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ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2026

Nurse-Led Innovations for Optimising the Quality and Safety of Care for the Older Person in Residential Aged Care: A Warrant for Action.

Ramon Z Shaban, Kate Curtis, Margaret Fry, Julie Considine, Lee-Fay Low, Karen Watson, Brendan McCormack, Mary K Lam, Moira Dunsmore, Yun-Hee Jeon and 4 more

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Article in Journal of advanced nursing, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ramon Z ShabanFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-0557
Kate CurtisFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3746-0348
Margaret FryFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-7096
Julie ConsidineSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-2456
Lee-Fay LowFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-3525
Karen WatsonFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-582X
Brendan McCormackFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8525-8905
Mary K LamRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9451-8203
Moira DunsmoreFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6394-2781
Yun-Hee JeonFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-9134
Richard Iain LindleyWestmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-5679
Jo-Ann DaltonHardi Aged Care, Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia.
Catherine ViengkhamFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-4219
Merrick PowellFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-5206

Funding

Medical Research Future Fund Clinician Researchers - Nurse, Midwives and Allied Health Research MRF2023190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo canvas the contemporary contextual forces within the Australian residential aged care sector and argue for new research and innovation. There is a pressing need to provide systematised, high-quality and person-centred care to our ageing populations, especially for those who rely on residential care. This paper advances a warrant for establishing a new systematic framework for assessment and management that serves as a foundation for effective person-centred care delivery.

designPosition paper.

methodsThis paper promulgates the current dialogue among key stakeholders of quality residential aged care in Australia, including clinicians, regulatory agencies, researchers and consumers. A desktop review gathered relevant literature spanning research, standards and guidelines regarding current and future challenges in aged care in Australia.

resultsThis position paper explores the issues of improving the quality and safety of residential aged care in Australia, including the lingering impact of COVID-19 and incoming reforms. It calls for nurse-led research and innovation to deliver tools to address these challenges.

conclusionThe paper proposes an appropriate holistic, evidence-based nursing framework to optimise the quality and safety of residential aged care in Australia. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: This study did not include patient or public involvement in its design, conduct, or reporting.

Indexed as

Geriatric NursingHomes for the AgedPatient SafetyQuality of Health CareAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaCOVID-19HumansMalePatient-Centered Careageingclinical decision‐makingevidence‐based practicenursing assessmentolder peopleresidential facilities

Identifiers

PMID40898931
PMCPMC13069198

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