Fred was a resident with Alzheimer’s disease living at one of our aged care homes. He was a quiet man; in fact, Fred had not spoken for years. Like many people with dementia he became agitated and upset, particularly around ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care needs to go beyond the urgent problems of residential aged care to look at the full formal system of care and support. We need to ensure we can increase staffing levels in residential care and ensure ...

The recent announcement of a Royal Commission into aged care has brought issues of the staffing levels and skill mix of residential aged care facilities into focus. Demand for aged care services is increasing due to the ageing of the ...

With the huge growth in aged care requirements in Australia, finding the right staff is already a challenge faced by many aged care facilities – and it’s only going to get tougher. Add to this the current debate on staff ratios ...

I have just returned from the World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, Canada. Like the Olympics, this is held every four years in a different part of the world. With about 5000 people registered and big-name researchers and theorists attending ...

There is an obvious employer expectation and condition of employment that when nurses are at work they are awake and not sleeping. After all, the employer is paying for the time that the nurse is at work. This rule does ...

Most organisations are now aware of the federal government’s mandatory notifiable data breach (NDB) legislation and the penalties associated with failing to comply. Essentially, the scheme aims to give individuals more control over their personal data, so it requires certain ...

Finally, there is an international forum for research and debate where the problems and questions that surround unpaid care provided at home can receive attention alongside many of the other questions raised by changing policies and service systems. The International ...