Resources
Best Practice Advocacy Centre (BPAC)
Advocates for best practice in healthcare treatments and investigations across a wide range of health service delivery areas, and are recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise and innovation.
Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand
Works with clinicians, providers and consumers to improve health and disability support services.
Health Navigator
Provides one place for New Zealanders to find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-care resources. It is a non-profit community initiative combining the efforts of a wide range of partner and supporter organisations, and is overseen by the Health Navigator Charitable Trust.
Lippincott Procedures
An online resource for instant, evidence-based procedure guidance at the point of care.
Ministry of Health
The Government’s principal advisor on health and disability: improving, promoting and protecting the health of all New Zealanders.
World Health Organization
Works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
Alzheimer’s New Zealand
Represents people living with dementia at a national level by raising awareness of dementia, providing information and resources, advocating for high quality services, and promoting research about prevention, treatment, cure and care.
Dementia Centre
Australian resource and research centre for aged care. Focus on design and quality of life.
Dementia Design
New Zealand guideline supports people involved with the development or major reconfiguration of secure dementia care homes.
Lancet Commission in Dementia Care
Dementia is the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century: around 50 million people worldwide have dementia and this number is predicted to triple by 2050. The Lancet Commission on dementia aims to review the best available evidence and produce recommendations on how to best manage, or even prevent, the dementia epidemic.
Elder Abuse Response Service
Free and confidential 24/7 help-line, 0800 32 668 65 reaches a registered nurses who will direct callers to elder abuse specialist service providers in their region.
Age Concern New Zealand
A charity dedicated to people over 65, their friends, and whanau. We promote dignity, wellbeing, equity and respect and provide expert information and support services in response to older people’s needs.
Centres of Disease Control (CDC)
Resources to assist clinicians, administrators, and health department personnel with preventing infections in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities.
Medicines Care Guide
A user-friendly publication to guide practice in age-related residential care environments
New Zealand Formulary
The NZF is an independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice, enabling healthcare professionals to select safe and effective medicines for individual patients
NZ Pharmacovigilance Centre
New Zealand website for reporting medication adverse events
Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand – Medication Safety
Key focus on insulin, warfarin and opioids
Pressure Injury Prevention
Pressure injuries are now being specifically audited by Ministry of Health Designated Auditing Agencies (DAA’s) in 2016. All age-related residential care provides will be required to notify under s31 pressure injuries grade 3, 4, unstageable and suspected deep tissue injuries. (S31 reporting form). Auditor are also instructed to look at pressure injury prevention programmes.