New research has found that 61 per cent of Australians would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund better quality aged care services. Funding has long been a contentious issue in the aged care sector. The government's response to ...
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Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed more than a decade before symptoms appear with new blood biomarker
Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...
More »Woman with dementia wins $3 million settlement for wrongful arrest, injuries
A city in the US will pay a $3 million settlement to a woman with dementia who was assaulted by police officers last year. In June 2020, 73-year-old Karen Garner was violently arrested by police in Colorado after forgetting to ...
More »We need productivity gains in aged care… but what if the biggest gains make the least profit?
The Intergenerational Report 2021 called for productivity gains in all sectors as the most significant way of securing the economic future of Australia. So, would this also apply to aged care? Well, there’s spiralling demand with a shrinking, poorly paid ...
More »Updated delirium care standard encourages the early recognition of people who are most at risk
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care launched the Delirium Clinical Care Standard (2021) at the 2021 Australasian Delirium Conference, aimed at preventing a condition which currently affects one in four medical patients. Delirium is defined as ...
More »Is your night shift killing you?
Picture the scene. It's 2.00am and you're three coffees and two bags of m&ms down and you've lost count of how many laps of the ward you've done. You're on the first shift of a week of nights and sure, ...
More »2020 aged care workforce census data released, workforce getting bigger, younger
The findings of the Health Department's 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census have been released and they tell the tale of an increasing, and increasingly younger, workforce. This is the fifth census of its kind, following four previous workforce data collections ...
More »Cyber attacks pose a huge risk to the health and aged care sector: opinion
The health and aged care sectors are facing an increasing onslaught of cyber attacks, often causing untold financial and reputational damage to their organisations. Earlier this year, The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported cyber security incidents relating to the ...
More »Senator wants new Aged Care Act to require facilities to have at least one registered nurse present at all times
With the 1997 Aged Care Act going through a process of reform in Canberra, Independent Senator Rex Patrick has proposed an amendment to the new bill which would force aged care homes to have at least one registered nurse working ...
More »Over 60s cope better in lockdown: grandkids, life experience the key
As NSW heads into the 11th week of lockdown, and with most of the nation affected on and off over the past year, it has been found that older Aussies cope better than their younger counterparts. Research at Macquarie University ...
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