Skillsroad speaks to the team at Opal Aged Care to provide you with an insight into what it’s like to work in this exciting industry! Discover the training pathways needed to become an assistant in nursing, ...
Exercise is vital, and age should not be a limitation or barrier, especially in the case of older adults living in residential aged care facilities. Specifically, progressive resistance and strength training in aged care is ...
Last November 20, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar gave a powerful speech on health inequality. She called for government at all levels in Australia to “flip the system from crisis ...
Did you know, that 10,000 Baby Boomers are turning 65 everyday? The impact of this means different things to each of us. However, I can’t truly grasp the impact that this will have on our ...
According to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics, Diet soda during pregnancy may be linked with increased infant body mass index (BMI) and may be associated with an increased risk of being obese in ...
Children born to women with diabetes and obesity are more than four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder than children of healthy weight mothers without diabetes, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy – Safe, Seamless and Secure: evolving health and care to meet the needs of modern Australia. Download: https://conversation.digitalhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/adha-strategy-doc-2ndaug_0_1.pdf Digital information is the bedrock of high–quality healthcare. The benefits for patients ...
As I am asked to speak around the country and address the future of nursing education, I often receive the query, “why does it seem nursing schools/educational programs continue to lag in responding to the ...
One group of doctors seems to be starting their careers on the right note – pediatricians. Despite reports indicating job dissatisfaction among some physicians, at least one group of doctors seems to be starting their ...
Sole traders and small businesses providing supports and services to people with disabilities are pivotal to the NDIS – but it’s time they got the backing afforded to the bigger players. In remote areas, regional ...
I wanted to share two recent great examples of embracing the future. When I read about these two examples, the thought coming into my head was – “some organisations talked about innovation, while others just ...
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the largest paediatric hospitals in the nation and operates the second busiest Emergency Department in the country. It is also one of the nation’s top ten freestanding children’s hospitals ...