Registry of Senior Australians

05/02/2026

South Australian aged care providers can now access reports to measure and compare their performance to other providers across the nation. 🏘️

The Registry of Senior Australians Research Centre Outcome Monitoring System reports summarise aged care through 12-15 performance indicators, a valuable tool to better understand and improve care.

Read more ➡️ https://sahmri.au/ROSA-OMS-25

28/01/2026

📢 New Publication Alert!

🗞️Our research shows that less availability of informal carers (often a partner or child) means that older individuals will need more formal care from the aged-care sector.
This highlights the growing pressure on formal aged care systems and the need to strengthen support for informal carers to enable safe and successful ageing in place.

👆Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajag.70128

19/01/2026

ROSA workforce project progress🌱
📰ROSA has completed the first year of a major research project examining how the aged care workforce influences care quality and health outcomes for older Australians.
This important work and the team’s progress were recognised in an Australian Ageing Agenda article.

🔗Read here: https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/executive/a-year-of-progress/

19/12/2025

📰 Find out more about our work at ROSA. Read about our latest research highlights and other updates in our newsletter:

🗞️ https://mailchi.mp/3204a3607611/0khhqntlse-14051050

To join our mailing list, please e-mail ROSA@sahmri.com with your contact details!

19/12/2025

📑 Sharing important insights at the 58th Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference in Alice Springs — Sahar Barmomanesh presented an update on ROSA’s social determinants research in November 2025.
Well done, Sahar!

18/12/2025

📊The latest ROSA Outcome Monitoring System (OMS) reports are now available.

📖Read coverage in Australian Ageing Agenda and Community Care Review to learn how providers can access and use outcome data to support quality and safety improvement in aged care. 👇

🔗 https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/clinical/health-medical/rosa-releases-latest-outcome-monitoring-data/

🔗 https://communitycarereview.com.au/2025/12/04/rosa-reports-available-for-individual-providers/

The 2025 ROSA benchmarking report found 51.3 per cent of home care recipients waited over six months from their eligibility assessment approval to receive a package.

15/12/2025

🎉 Another win for ROSA!
The ROSA Consumer and Community Advisory Committee has been awarded the SAHMRI Community Engagement Award at the 2025 Annual Research Awards, recognising our commitment to meaningful consumer and community engagement in research.

Congratulations to our list of talented winners at SAHMRI's End of Year Awards last night!

🏆 Executive Director's Award – Pat Maddigan
🏆 Diané Ranck Leadership Award – Michelle Lorimer & Ben Lewis
🏆 Bowen Oliver Communicator Award – Ilaria Pagani
🏆 Community Engagement Award – Registry of Senior Australians
🏆 High Impact Publication – David Lynn
🏆 PhD Student – Erin MacIntyre
🏆 Early Career Researcher – Georgina Irish
🏆 Mid Career Researcher – Amy Hutchison
🏆 Translation and Impact Award – Omega-3 Test and Treat Program
🏆 Research Facilitator – Facilities Team
🏆 Research Enabler – Emma Heath & Sarah Hyland

Thanks to our sponsors for helping make this event happen - Maxxia Australia, POF Lawyers, David and Christine Oliver, and Diané Ranck.

02/12/2025

📝 Our latest updates to the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Quality Indicator Repository and our website are live!

📋 While you’re there, check out summaries of our work in various methodological areas.

👉 The first summary is now available for realistic benchmarks:
https://agedcareconsortium.com.au/methodological-recommendations

02/12/2025

The Registry of Senior Australians Research Centre has been honoured with a Future of Ageing Award. 🏆

The award acknowledges the success of its five-year MRFF funded Primary Care project.

Read more 👉 https://sahmri.au/ROSA-FoAA

28/11/2025

EXCITING NEWS 🏆

We’re proud to announce that the MRFF-funded Primary Care project led by the Registry of Senior Australian (ROSA) Research Centre at SAHMRI and Flinders University with our partners University of The University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, SA Dental, ECH Inc, and Silverchain Group received the 2025 Future of Ageing 'Research Category' award.

The winners were announced at a ceremony in Sydney last night, with our Director Professor Maria Inacio, attending to represent the research team and collaborators. Congratulations to all involved!

This recognition is based on an incredible body of work produced over five years. We leveraged the ROSA data platform and a Policy Collaborative (21 members) to examine the access, variation, outcomes and cost effectiveness of primary care services for individuals accessing aged care services, both at home and in residential aged care facilities.

Thank you Inside Ageing and the judging panel for acknowledging the national impact and scientific rigour of this work 🎉

🔗 Read more: https://insideageing.com.au/the-winners-of-the-2025-future-of-ageing-awards/