Many clinicians are struggling to engage patients who have chronic diseases in their own care, and basic challenges such as staying on top of appointments and understanding care plans remain a concern. These were some of the key messages from ...

The latest edition of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association’s (AHHA) peer-reviewed academic journal Australian Health Review has delved into the social developments that could influence the delivery of health services in the near future. The work is based on megatrends ...

Women are more likely to have a normal birth in the public system and Queensland figures for such births lag behind those seen in the UK, new research has found. Associate professor Yvette Miller, from QUT's Institute of Health and ...

New Australian research has found the need for an increased focus on family members who are carers for people with dementia across acute-care settings. The study, funded by the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre: Carers and Consumers, found the family should be a bigger resource for ...

Women looked after by a primary midwife are more likely to have a positive experience of childbirth. That was one of the key findings from the Comparing Standard Maternity care with One-to-One Midwifery Support (COSMOS) trial, from La Trobe University ...

Psychotropic medicine use is high in people living with dementia in the community, and often not in line with therapeutic guidelines. This was one of the key findings from a project that reviewed the medication records of people with cognitive ...

A maternity program using Aboriginal grandmothers led to greatly improved health outcomes for Indigenous mothers and their babies. The Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program (AMGPP) aimed to provide culturally appropriate care. It employed Aboriginal grandmothers, Aboriginal health officers, and midwives ...

More dementia training is necessary in degree courses for undergraduate RNs, a dementia care leader has argued. General manager of residential services at dementia and aged-care specialist HammondCare, Angela Raguz, said some RN graduates employed in dementia-specific services had received as ...

An Australian academic has spoken of the importance of nurses being aware of developments that may test nursing ethics – such as the current refugee crisis. Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone, from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin University, said: ...

Popular terms in children’s nursing now, such as family-centred care and consumer involvement, weren't always so widely accepted. The idea of sharing care with guardians or relatives was once an extremely radical notion. That’s according to Philip Darbyshire, Flinders University and Monash University professor ...