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ALERT: How to Protect Yourself from COVID-19 Virus?
Healthcare Channel Mar 23, 2020

You’re anxiety is probably reaching an all-time high with all the information you’re getting on the COVID-19 outbreak. But what can you do to protect

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READ: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidelines for Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Australia
Aged Care, Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Learning - Function, Learning - Topics, Operations
READ: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidelines for Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Australia
Healthcare Channel Mar 16, 2020

This guideline was developed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA), in consultation with the Aged Care sector, and noted by the Australian Health Protection

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Compassion Fatigue and Signs You’re Experiencing One
Kellie Cooper-Smith Feb 19, 2020

“Compassion fatigue is a preoccupation with absorbing trauma and emotional stresses of others, and this creates a secondary traumatic stress in the helper”. (Reference http://transitionalsupport.com.au/transitional-phase/compassion-fatigue-trauma/)   

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Genomics – Affordable, rapid DNA sequencing is Causing a Revolution in Medicine and Healthcare
Healthcare Channel Feb 12, 2020

Affordable, rapid DNA sequencing is causing a revolution in medicine and healthcare globally — and it’s happening now, says Thomas Barlow (Barlow Advisory), the author

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Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Strategy
Neanderthal Healthcare Practices are Crucial to Survival
Healthcare Channel Feb 7, 2020

Researchers investigated the skeletal remains of more than 30 individuals where minor and serious injuries were evident but did not lead to loss of life. The samples

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5 Essential Steps to Counter Workplace Bullying
Jessica Hickman Feb 3, 2020

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

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Aged Care, Aged Care, Healthcare, Learning - Topics
Strength Training in Aged Care – Keeping our seniors fit
Sam Fien Dec 18, 2019

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.

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Health Inequality Affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
Healthcare Channel Dec 17, 2019

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

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Diet Soda During Pregnancy, Linked to Childhood Obesity
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Diet Soda During Pregnancy, Linked to Childhood Obesity
Healthcare Channel Dec 13, 2019

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

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Maternal Diabetes and Obesity can Increase Risk of Autism in Child
Healthcare Channel Dec 12, 2019

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

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Aged Care, Aged Care, Healthcare, Learning - Topics
What is Empathy and Why is it Important in Ageing and Dementia?   
Luisa Capezio Nov 29, 2019

Societies attitude to ageing and to dementia have increasingly been shown to affect older people’s sense of confidence, social engagement and positive or negative identity. 

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Aged Care, Aged Care, Customer Experience, Healthcare, Learning - Function, Learning - Topics
Bullying in Aged Care: a problem that’s not going away
Jessica Hickman Nov 20, 2019

Bullying in the aged care sector isn’t a new problem in Australia, but it’s a growing one. Just ask anyone who works in the industry.

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