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Below is a list of our most recent research projects. To access information about previous research we have been engaged in please visit www.aro.gov.au.


Social Enablement Pilot  
The Social Rehabilitation Program is a structured, task focused and time limited approach that utilises volunteers to support older people to achieve their own social goals.
Neurodegenerative Disorders Needs Analysis  
The purpose of this project is to provide home and community care providers, planners and policy makers with information that will assist them to better understand the current and future needs of individuals living with Neurodegenerative Disorders.
Predicting Hospital Admissions Of Silver Chain Clients  
This study has been developed to facilitate a better understanding of the characteristics of community care clients who have frequent and/or excessively lengthy hospitalisations and to determine whether it is possible to identify these persons in advance.
Home Independence Program RCT  
This project aims to determine whether a new paradigm for providing home care services achieves better outcomes and is more cost effective than home care as currently provided.
STAR Project  
The Skin Tear Audit Research (STAR) Project is a collaboration between Silver Chain and Curtin University of Technology. It is being conducted to develop a universally acceptable definition and classification of skin tears.
Silver Iodine Trial  
This randomised controlled clinical trial is comparing the outcomes for infected/colonised chronic leg ulcers which are treated with cadexomer iodine and a standard dressing, with those treated with a silver impregnated wound dressing.