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The Australian Centre for Community Care (ACEBCC)
The Australian Centre for Community Care (ACEBCC) is a collaborative effort between Blue Care and the University of Queensland School of Nursing. The centre is located within the head office of Blue Care in Toowong, Queensland as part of the Blue Care - University of Queensland Research and Practice Development Centre (RPDC). The centre has a core team of researchers experienced in evidenced based research and practice to utilise and oversee the systematic review process, identify and implement best practice guidelines, run workshops to disseminate best practice information to our clientelle, and coordinate and perform clinical trials. The centre has an ongoing body of Research Higher Degree students from which clinical trials and studies, and systematic reviews will also be initiated. Systematic Reviews
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Journal Articles
Parker D, Mills S, Abbey J. 2008. Effectiveness of interventions that assist caregivers to support people with dementia living in the community: A systematic review. International Journal of Evidence Based Health Care 6:137-172.
Book Chapters
Parker, D., Froggatt, K. Evidence informed nursing for older people - Palliative care In D. Tolson, J. Booth & I. Schofield (eds.) Evidence informed nursing with older people. Wiley Blackwell; UK, Ch 7. (for publication 2010).
Parker D. The development and implementation of evidence based palliative care guidelines for residential care: lessons for other countries, in Gott, M and Ingleton, C (eds) Living with Ageing and Dying: End of Life Care for Older People. Oxford University Press (for publication in 2010).
Tuckett, A., Tolson, D. Truth telling: I’m a nurse trust me. In D. Tolson, J. Booth & I. Schofield (eds.) Evidence informed nursing with older people. Wiley Blackwell; UK, Ch 4. (for publication 2010).
Conference Presentations
Hodgkinson, B., Tuckett., A., Paterson, J., Hegney, D., Kralik, D. (2009). Effectiveness of interventions to raise men’s awareness of bladder and bowel health. Poster presentation at the Health in Transitions Researching for the Future, The 4th International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, 16-20th August, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Parker, D., Hodgkinson, B. 2009. A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review – Poster presented at the 19th IAGG Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 5th-10th July, Palaise de Congress de Paris, Paris, France.
Parker, D., Hodgkinson, B. 2009. A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review. Poster presentation for the 42nd Australian Association of Gerontology National Conference, Translation and transformation: connecting what we know and what we do, 25-27th November, National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Hodgkinson, B., Tuckett., A., Paterson, J., Hegney, D., Kralik, D. (2009). Effectiveness of interventions to raise men’s awareness of bladder and bowel health. Poster presentation at the Health in Transitions Researching for the Future, The 4th International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, 16-20th August, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Parker, D., Hodgkinson, B. 2009. Which palliative care outcome measure is suitable for use in residential aged care. Paper presented at Together! 2009—the 10th Australian Palliative Care Conference and the 8th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, 24th-27th September Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Parker, D, 2009. Implementing an evidence based model of palliative care in residential aged care. Joanna Briggs Institute International Convention - Ripples to Revolution-Bench to Bedside, 18th-20th November, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Hodgkinson B, Tuckett A, Hegney D, Paterson J & Kralik D 2009 Effectiveness of interventions to raise men’s awareness of bladder and bowel health. Oral presentation – Joanna Briggs Institute International Convention, Adelaide, Australia.
Parker D & Hodgkinson B 2009 A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review – Poster. 11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Vienna, Austria
Training Programs
The Australian Centre for Community Care (ACEBCC) conducts various training programs to assist clinicians to develop their skills in evidence based practice.. The aim of the workshops is to equip clinicians with the knowledge and skills to identify, appraise and utilise evidence based research as the basis for clinical practice. All workshops involve practical exercises and include facilitators’ notes for future reference.
For more information about the Training Programs contact:
Dr Anthony Tuckett
Deputy Director, ACEBCC
a.tuckett@uq.edu.au