An incredible video shows the moment a former ballerina with Alzheimer’s remembers the choreography to Swan Lake when played the score. The footage sees Marta C. Gonzalez performing her routine from 50 years previous when she is played the powerful ...
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New podcast chronicles the lives of WW2 vets in aged care
A new Australian podcast has chronicled the inspiring stories of the men and women who served in WW2. My Life at War is a production from Uniting Aged Care and features a number of stories told through the eyes of ...
More »UK care homes to allow visitors despite heading into second nationwide lockdown
As the UK heads back into a month-long lockdown, and cases of COVID-19 soar across the nation, the government has advised that aged care homes can now accept visitors. Daily cases of the virus have soared to 20,000-plus, with deaths ...
More »New mobile units can create instant palliative care rooms
A research team from Monash University has designed portable units which can transform acute and sub-acute hospital rooms into temporary palliative care rooms. The Pal-care unit is the brainchild of the husband and wife team of Dr Thinn Thinn Khine and ...
More »Nurse death toll from COVID-19 as high as World War I nurse casualties: ICN figures
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released figures showing that as many nurses have died form COVID-19 worldwide as died during World War I. The latest numbers show that 1,500 nurses have died since the pandemic began, the same ...
More »Aged care nurse slammed by QLD premier files human rights complaint
A Queensland aged care nurse who worked at an aged care facility while infected with COVID-19 has lodged a complaint against the state’s government officials. Back in May, the nurse was called out by the Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for ...
More »New bill wants to force providers to be honest about financials
A new bill put to the federal parliament would drastically change the way aged care providers have to disclose information about how they run their businesses. Federal Member for Mayo Rebekha Sharkie has introduced a private members bill that, if ...
More »Disgraced ex-Opal boss given large government contract to look into aged care finance
Officials from the Department of Health have defended giving over $900,000 in contracts to a firm headed up by disgraced former Opal Aged Care managing director Gary Barnier. A senate estimates hearing on Tuesday heard that Cooperage Capital Pty Limited ...
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