http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/ This feed displays the lastest stories from Aged Care INsite. Copyright 2006-2010 APN Educational Media Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Aged Care INsite Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT 1440 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23751 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23751 The shadow minister for ageing, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells will outline the coalition's response to the government's reform package, Living... Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23750 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23750 A new Associate Degree in Dementia Care, the first of its kind in Australia, will bring together the disciplines of neuroscience and social science,... Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23749 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23749 In the first nine months of its operation, some 70 per cent of complaints that were made to the Aged Care Complaints Scheme were resolved in the... Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23748 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23748 Up to 50 community care clients in Victoria will soon have their medications monitored remotely thanks to a new trial of virtual consultations using... Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23711 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23711 The federal government will put new funds into dental care in the budget but it won't be as much as health experts want - and there won't be a... Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23710 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23710 More than half a million workers around the country are 63 or older, and they make up the fastest-growing sector of the working population, according... Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23709 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23709 The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria prompted a re-think and change in approach to disaster management and supporting older people living in... Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23708 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23708 The recent Aged and Community Care Victoria (ACCV) meeting to discuss the reform announcement has identified a membership united in their feelings of... Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23651 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23651 People with disabilities, carers and supporters are rallying across Australia today to campaign for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23650 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23650 The disability and aged care sector in NSW needs to attract 10,000 new workers within five years or face huge staff shortages, a peak body has said.... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23649 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23649 New research has found that one-third of older Australians receiving home care are at risk of being malnourished. The Melbourne-based study conducted... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23648 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23648 While the government has made some important moves toward building a more dynamic and responsive aged care system, the level of structuralreform... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23603 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23603 Francis Icasiano is passionate about the potential impact of his fledgling not-for-profit organisation, the Biography Program. He describes it as a... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23602 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23602 STAKEHOLDER REACTION From a service provider's perspective the reforms start to address the capital needs of the sector, whilst at the same time... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23601 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23601 POLITICAL REACTION Responding to the government's aged care reform plans, detailed last Friday at Parliament House, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23600 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23600 OVERVIEW The federal government has detailed its $3.7 billion overhaul of the current aged care system, which will increase community care options,... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23580 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=23580 The use of telehealth technologies can deliver a 45 per cent reduction in mortality rates among people suffering from diabetes, heart failure and... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23557 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23557 The number of nurses coming to work in the aged care sector in Australia on 457 visas is on the rise, figures from the Department of Immigration... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23554 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23554 The champion of the new group Pastoral and Spiritual Care of Older People (PASCOP), John Ireland, has likened its successful establishment to the... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23553 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23553 Private health insurance rebate, lifetime health cover, discounts on Great Southern Rail, tax, superannuation and health concessions, plus franked... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23555 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=23555 This snippet from INsite in December 2010 was a good prediction: "There is growing pressure for the two national aged care peak bodies to merge ...... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education+%26+Training&idArticle=23558 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education+%26+Training&idArticle=23558 Whether you are a nursing, medical or paramedic student at the University of Tasmania, you can't complete your studies without taking Perspectives on... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23578 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23578 Diabetes is an increasingly common condition for many older people. The thought of managing the diabetes of residents often causes anxiety among... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23577 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23577 Climate change has implications we are only beginning to truly comprehend. While natural resource depletion and environmental degradation are much... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23576 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23576 Older people are particularly vulnerable to developing pressure injuries, as they are susceptible to key risk factors, such as malnutrition and... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23575 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=23575 Dignity therapy has had positive results when used in end of life care and researchers are now looking at spreading its use to those who have more... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23574 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23574 Outdoor senior-friendly gyms, exercising with the Port Adelaide footy team and technology classes for people with dementia are some of the services... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23573 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23573 Never lose sight of the fact that old age needs so little but needs that little so much. - Margaret Willour, RN We humans are "hard-wired" to seek... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23572 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Lifestyle&idArticle=23572 Dr Fruit-Loop is not your average doctor. Walking into Tabeel Lutheran Home, an aged care facility in Laidley, Queensland late last year, Fruit-Loop... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23571 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23571 Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves! It only took a few bars of this British patriotic song to coax Merideth Sindel's 83-year-old mother into... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23570 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23570 Barry Wiggins says his service decided they had to be more than well meaning - they had to be effective. "And if we were going to be effective, then... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23569 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23569 In 2007 the NSW Coroner took custody of 283 decomposed or decomposing bodies of people who died alone. If these figures were replicated nationally... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23568 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23568 In the current debate about reforming and expanding the aged care system in Australia, the word consumer is constantly used. In the Productivity... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23567 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Community+Care&idArticle=23567 The most prevalent form of abuse to be reported by people aged 65 years and over is financial abuse. While there is no national prevalence data for... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23566 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23566 Whenever he was having a bad day, Rod would spend most of his time in the lounge room, watching TV or movies. Severe osteoarthritis and hip and knee... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23565 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23565 Aged care providers that want to compete more effectively need to significantly increase their spending on strategic information and communications... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23564 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=23564 Like so many other small, stand-alone aged care facilities across Australia, the management of Sawtell Catholic Care of the Aged could only dream of... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Dementia&idArticle=23563 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Dementia&idArticle=23563 Growing old does not have to be the end of a person's sexuality. If ageing is known to be a natural part of life and sexuality is central to human... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Building+%26+Refurbishment&idArticle=23562 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Building+%26+Refurbishment&idArticle=23562 Many aged care operators will have experienced the challenge of redeveloping an old, institutional-style facility into something more contemporary... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Management+%26+Finance&idArticle=23561 http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Management+%26+Finance&idArticle=23561 Three Filipino nurses are ready to begin work with an aged care provider in Albury-Wodonga following a rigorous recruitment and training program in... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT