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Evaluation of a Residential In-Reach Program in Regional and Rural Australia
Led by Monash University · Updated on 2025-05-30
100
Participants Needed
8
Research Sites
60 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Monash University
Lead Sponsor
D
Deakin University
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Residential In-Reach (RIR) programs are designed to provide responsive care for residents in residential aged care homes (RACH) with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital transfers. The evidence for their clinical and cost-effectiveness and implementation has been established in urban settings, but there is a small amount of low-quality evidence for rural and regional settings. The Grampians Region Health Service Partnership Resi-In-Reach Redesign Committee will be implementing a new RIR program to be offered to all RACHs in the Grampians region, this project aims to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of this program, and its implementation in the rural and regional setting. A stepped-wedge trial will be conducted so that as the RIR program is gradually rolled-out across the region, outcomes can be compared in the same facilities across time and between different facilities. The primary outcome measure will be presentation to emergency departments and urgent care centres, and data will also be collected on other clinical outcomes and barriers and enablers of implementing the program. It is anticipated that there will be a reduction in hospital presentations, and a range of barriers and enablers unique to the rural and regional setting will emerge.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Evaluation of a Residential In-Reach Program in Regional and Rural Australia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Health services with emergency departments or emergency care centres that admit residents from residential aged care homes
- Residential aged care homes without current access to Residential In-Reach (RIR) programs
- Health service staff involved in the set-up and delivery of the RIR program
- Residential aged care home staff with experience accessing the RIR service at least once
- Residents living in residential aged care homes who have received medical care from the RIR program and can provide informed consent, or their family members
- General practitioners whose patient load includes residents from residential aged care homes
You will not qualify if you...
- Residential aged care homes that already have access to a Residential In-Reach (RIR) program
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 8 locations
1
East Grampians Health Service
Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 3377
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2
Grampians Health
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 3350
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3
Beaufort and Skipton Health Service
Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, 3373
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4
Central Highlands Rural Health
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 3460
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5
Maryborough District Health Service
Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 3465
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6
West Wimmera Health Service
Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 3418
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7
East Wimmera Health Service
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 3478
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8
Rural Northwest Health
Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 3393
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Research Team
D
Dai Pu
CONTACT
C
Catherine Huggins
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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