Telling someone that their loved one is gone or has passed might seem like a gentle way to break news of a death but sometimes using such euphemisms can lead to misunderstanding and confusion, a palliative care expert has cautioned. ...
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Nurses and allied health staff across 13 aged care sites have turned to an online network to help reduce the incidence of falls. Twenty aged care staff with an interest in falls prevention took part in a web-based Community of ...
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What if a computer could tell you when you will die? The concept sounds like an elevator pitch for a science fiction novel but University of Adelaide researchers are working to bring the idea to life. Recent research, published in ...
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Researchers and nurses have agreed on the content of a competency framework for gerontological nursing. Associate professor Victoria Traynor from the University of Wollongong’s School of Nursing said the idea of a framework or approach that could be considered standard ...
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How does living with a pooch influence a person’s health? That’s the question at the centre of a new University of Sydney study. Study lead associate professor Emmanuel Stamatakis, from the Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney School of Public Health, ...
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The final dress rehearsal of the Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College’s production of High School Musical has enthused a room of aged care residents, with some dancing as they left the theatre hall. The residents and consumers were invited as guests ...
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Aged and palliative care bodies have united to release a set of principles to help services in their approach to death and dying. The principles were developed by Palliative Care Australia (PCA), COTA Australia, Alzheimer’s Australia, Aged & Community Services ...
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Brain stimulation during exercise might look like something straight out of science fiction but the combination could one day be used to help older Australians and people who have had a stroke, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of ...
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