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Polypharmacy and Medication Regimen Complexity as Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lalic, Samanta, BPharm (Hons), Sluggett, Janet K., PhD, Ilomäki, Jenni, PhD, Wimmer, Barbara C., MClinPharm, Tan, Edwin C.K., PhD, Robson, Leonie, RN, Emery, Tina, RN, Bell, J. Simon, PhD

“…Abstract Objectives To investigate the association between polypharmacy and medication regimen complexity with time to first hospitalization, number of…”
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Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities by Watson, Eliza, Dowson, Leslie, Dunt, David, Thursky, Karin, Worth, Leon J, Sluggett, Janet K, Appathurai, Amanda, Bennett, Noleen

“…Abstract Background Infection surveillance is a vital part of infection prevention and control activities for the aged care sector. In Australia there are two…”
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The risk of fall-related hospitalisations at entry into permanent residential aged care by Inacio, Maria C, Moldovan, Max, Whitehead, Craig, Sluggett, Janet K, Crotty, Maria, Corlis, Megan, Visvanathan, Renuka, Wesselingh, Steve, Caughey, Gillian E

“…Entering permanent residential aged care (PRAC) is a vulnerable time for individuals. While falls risk assessment tools exist, these have not leveraged…”
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Predictors of hospitalisations and emergency department presentations shortly after entering a residential aged care facility in Australia: a retrospective cohort study by Inacio, Maria C, Jorissen, Robert N, Wesselingh, Steve, Sluggett, Janet K, Whitehead, Craig, Maddison, John, Forward, John, Bourke, Alice, Harvey, Gillian, Crotty, Maria, McNamara, Carmel, Pham, Clarabelle T, Karnon, Jonathon, Lynch, Elizabeth, Laver, Kate, Rupa, Jesmin

“…ObjectivesTo: (1) examine the 90-day incidence of unplanned hospitalisation and emergency department (ED) presentations after residential aged care facility…”
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Medicines use before and after comprehensive medicines review among residents of long-term care facilities: a retrospective cohort study by Sluggett, Janet K, Caughey, Gillian E, Air, Tracy, Moldovan, Max, Lang, Catherine, Martin, Grant, Carter, Stephen R, Jackson, Shane, Stafford, Andrew C, Wesselingh, Steve L, Inacio, Maria C

“…Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) is a subsidized comprehensive medicines review program for individuals in Australian residential aged care…”
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SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Sluggett, Janet K, Chen, Esa Y H, Ilomäki, Jenni, Corlis, Megan, Hilmer, Sarah N, Van Emden, Jan, Ooi, Choon Ean, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Comans, Tracy, Hogan, Michelle, Caporale, Tessa, Edwards, Susan, Quirke, Lyntara, Patching, Allan, Bell, J Simon

“…Complex medication regimens are highly prevalent in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Strategies to reduce unnecessary complexity may be valuable…”
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Simplifying medications for people with type 2 diabetes by Sluggett, Janet K, Rigby, Debbie

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Safety of Nurse- and Self-Administered Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy by Sriskandarajah, Shanthy, Ritchie, Brett, Sluggett, Janet K., Reynolds, Jodie G. Hobbs and Karen J.

“…This study aimed to compare and contrast the safety and efficacy of nurse- and self-administered paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)…”
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Patterns of High-Dose and Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Six South Australian Residential Aged Care Services by Hendrix, Ivanka, Page, Amy T., Korhonen, Maarit J., Bell, J. Simon, Tan, Edwin C. K., Visvanathan, Renuka, Cooper, Tina, Robson, Leonie, Sluggett, Janet K.

“…Aim While proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are generally considered safe and well tolerated, frail older people who take PPIs long term may be susceptible to…”
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Central Nervous System-Acting Medicines and Risk of Hospital Admission for Confusion, Delirium, or Dementia by Kalisch Ellett, Lisa M., BPharm(Hons), PhD, Pratt, Nicole L., BSc(Hons), PhD, Ramsay, Emmae N., MClinEpid, Sluggett, Janet K., BPharm(Hons), GDipClinEpid, PhD, Barratt, John D., BPharm, BAppSci, Roughead, Elizabeth E., BPharm, GradDip Health Promotion, MAppSc, PhD

“…Abstract Background Most studies assessing the effect of central nervous system (CNS)-acting medicines on cognitive disturbances have focused on the use of…”
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Medication management in long-term care: using evidence generated from real-world data to effect policy change in the Australian setting by Sluggett, Janet K, Inacio, Maria C, Caughey, Gillian E

“…Older individuals residing in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are often living with multimorbidity and exposed to polypharmacy, and many experience…”
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Medication management policy, practice and research in Australian residential aged care: Current and future directions by Sluggett, Janet K., Ilomäki, Jenni, Seaman, Karla L., Corlis, Megan, Bell, J. Simon

“…The medication management cycle [22]. [Display omitted] Eight percent of Australians aged 65 years and over receive residential aged care each year. Residents…”
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Metformin and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Community-Dwelling People With Diabetes: A National Case-Control Study by Sluggett, Janet K, Koponen, Marjaana, Bell, J Simon, Taipale, Heidi, Tanskanen, Antti, Tiihonen, Jari, Uusitupa, Matti, Tolppanen, Anna-Maija, Hartikainen, Sirpa

“…Abstract Context Type 2 diabetes has been linked with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Studies on the association between metformin use and AD…”
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Diabetes ascertainment among older Australians residing in long‐term care facilities by Wondimkun, Yohanes A., Caughey, Gillian E., Inacio, Maria C., Lang, Catherine, Hogan, Michelle, Sluggett, Janet K.

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Frailty, Hospitalization, and Mortality in Residential Aged Care by Theou, Olga, Sluggett, Janet K, Bell, J Simon, Lalic, Samanta, Cooper, Tina, Robson, Leonie, Morley, John E, Rockwood, Kenneth, Visvanathan, Renuka

“…Frailty predicts mortality in residential aged care, but the relationship with hospitalization is inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to investigate…”
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Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term Care Facilities: An Antimicrobial Mapping Survey by Maher, Dorsa, Sluggett, Janet K., Soriano, Julian, Hull, Dee-Anne, Hillock, Nadine T.

“…To explore antimicrobial management processes in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs), including antimicrobial prescribing, supply,…”
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Glucose‐lowering medicines use before and after entry into long‐term care facilities by Wondimkun, Yohanes A., Caughey, Gillian E., Inacio, Maria C., Air, Tracy, Lang, Catherine, Sluggett, Janet K.

“…Aim To examine changes in the use of glucose‐lowering medicine (GLM) 12 months before and 12 months after long‐term care facility (LTCF) entry among people…”
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Hematological and Other Cancers in People Using Clozapine: Analysis of Australian Spontaneous Reports Between 1995 and 2020 by Dawson, Jessica L., Sluggett, Janet K., Procter, Nicholas G., Myles, Nicholas, Bell, J. Simon

“…Recent observational study evidence suggests that clozapine, unlike other antipsychotics, may be associated with a small increased risk of hematological…”
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The dispensing of psychotropic medicines to older people before and after they enter residential aged care by Harrison, Stephanie L, Sluggett, Janet K, Lang, Catherine, Whitehead, Craig, Crotty, Maria, Corlis, Megan, Wesselingh, Steven L, Inacio, Maria C

“…Objective To examine the prevalence of psychotropic medicine dispensing before and after older people enter residential care. Design Retrospective national…”
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National trends in utilisation of glucose lowering medicines by older people with diabetes in long-term care facilities by Wondimkun, Yohanes A., Caughey, Gillian E., Inacio, Maria C., Hughes, Georgina A., Air, Tracy, Jorissen, Robert N., Hogan, Michelle, Sluggett, Janet K.

“…•Two-thirds of people living with diabetes in LTCFs used GLMs annually.•Metformin was the most commonly used GLM, and its use increased slightly.•Insulin,…”
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