When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and mandated staffing ratios. The peak body for all providers of age services, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is helping forge ...

A city near the south-east coast of Queensland is working to make a difference to the travel experiences of people with dementia. CQUniversity occupational therapy academic Dr Maria O’Reilly, alongside colleagues from CQUni, QUT and UQ have been working with ...

Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive exercise programs, new research suggests. Study lead Dr Elissa Burton, from the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at Curtin ...

No nursing home visiting! This line struck Dr Russell Pearson as he was reading an advertisement for practices looking for GPs, as it was put forward as an incentive for jobseekers. “I was astonished,” Pearson said. “It made me wonder ...

GPs and practice nurses now have access to a tailored dementia care training program that aims to reduce stigma and help empower people with dementia, their families and carers. Through the Dementia Care Training and Education Program – pioneered by ...

A group of immunisation experts has again lent its weight to the push for mandatory healthcare worker vaccination. The Immunisation Coalition, which advocates for whole-of-life immunisation, said flu shots should be mandatory for all care, allied health and ancillary staff ...

Change the narrative about aged care. Take off the shackles. Polish the diamonds. These were some of the key messages that speakers at Aged Care Insite’s International Best Practice in Dementia Care seminar hoped attendees took away from the event. ...

Workplace issues like stress and bullying and physical and mental health worries are the key concerns for nurses, midwives and students who are ringing a dedicated helpline. Nurse & Midwife Support (NM Support) data from its first year of operation ...