Westera, Anita

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Support for people with dementia experiencing severe responsive behaviours: Unpacking the disconnect between policy and practice Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing
2020	Australian residential aged care is understaffed Published In Medical Journal of Australia
2020	Rapid response teams to support dementia care in Australian aged care homes: Review of the evidence Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing
2020	The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC): a new casemix classification for residential aged care Published In Medical Journal of Australia
2017	Specialist workers supporting younger people with dementia Published In Community Care Review
2016	Younger onset dementia: a review of the literature to inform service development Published In American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
2014	Younger onset dementia: an overview of service and research issues Published In Quality of Life Research
2009	Research data obtained during care planning projects result in increased capacity to assess pain in cognitively impaired older persons Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing
2007	Lessons from Evaluating 'Interfaces': Community Care, Community Health and Emergency Departments Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2019	New ways of doing: Severe Behaviour Response Team evaluation findings Published In 52nd Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference
2018	Challenges in behaviour management – What behaviours? Whose challenges? Published In 51st Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference
2018	Identifying people with disability in health system and service data sets Published In International Society for Quality of Life Research 25th Annual Conference
2015	Service and support needs of people with younger onset dementia Published In 30th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International
2015	Younger onset dementia: a recent literature review Published In 30th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International

Other Publications

Year	Title
2021	Pathways to Community Living Initiative: Final Evaluation Report
2020	Pathways to Community Living Initiative – Evaluation Report 4: Strengthening Partnerships Through Collaboration.
2020	Pathways to Community Living Initiative – Evaluation Report 5: Stage One implementation and outcomes
2019	AN-ACC Specifications report – Assessment workforce provider/s
2019	AN-ACC: A national classification and funding model for residential aged care: Synthesis and consolidated recommendations. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 6
2019	How Australian residential aged care staffing levels compare with international and national benchmarks
2019	Pathways to Community Living Initiative – Evaluation Report 3: Presenting evidence of practice change.
2019	Report One: Preliminary analysis of residential staffing levels against international benchmarks
2019	The AN-ACC assessment model. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 2
2019	Topic 2: Nursing as a career choice
2018	Evidence check: Collection of data to identify people with a disability accessing health services
2018	Project Plan: Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Specialist Dementia Care Units program
2018	SDCU Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
2015	Evaluation of the Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC) initiative: final report
2014	Evaluation of the Alzheimer’s Australia National Quality Dementia Care Initiative (NQDCI) final report
2013	Evaluation of the Consumer Dementia Research Network – final report
2012	Report of the interim evaluation of the Consumer Dementia Research Network
2011	Ambulance Service of NSW: review the capacity of the paramedic to identify the low risk patient: final report
2011	Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care program: final evaluation report
2011	Evaluation of the Alzheimer’s Australia national quality dementia care initiative: first progress report
2011	Evaluation of the Alzheimer’s Australia national quality dementia care initiative: second progress report
2009	Care planning sub-program: description of projects funded to improve care planning in palliative care
2009	Care planning sub-program: exit interview report
2009	Care planning sub-program: findings from the national evaluation
2009	Care planning sub-program: report on activities of the national evaluation
2008	Care planning sub-program stakeholder survey 2008
2008	Care planning sub-program: fourth evaluation progress report
2008	Care planning sub-program: third evaluation progress report
2008	Care planning third national workshop report
2007	Care Planning Sub-Program: Second Evaluation Progress Report
2007	Effective Caring: a synthesis of the international evidence on carer needs and interventions
2007	Effective Caring: a synthesis of the international evidence on carer needs and interventions - Volume 2
2007	The NSW SAFTE Care Program - evaluation of a pilot program to prevent unnecessary hospital attendances by older people