Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has raised concerns over workers taking their long service leave with them as they move from one employer to another. The Victorian Government has accepted the recommendations of a Parliamentary Committee on the introduction ...

Staff must be trained and strategies implemented to recognise and address depression and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in aged care, but to do this effectively, organisational change is required. This is a key point professor Marita McCabe, ...

The researchers behind a survey tool that measures quality of life in community care have held a public seminar to detail its potential to contribute to understanding changes in the delivery of age services. The team, comprising researchers from Macquarie University ...

Epicor has released a web-based administrative software specifically for residential aged-care facilities called Senior Living Solution. This SLS is aimed at facilities with up to 300 beds on three sites with 50 or fewer users. It has been designed for the ...

Health professionals and consumers interested in letting policy makers know their opinions on the My Health Record system, telehealth, innovation and other aspects of digital health now have new avenues to do so. The Australian Digital Health Agency launched a ...

Keeping clean outside the controlled environment of the hospital is a challenge that must be met. With companion animals and cluttered workspaces to deal with, infection control in the community can be challenging. Still, nurses and community-care workers must not ...

A New South Wales aged-care provider has been bringing nearby high school students into their facilities to give resident an opportunity to share their stories with someone younger and reminisce about what they’ve learned throughout their lives. Now, the program ...

An Australian prostate cancer treatment service has won a global challenge that promotes non-medicine interventions to improve cancer care. The online service, PROSTMATE, was named one of three Astellas Oncology C³ Prize winners after Australian Prostate Cancer Research chief executive ...