Medication Safety Needs Rounds

Why: Medication safety in aged care relies on shared insight, trust, and timely conversations between the people who live, work, and provide care in these settings. Opportunities to identify medication-related risks or concerns can be missed because there is no regular, inclusive forum to surface them. Medication Safety Needs Rounds address this gap by creating a structured, collaborative space focused on early identification of medication safety needs and more responsive, person-centred care.

What: This project brings together pharmacy researchers, aged care residents and their supporters, carers, aged care homes, and allied health professionals to co-design a practical framework for Medication Safety Needs Rounds as part of the Aged Care Pharmacist On Site program. Using design futures methods, participants step beyond day-to-day routines to imagine new ways a regular medication safety meeting could be structured, facilitated, and embedded in practice. The outcome is a collaborative, forward-looking approach that supports teams to identify medication safety needs early and respond in meaningful, sustainable ways.