Transhumanism isn’t just for the kids. In a project where past and future collide, and high-tech and evolutionary design meet, researchers at Japan’s Keio University have built a robotic tail to help the elderly stay on their feet. Arque is ...
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Is the unpaid assistance provided in the main by family caregivers or other close relatives, friends or associates still necessary, or have carers become a problem? Do they require a new specialised management approach to ensure they don’t get in ...
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Aged and disability care providers have endured ongoing upheaval in recent years, culminating in the establishment of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in late 2018. With little foreknowledge of the process or obligations, the response requirement ...
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Two years ago, the Kalyra Woodcroft aged care facility in Adelaide was giving another one of its regular site tours. Neither the guide, Terry Wilby, Kalyra’s Director of Care, nor the people being led through the grounds had any idea ...
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The new Aged Care Quality Standards come into effect on July 1st 2019. The Royal Commission so far has put immense pressure on providers who now need the confidence and certainty they are monitoring and delivering outcomes like never before. ...
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By James Wishart, Industry Director – Health and Community Services, TechnologyOne Eighty-nine per cent of aged and disability care providers plan to overhaul their existing enterprise systems or invest in new solutions in 2019-2020, according to a recent study from ...
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A massive open online course (MOOC) promises to improve understanding of dementia on a global scale. In a paper published last month in Science of Learning, a partner journal of Nature, a research team from the University of Tasmania assessed ...
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As the aged care royal commission continues to reveal deeply troubling cases of mismanagement and elder abuse, a new charter aims to shore up the dignity and protection of aged care residents. Released under the federal government’s aged care quality ...
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