Where to Begin Risk Management in Long Term Care in Australian Aged Care Organisations
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Looking after our older generation and providing the care they deserve is challenging. It is a process that we all need to consider very carefully in terms of risk management. In Australia, without any reservations we all agree that care and service delivery has improved since the introduction of continuous quality improvement into the aged care industry. However, the misconception of the continuous quality improvement is still evident in the industry where authorities, employers and employees put all their faith in numbers and believe that numbers must be at a high percentage to achieve compliance.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006