Evaluation of the Aged Care On-site Pharmacist (ACOP) program in Australian residential aged care homes: Key considerations and next steps

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-14 DOI:10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.10.006

Janet K. Sluggett , Daria S. Gutteridge , Annabel Calder , Georgina A. Hughes , Elizabeth Manias , Shanthi A. Ramanathan , Kurtis Budden , Ingrid Sketris , Sara Javanparast

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Abstract

Older people who live in residential aged care homes (RACHs) often experience polypharmacy and use potentially inappropriate medications. In response to issues identified by a recent national inquiry that identified the need to improve medication management practices in Australian RACHs, a federal government-subsidized initiative to enable clinical pharmacists to practice on-site in Australian RACHs has recently been launched. This new optional program has been funded to enhance quality use of medicines and resident's health and wellbeing in Australian RACHs. This commentary discusses the need for a comprehensive evaluation of this population-based and publicly subsidized initiative to improve medication management in RACHs. It presents a program logic model that outlines the required activities, key outputs and anticipated impacts of Australia's RACH on-site pharmacist program to aid program implementers and beneficiaries to plan, communicate, and evaluate this new program. The program logic model presented can also inform the actions of policy makers and program implementers in other countries who are involved in planning, execution and evaluation of new pharmacist-led interventions or programs in RACHs.

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澳大利亚老年护理院老年护理现场药剂师（ACOP）计划的评估：关键考虑因素和下一步

居住在养老院（RACHs）的老年人经常使用多种药物，并可能使用不适当的药物。最近，一项全国性的调查发现，需要改善澳大利亚乡村医院的药物管理实践，为了应对这一问题，联邦政府资助了一项倡议，使临床药剂师能够在澳大利亚乡村医院现场执业。这项新的可选方案已获得资助，以提高澳大利亚地区药品的使用质量和居民的健康和福祉。本评论讨论了对这一以人群为基础的公共补贴倡议进行全面评估的必要性，以改善乡村地区的药物管理。它提出了一个项目逻辑模型，概述了澳大利亚RACH现场药剂师项目所需的活动、主要产出和预期影响，以帮助项目实施者和受益者计划、沟通和评估这个新项目。所提出的项目逻辑模型也可以为其他国家的政策制定者和项目实施者的行动提供参考，这些国家和地区的政策制定者和项目实施者参与了新药剂师主导的干预措施或项目的规划、执行和评估。

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Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

10.30%

发文量

225

审稿时长

47 days

期刊介绍： Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP) is a quarterly publication featuring original scientific reports and comprehensive review articles in the social and administrative pharmaceutical sciences. Topics of interest include outcomes evaluation of products, programs, or services; pharmacoepidemiology; medication adherence; direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications; disease state management; health systems reform; drug marketing; medication distribution systems such as e-prescribing; web-based pharmaceutical/medical services; drug commerce and re-importation; and health professions workforce issues.