Aged Care
Let’s unpack this. The common example used to explain this term and its impact is the story of a game of chess involving an Indian king and Lord Krishna. The king agreed to grant the ...
Societies attitude to ageing and to dementia have increasingly been shown to affect older people’s sense of confidence, social engagement and positive or negative identity. “We know from the literature and the lived experience that ...
Today, Morrison said the government would deliver a $537 million funding package to respond to the interim report. After the release of the Royal Comission’s Aged Care Interim Report – The federal government will now spend ...
TWO former sports executives are driving a start-up in the disability sector after identifying “huge gaps” in the provision of services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Former Australian Sports Commission managers Kellie Puxty and ...
When I started working in a nursing home in 2014, I had very little understanding of what was required from me in providing meals in an aged care facility. I was aware that 49 residents ...
Bullying in the aged care sector isn’t a new problem in Australia, but it’s a growing one. Just ask anyone who works in the industry. Disturbing stories of intimidated, overworked staff, cruelty to patients, worried ...
Should the NHS prioritize patient outcomes above financial performance, access and addressing health inequalities? For this article I have replaced inequalities with inequities. While inequality is a significant, the real issue for many health systems is inequity. Increasingly, those responsible ...
So, why did we start this? Community Cafe Canberra. The Community Cafe was started as a drive for change… Getting a diagnosis of dementia can be a lonely journey for the person and their family, ...
A quiet carpark, ready (or not) for the day ahead. Our three chefs, Jody, Richard and Michael, saunter in before 6am, flicking on lights with a yawn and a stretch. Some days volunteers meet them with ...
According to the report of TODAY: A sad and shocking system which diminishes Australia as a nation. That’s the state of the country’s aged care facilities according to a damning draft report issued by the ...
New research by the Australian Health Services Research Institute at the University of Wollongong has found more than half of all Australian aged care residents are in homes with staffing levels that would be rated ...
An interview with Shannon Fehlman to get a first-look at how it’s like working in aged care After working with software engineering teams for the past fifteen years I decided it was time for a ...