections of high-quality evidence to support decision-making, review existing processes, and explore key areas of the sector. 
  3. Resource collections: The Hub provides curated resource collections that include sector examples, guidance, tools and other practical materials. 
  4. Blogs and implementation support: The Hub includes blogs and evidence-based tools to support implementation in aged care settings.
  5. Our publications: ARIIA produces publications and funds grant-supported projects that generate publications for the aged care sector in Australia.

Our aged care priority topics

The key resources in the Hub are the aged care topics. Each year we create specific evidence resources around priority aged care topics identified by a survey and through consultation with the sector. 

Each topic has three sets of resources for innovators and website visitors, they are evidence themes, resources and emerging research.

Evidence themes

A scoping review of published systematic reviews relating to the specific topic provides an overview of the evidence landscape. The findings of each scoping review are structured into evidence themes which show where research efforts have been directed and what the research has found. PDF versions of the review’s key findings and each evidence theme are provided so that this knowledge can be easily shared across the sector.

Resources

Relevant and high-quality Australian resources on each priority topic are identified through a desktop environmental scan and a critical appraisal process. These resources are then made available in the Hub’s resources collection where you can filter them by topic, by your role in aged care, or by type of resource (e.g., learning module, tool, or scale).

Emerging research

We also connect you with current Australian research and projects on the aged care priority topics, as well as to emerging research via our systematic review collection (updated monthly). 

Clinical governance Dementia care Meaningful lifestyle activities Mental health and wellbeing Palliative care and end of life Rehabilitation, reablement and restorative Care Social isolation Staff burnout Technology in aged care Urgent and critical need Workforce retention

Research and Project Supports

While the aged care topics provide a wealth of information, we realise that more is needed to bring about change. We are supporting aged care staff, services, and researchers by providing additional content that looks at where to find information, contextual issues, and evidence about how change occurs. You can already find additional search resources including one-click PubMed searches, links to organisations and agencies that are key players in the aged care sector, and useful information for older people and families. We will also be bringing together evidence and resources on some of the contextual issues that influence aged care such as diversity and approaches to change management.

About searching PubMed Organisations and programs Older people and families

Making knowledge available

Our Knowledge Blogs continue to provide an opportunity for our experts to write about their research and the aged care workforce to share their experiences. Meanwhile, our team is working to create mobile knowledge that can disseminate through social media. This means we can share evidence for practice in formats that resonate with the intended users in ways that lead to immediate understanding and action. You might like to sign up for our KnowledgeConnect quarterly newsletter to keep up to date with ways to use evidence in your personal practice or within your organisation.

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Building our understanding

We are also using the Hub as a way of capturing data. Beyond web metrics, we will analyse the searches that bring users to the site and the pathways of use within the site. Data capture points within the Hub will enable users to provide immediate feedback and help us to better understand their needs.

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