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The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) has enlisted the help of La Trobe University researchers in producing a list of questions that will form part of the accreditation site audit of residential aged care services. Earlier this year professor ...

Wound prevention for at-risk residents should be front of mind for aged care professionals. But if a resident does develop a wound, knowing the basics, including how to correctly use dressings, is crucial. Jan Rice, a wound management clinician, shared ...

A new not-for-profit organisation is calling for the government to allow community-based retired health professionals, social workers and advocates to undertake random inspections of aged care facilities to curb elder abuse. Greysafe, which was set up early this year and aims to ...

There needs to be more transparency and simplicity in the retirement village sector. This was the crux of senior law lecturer Dr Lucy Cradduck’s verbal submission to the 2007 Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ inquiry into older people ...

RSL Care + RDNS will now be known as Bolton Clarke. The organisation was formed following a merger between the two organisations in 2015. Chief executive Stephen Muggleton said while the previous names served the respective organisations well in their own markets, ...

Australian researchers are hoping to improve outcomes for people with dementia after they are discharged from hospital through a medication strategy that starts in the lead-up to discharge and continues into the home. Associate professor Ashley Kable, from the University ...

The ability to talk into a device and have it translate and relay the message to another person could be a game changer for people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, improving care and reducing the need ...

The healthcare sector will soon have access to a national membership-based program that will provide partners with year-round support, training and guidance in LGBTI inclusive service delivery. ACON, Australia’s largest non-profit LGBTI health and HIV/AIDS organisation, will launch Pride in ...