Research Projects
Jewish Care has a strong commitment to research and developing services that are built on an evidence base.
Recently completed projects
Over the years we have supported a range of projects, some of the key projects that have recently completed include:
- Measuring pain management by staff in residential aged care with the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), La Trobe University. This centre undertakes leading edge research in aged care.
- In 2010 the Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing produced the following report: Aged Care for Survivors of Genocide and Mass Trauma: Developing an aged care training model. Jewish Care supported and participated in this research.
Projects on the go
Currently Jewish Care is involved in a range of research collaborations, including:
High Energy/High Protein Diet – Services for Older People
MONASH University – Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Research project to measure the use of changes to diet versus supplements in maintaining or increasing weight in residential aged care.
Jewry 2030 - Mapping the Needs of the Jewish Community
MONASH University – Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Builds on earlier work undertaken for the Gen08 report – to learn more about the Jewish Community in Australia.
Self Advocacy History Project, Active Support-Practice Leadership, Encounters and Social Inclusion - Disability Services
LaTrobe University
These three projects will assist Jewish Care in understanding the needs of people with a disability and improving the services we provide to service users and their families.
Wound management in Residential Aged Care - Services for Older People
LaTrobe University - WOW – World of Wounds
This project will investigate the effectiveness of wound management.
Managing Behaviours of Concern – Disability Services
Department of Human Services, Office of Senior Practitioner
Jewish Care is a participant organisation in this project which aims to make recommendations concerning organisational resources and support strategies to better assist services and, in particular, front-line managers and support staff directly supporting people with disability who show behaviours of concern.