Ageing
Older adults with depression age faster than their peers, with evidence of accelerated biological ageing, poor physical and brain health and worse cardiovascular health. UConn Center on Ageing researchers have found that older adults with ...
Objectives: Older adults utilize health care systems to a higher frequency than younger groups, and are more vulnerable to system bias regarding ageing and expectations of old age. This narrative review attempts to outline the ...
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 ...
Families longing the emotional stress of placing a spouse or relative into care, often tell us that they find a number of the terminology surrounding the different forms of care home quite confusing. In response ...
Nursing is as much of a personal mission as it is a career path. More so than any other reason, many become interested in this line of work because they feel called to it and ...
Vitamin D appears to help reduce serious complications among coronavirus patients, according to a study. “Whereas there are currently no results from randomised controlled trials to conclusively prove that vitamin D beneficially affects Covid-19 outcomes, there is strong circumstantial evidence ...
“The uncertainty is the hardest part of it all. Most healthcare administrators are used to uncertainty given we never know what patient will walk through the door. ”, Paul Eleftheriou from Western Health. What ...
The care coordinator is a guide who is accountable for overseeing the community-level team process and takes the lead on cross-system/agency collaboration, pooled resources, collective mandates, family voice and selection, and consensus-building. This person also ...
As Australia continues to monitor the COVID-19 virus challenge, precautions such as social distancing and the rules around gatherings and travel have made our annual ANZAC Day Commemoration plans change significantly in 2020. However, Director ...
A leading medical epidemiologist has today warned of the public health risks if the Australian government does not extend its COVID-19 response measures to include vulnerable groups that are currently excluded. “In crowded settings where physical ...
Richard Colbeck says staff can get tested when ‘they suspect they have symptoms or just for peace of mind’ The government has no plans to extend daily Covid-19 testing to any or all aged-care staff ...
As we all do our greatest to follow new social distancing rules and take a look at to search out a “new normal” it’s important to remain on top of taking care of ourselves. This ...
Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.