Aged Care
Telehealth has become a critical way for doctors to still provide health care while minimizing in-person contact during COVID-19. But with phone or Zoom appointments, it’s harder for doctors to get important vital signs from ...
How do you choose the right caregiver – either for you or a loved one? The My Medic Watch app can potentially save the life of someone who has experienced a fall or seizure. However, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million infections and 147,000 deaths as of early 2021. Yet even as mortality rates in ...
Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falls in 2017, according to new University at Buffalo research. The study found that the percentage of adults 65 and older ...
Ageism leads to poorer health, social isolation, earlier deaths, and cost economies billions: report calls for swift action to implement effective anti-ageism strategies Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes ...
Senior care technology is improving the lives of seniors and making carers tasks a bit easier. The aged care sector is undergoing changes that are focused on the quality of care and the precision of ...
People living with dementia have yet to hear from the Federal Government that dementia will be a core focus of the reform of the aged care system. At a Parliamentary Friends of Dementia event in ...
ACH Group is a not-for-profit aged care organisation that has been offering services to support good lives for older people in South Australia since 1952. When Faye injured her foot at home, she called out ...
As we all go through our journey of life, at some stage we may be faced with a terminal health diagnosis. Family, friends, colleagues, health care providers may all step up to offer physical, emotional ...
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing. “Today’s announcement of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing sends a clear signal that it is only by working as one, within the ...
The MBS (Medicare Benefits Schedule) or Better Access initiative eligibility is being expanded by the Australian Government for better access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners. Aged care residents can access up to 20 individual ...
The first COVID-19 Vaccine for public use was given to 90-year-old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, in the biggest vaccination campaign by the NHS. Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 ...