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Properly staffing aged care facilities with an adequate nursing skill mix and at least four hours and 18 minutes per-patient per-day care minimum would not cost the sector anything more than it currently outlays. That’s according to a report presented ...

A new program, developed by Dementia Support Australia (DSA) and HammondCare, is aiming to create dementia experts among the provider’s workforce. As it stands, dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia, contributing to 5.4 per cent of ...

The second day of the aged care royal commission threw up a few ageing stats and a few gripes in another day where the background problems are being laid bare for commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Richard Tracey. On the first ...

“I’m sure if I had taken Bob to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in the state he was in, I would have been reported to the police.” That’s how Oakden whistleblower Barbara Spriggs recounted the injuries her late husband sustained at the ...

One is fussy, one is laid back. One is punctual and clean, the other is messy and always late. One is young, the other is old. This isn’t another reboot of The Odd Couple, but the potential pairings tossed up ...

The scores are in and for those waiting to see the awesome power of a Royal Commission in action, the final blow seemed no more than a jab. The final report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, ...

A new assistive technology prototype could help people with dementia dress themselves through smart home technology. The DRESS prototype, designed by NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, Arizona State University and MGH Institute of Health Professions, is aimed at those who ...

Alternating air pressure mattresses (APAMs), not two-hourly repositioning, is the key to preventing bed sores. What’s more, the constant mandated repositioning of residents in aged care could be a form of unintentional abuse and ultimately unlawful. This is according to ...