Nearly 150 Bay Area high school and community college students aspiring to careers in health got a glimpse of the wide array of jobs in health care during a day-long Kaiser Permanente-sponsored Youth Career Day ...
Bullying in the workplace. It’s one of the most common stressors among employees but often not talked about as much. It’s either they’re too afraid to speak up, or fear of losing their jobs. Most ...
Positivity can transform the healthcare workplace, according to a professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Nina Flanagan, clinical professor of nursing and program coordinator of the Adult-Gerontological Nursing Program at Binghamton University’s ...
“I just keep thinking that I don’t want to rely on people.” Abstract Background Most people living with dementia want to remain in their own homes, supported by family and paid carers. Care at home ...
Engaging a wider range of resources to connect patients with within their community can help transform healthcare and improve overall well-being, according to new research. The authors have introduced ‘patient ecosystem management,’ an organisational process ...
Encouraging a family caregiver is about expressing support and appreciation for the physical and emotional effort that goes into caring for a loved one. What are the things you should never say to a caregiver? Most ...
The Royal Commission into aged care has put the spotlight on many harrowing examples of older Australian’s subject to malnutrition. At the hearing located in Caines, celebrity chef, Maggie Beer, took to the stand declaring residential ...
Heartbreaking. Family, friends, or caregivers of people with dementia will know just how degenerative the disease is. Dementia is an overall term for diseases and conditions characterised by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and ...
Living longer, but not necessarily healthier or happier: a birthday can be a daunting thought for anyone past the big 2-1. Whilst we’re very lucky here in Australia to be privileged with our medical system, ...
The new health care practice of ‘hotspotting‘ — in which providers identify very high-cost patients and attempt to reduce their medical spending while improving care — has virtually no impact on patient outcomes, according to ...
Burnout in Healthcare continues to get more traction as a real problem that is impacting nurses, physicians and other members of the clinical team. As the recently NAM Study (2019) indicates, these are longstanding issues ...
Home care, residential care, private nurse? What are the practical options for Australians who need help with everyday living as they age? With some “admirable exceptions”, the aged care royal commission said recently in a damning ...
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