Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has welcomed the launch of a strengthened support network for older Australians accessing aged care services. Minister for Aged Care Ken Wyatt yesterday launched the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) and said it would ...
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Australia’s peak medical body has thrown its support behind moves to require older doctors to undergo mandatory health checks to prove their competence. The Medical Board of Australia will introduce new safeguards to protect patient safety and strengthen community trust ...
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Marrying a significant other may lower a person’s risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. The researchers drew from 15 studies published up to the end of 2016 that looked at the potential role of marital status on dementia ...
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Residents of IRT Kangara Waters will soon be zipping around the Canberran facility in a driverless car. The provider will trial Pod Zero, which has been designed to safely navigate private roads in residential aged care communities. Users will be ...
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A tailored approach to deprescribing less effective medicines will get the best results among older adults, a team of University of Sydney researchers say. Lead researcher Kristie Weir said it can be safe to reduce or carefully cease medicines but ...
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The New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) has got behind a nationwide initiative to get Christmas cards to New Zealand’s elderly who might find the festive time of year a lonely one. The Herald’s story shared how Hannah Rodgers and ...
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Most people will have seen a couple of caravanning seniors make their way through town or toll booth as they chart dots big and small on the Australian map, but one researcher says little is known about their relationship with ...
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A new tool that measures quality of aged care has been submitted to a Senate inquiry. Flinders University’s Consumer Choice Index – 6 Dimension (CCI-6D) questionnaire was presented yesterday to the Senate Inquiry into the Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality ...
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