Welcome to JBI COnNECT Cameroon
Connecting the best available international evidence to the point-of-care
Introducing JBI COnNECT
The aged care node of JBI COnNECT is a unique aged-care-specific web based facility that provides online resources and tools to assist older people, their families and those involved in the care of older people to utilise evidence-based information in clinical decision making processes. This node has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
This aged care node consists of a collection of online resources designed to inform and assist:
- the users of aged care services (consumers);
- service providers (owners, executives and managers of aged care agencies);
- healthcare professionals (nurses, medical practitioners and allied health professionals); and
- aged care assistants (care assistants, personal carers).
JBI COnNECT is essentially a "one-stop-shop" stocked with a wide range of resources for facilitating effective and appropriate evidence-based health care.
The need for aged care staff and consumers to access independent advice on the effectiveness, appropriateness and cost benefits of specific health and care interventions; and to implement evidence and evaluate its impact has been recognised in most advanced economies, but the current efforts to summarise, disseminate and establish systems for its utilisation are largely confined to the areas of acute care and primary health care. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) has a well-established reputation in the area of evidence-based clinical decision support and clinical practice improvement and is pleased to be working with the Australian Government, the Expert Advisory Committee of the JBI National Evidence Based Aged Care Unit (NEBACU) and our international reference groups.
It is anticipated that the provision of these resources will improve outcomes for the residents of aged care facilities and older people living in the community supported by community-based services. Resources are designed for, and readily accessible to, aged care professionals and providers and service users. The resources address aspects of clinical care relevant to the care of older people, and as such support the Aged Care Accreditation Standards. The resources enhance the ability of aged care workers to provide consistent and appropriate care, while reducing the risk of clinical adverse events. The resources also facilitate staff training and continuous improvement within the aged care sector.
To download the JBI COnNECT User Guides click here.
Evidence-based aged care - or "Best Practice" - is care that is based on the best available international evidence. Aged care services, aged care professionals - doctors, nurses, allied health professionals (such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, pharmacists) and care assistants - who are committed to evidence-based best practice collaborate with older people and their families or significant others to make decisions about care and treatment based on the outcomes of a vast array of research and information generated across the world and published in books, scientific and professional journals and government and professional association reports. Bringing together the findings and recommendations of this enormous (and growing!) information base international organisations such as the Cochrane Collaboration; the Campbell Collaboration; and the Joanna Briggs Institute invest time, expertise and resources searching this booming information source to combine and summarise it to support the clinical decision making of health professionals and to assist the users of services to make informed choices.
Evidence-based organisations or professionals engage in the six essential steps of evidence-based aged care:
- Searching for the Evidence
- Appraising the Evidence
- Summarising the Evidence
- Embedding the Evidence in Practice and in Systems
- Utilising (using) the Evidence
- Evaluating the Evidence
The aged care node of JBI COnNECT consists of a range of resources developed by the JBI NEBACU for older people and the aged care sector to search, appraise, summarise, embed and utilise the best available international evidence:
JBI COnNECT searches the evidence for its users - and gives access to a wide range of databases for users to search. JBI COnNECT also gives access to JBI RAPid to assist users to appraise the evidence - and access to the JBI Evidence Review Network:
Users of JBI COnNECT can also access summarised evidence; tools to embed evidence in their operating systems; tools to implement evidence; and tools to evaluate the impact of using evidence on resident/client outcomes:
This node is part of JBI COnNECT (COnNECT standing for Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) - a gateway to everything consumers and providers need to become informed service users, evidence-based organisations or evidence-based practitioners.
JBI COnNECT is the gateway to specialist online services for aged care - and for a wide range of health and aged care specialities and professions.
The aged care node of JBI COnNECT is designed to meet the needs of the aged care sector.
If you are using JBI COnNECT for the first time, find out more by visiting the JBI COnNECT About pages once you enter the site.
If you are not a member of JBI or a subscriber to JBI COnNECT click here to join or subscribe.