Cross, Amanda J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-9211
Blakeley, Brooke https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1501-8828
Laver, Kate https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0259-2209
Haines, Terry P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3150-6154
Hilmer, Sarah N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-1501
Manek, Atish
Bennett, Alexandra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9900-5316
Martini, Angelita https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1886-7115
Quirke, Lyntara
Kulh, Mary Ann
Whittaker, Sara L. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-185X
Cenin, Dayna R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-7035
Hobbs, Anthony
Money, Joanne https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3956-2173
Rieniets, Karina https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3912-2398
Salisbury, Kris
Yong, Alene Sze Jing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6032-4582
Bell, J. Simon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6115-2767
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government (MRFMMIP000025)
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP2009633)
Article History
Received: 3 May 2025
Accepted: 12 July 2025
First Online: 4 August 2025
Declarations
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: The trial has received Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee approval (ID:42018) and Grampians Health Human Research Ethics Committee approval (ID: 109740).For aged care provider organisations who do not have an affiliated human research ethics committee, the Research and Governance Committees will be provided with the Monash University Ethics approval and/or Grampians Health Ethics approval study documentation and will approve the study for their organisation. The research will be conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.The trial evaluates RACF-level interventions, individual residents will not be recruited to participate. The aged care provider organisations were partners in the application for grant funding. RACF-level consent to participate will be obtained from an authorised representative of the aged care provider organisation or RACF manager. If an aged care provider organisation or RACF manager decides to withdraw throughout the trial, data that have been collected prior to withdrawal will be included in the data analysis if permitted. No new data will be collected after the aged care provider organisation or RACF has withdrawn from the trial.Any planned changes in the protocol will be approved by the ethics committees, communicated to relevant stakeholders, and updated in the ANZCTR.
: Not applicable.
: AJC has received grant funding or consulting funds from the NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund, Dementia Australia Research Foundation and Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. All grants and consulting funds were paid to the employing institution.AtM declares he is the owner and director of Aged Care GP.JSB has received grant funding or consulting funds from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Medical Research Future Fund, Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services, Dementia Australia Research Foundation, Yulgilbar Foundation, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, GlaxoSmithKline Supported Studies Programme, Amgen and several aged care provider organizations unrelated to this work.BB, KL, TPH, SNH, AB, AnM, LQ, MAK, SW, DC, AH, JM, KR, KS and ASJY declare that they have no relevant potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.