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The use of software to manage high impact and high prevalence risk in aged care
Vitish Guddoy and Virginia Matthews May 17, 2023

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, ACQSC, continues to focus on their risk-based proportionate approach to monitoring compliance.  The Aged Care Quality and Safety

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pessimism
Aged Care, Aged Care
Survey reveals growing pessimism among older Australians
Ritchelle Drilon May 16, 2023

The COTA Federation has released its third edition of the State of the Older Nation (SOTON), which reveals a worrying trend of increasing pessimism among

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young
Aged Care, Aged Care, Opinion
The budget includes $7.3 million to get more young people out of aged care homes. Is it enough?
Di Winkler May 16, 2023

The Australian government has committed to getting all young people out of aged care facilities by 2025, but progress has been slow. Just over three

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postal
Technology
AI maps cellular “postal workers” in breakthrough study
Ritchelle Drilon May 16, 2023

Researchers have employed artificial intelligence to create a 3D map of the Commander complex, a group of proteins in cells that act as “postal workers,”

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incentives
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Healthcare workers wanted: QLD offers incentives to boost public sector staff
Ritchelle Drilon May 16, 2023

Queensland state government offers tens of thousands of dollars in incentives to attract healthcare workers. In a bid to boost public sector staff, the Queensland

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food
Aged Care, Aged Care
New food hotline to empower aged care residents
Ritchelle Drilon May 16, 2023

The Australian government has pledged $12.9 million towards improving the quality of food in residential aged care facilities, including a new food hotline for complaints

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learning
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Federal Budget support for learning health systems and data sharing
Ritchelle Drilon May 11, 2023

AHHA welcomes announcements in the Federal Budget that will support the development of our health system as a learning health system, driving improved outcomes for

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reform
Aged Care, Aged Care
PCA calls for integration of palliative care into ongoing reform agenda
Ritchelle Drilon May 11, 2023

Palliative Care Australia is calling for more investment in training programs and specialist services for palliative care to be fully integrated into the ongoing reform

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federal
Aged Care, Aged Care
Federal budget largely welcomed, but challenges remain
Ritchelle Drilon May 11, 2023

The Australian federal Budget has allocated $12.4 billion to the aged care sector and is expected to help aged care providers meet increased care requirements

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budget
Aged Care, Aged Care, Opinion
The aged-care budget delivers for workers but meeting our future needs will require bold funding reforms
Hal Swerissen May 11, 2023

The 2023-24 federal budget takes a step in the right direction for aged care, with a much-needed pay boost for workers in the sector. But

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workers
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Cost of heroism: Survey reveals 60% of healthcare workers struggle with mental health
Ritchelle Drilon May 11, 2023

Ahead of International Nurses Day (12 May), all healthcare workers are being encouraged to look after their own mental health and well-being. Frontline healthcare and

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accuracy
Hospitals
AI algorithm predicts patient discharge times with over 80% accuracy
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2023

The Adelaide Score, a machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide, correctly predicted the discharge of general surgery patients with more

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