Aged Care

couple
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Couple who travelled from Victoria to Queensland under investigation, NSW on high alert
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

A couple who travelled from Victoria through the NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have presented a “real and present danger” to the communities and places

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Arcare
Aged Care, COVID-19
Arcare Maidstone reports second resident to test positive for COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A second Arcare Maidstone resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The second resident’s initial test had been previously indeterminate and further testing showed a positive

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Stroke
Aged Care, Healthcare, Mental Health
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who

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victoria
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Victoria reports 5 cases of COVID-19 on day 3 of lockdown
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Victoria reported 5 new local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. One of these cases was a health worker in a Melbourne aged care facility where

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nursing
Aged Care, Hospitals, Learning - Topics, Policy, Strategy
World first study reveals nurses, allied health workers more likely to take rural jobs if they study there
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

The initial results from a world-first, 10-year study of more than 100 nursing and allied health graduates have found that the more time students spend

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proteins
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Proteins that predict future dementia, Alzheimer’s risk, identified
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of proteins up to five years

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machines
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Machines: People with COVID-19 are being nicer to them
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

People are not very nice to machines. The disdain goes beyond the slot machine that emptied your wallet, a dispenser that failed to deliver a

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package
Aged Care
A $17.7 billion reform package will provide higher quality and safer care for senior Australians
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

In response to the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (the Royal Commission), the Australian Government is delivering a

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brain
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
Healthcare Channel Apr 27, 2021

Brain changes in people with Alzheimer’s disease and in those with mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have significant similarities, a new USC study shows, suggesting

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Alzheimer's
Aged Care
Experimental drug shows potential against Alzheimer’s disease
Healthcare Channel Apr 27, 2021

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The drug works by

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dementia
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News
Fewer deaths among Australians with dementia during first 10 months of COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare Channel Apr 26, 2021

The age-standardized death rate of Australians with dementia fell during the first 10 months of 2020, probably as a result of measures designed to prevent

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Telehealth
Aged Care, Healthcare News, Hospitals
New method using cameras could be game changer for Telehealth
Lourdes Antenor Apr 20, 2021

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,

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