The Townsville Hospital and Health Service is caring for cognitive impairment The Townsville Hospital is the largest facility in the Townsville Hospital and Health Service, and is the region’s only tertiary facility. The hospital serves as the main referral and teaching hospital north of Brisbane, treating patients from as far north as Cape York Peninsula […]
Caring for cognitive impairment at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary referral teaching hospital with 929 beds, located at the Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS) Herston site, close to the Brisbane CBD. They describe here their initiatives, the challenges faced and the outcomes in […]
Research at the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee (QE11) Hospital The QEII Hospital is a metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services and a 24-hour emergency department in Metro South Health in Brisbane. The University of Queensland Centre for Health Services Research is based at QEII and is conducting two projects related […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a large tertiary referral hospital in Brisbane. Over the past decade various services, wards and units at PAH have implemented quality improvement processes for the care of cognitively impaired patients, culminating in the provision of innovative nursing resources and models of care. While further work is required, our journey started […]
Increasing awareness, one newsletter at a time Logan Hospital has committed to the Caring for Cognitive Impairment campaign and recently convened a multidisciplinary steering committee to develop strategies to improve clinical outcomes for patients with dementia and delirium. This includes a new staff newsletter. Strategies that made a difference Increasing staff awareness of caring […]