Australian Consortium for Aged Care (ACAC)

The Australian Consortium for Aged Care (ACAC) is a national consortium of Australia’s leading researchers in aged care.

The ACAC was formed to answer key research questions that underpin, inform and monitor the policy response and implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT)

The Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) brings together Australia’s leading researchers, clinicians and consumers to create a powerful network for dementia prevention, treatment and care.

Digital Health CRC

The Digital Health CRC is Australia’s leading organisation for digital health innovation and commercialisation.

You can read more about this partnership here.

National Infection Surveillance Program for Aged Care (NISPAC)

NISPAC – National Infection Surveillance Program for Aged Care is a project aiming to develop, implement and evaluate an infection and antimicrobial surveillance portal for Australian Residential Aged Care Services.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The ‘Mobile X-ray services provided within residential aged care facilities’ (MRFF Mobile Radiology, GNT: 1183855) project is a collaboration between the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and ROSA.

STAAR-SA. State Action On Avoidable Rehospitalisations And Unplanned Admission: An Integrated Knowledge Translation Project Across SA

The STAAR-SA project aims to improve the pathways of care for older people aged 65 years and over after discharge from hospital.

You can watch a video developed by the Council on the Ageing South Australia and The Plug In about the findings from the STAAR-SA project here.

The STAAR-SA Project team has developed a summary infographic about this collaboration:

Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Research Unit

The ROSA research team is collaborating with the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Research Unit based at SAHMRI on the NHMRC funded study ‘Leaving No-one Behind: Informing Indigenous aged care policy with big data’.

Guided by the members of the ROSA Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee, this collaborative project work seeks to: