Library: Aged Care / Geriatrics: Guidelines

About Guidelines

Clinical and other guidelines are available from many sources. Below are guidelines specific to this topic. For a more comprehensive set of guidelines click here.

Guidelines

American Geriatrics Society – Guidelines & recommendations
American Psychological Association (APA) – APA guidelines for the evaluation of dementia and age-related cognitive change
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – The aged care infection prevention and control guide
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Preventing falls and harm from falls in older people: Best practice guidelines for Australian hospitals
British Geriatrics Society – Clinical guidelines
NICE Guidance – Older people
Right Decisions for Health and Care – GGC clinical guideline platform: Frailty
UpToDate – Society guideline links: Delirium and confusional states in older adults
UpToDate – Society guideline links: Falls