Preventing elder abuse by providing safe & quality aged care for senior Australians (Supporting aged care nursing staff to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: iSeeBehaviour).

Abstract

• Managing challenging behaviours that are exhibited by aged care facility residents involves complex decision making process that should reflect a person centred approach to care • Decisions regarding the most appropriate behaviour management intervention requires individual knowledge of the resident and knowledge of a number of strategies, as no two residents are identical • This presentation will introduce a new mobile application called iSeeB which assists care staff during the behavioural assessment and intervention implementation and provides the decision support capable of individualising recommendations and feedback