Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (9100000)
Article History
Received: 17 December 2018
Accepted: 11 June 2019
First Online: 25 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC Ref: HREC/15/HAWKE/99; NSLHD Ref: RESP 15 65). As all data collected were completely de-identified the need to obtain consent from individuals was waived. Participating aged care organisations signed research participant recruitment agreements, and participating aged care facilities provided consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: Ian Cameron is an Section Editor of BMC Geriatrics. He had no role in the review or editing of this paper. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests to declare.