Innovation and co-design in aged care delivery is a key solution to addressing the needs of the global ageing population, according to researchers. Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing, published earlier this year, reports on a series of workshops involving university ...
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Underlying societal factors are contributing to older adult homicide
After pooling dozens of cases involving violent crime against older people, researchers discovered that the most likely victims of homicide were women and they were most likely to be killed in their home. The first comprehensive study into cases of ...
More »Whiddon implements rapid COVID-19 testing in south-west Sydney home
Aged care provider Whiddon will implement rapid COVID-19 testing at their largest aged care campus, Whiddon Easton Park in Glenfield, NSW. They'll use Rapid antigen tests: on-the-spot screening tests that detect antigens, or proteins, found on the surface of the ...
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AgedCareInsite · The Ageing Equation Podcast || Ep 2 The Ageing Equation podcast brings you insights into the aged care industry. Journalist Nance Haxton and residential aged care expert and consultant Safdar Ali break down the latest market analysis and ...
More »Researchers collaborate with award-winning author to tell the story of chronic loneliness in aged care
Creative writing can deepen insights into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness, according to a new study. Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer of sociology at Monash University, spent six months interviewing residents living in residential aged ...
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AgedCareInsite · Ageing Equation Podcast || Budget 2021-2022 The Ageing Equation podcast brings you insights into the aged care industry. Journalist Nance Haxton and residential aged care expert and consultant Safdar Ali break down the latest market analysis and research ...
More »Uniting household model of care proving a big hit among residents and staff alike
Uniting Aged Care recently celebrated the opening of its new Amala aged care home in Canberra. Following their small scale 'household model' of care, the 124-bed home aims to give residents greater freedom as they live in households with 18-20 ...
More »Delivering whole-person-centred care through an understanding of faith
Meaningful Ageing Australia has launched a new resource to assist the aged care workforce better deliver whole-person-centred care. The Multifaith Practices resource is an Australian edition of a Canadian publication called Multi-faith Practices: Guidelines for Caregivers which was published in 2014 ...
More »Group Homes Australia chief exec talks small scale living: podcast
Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...
More »What older Aussies need, deserve and expect should drive reform: LASA
It has been several weeks since the federal government released the final report from the aged care royal commission and, with the government not set to announce its full response until the May budget, the sector has had time to ...
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