Greg Buckley's remarkable journey of becoming a clinical dementia specialist was celebrated at Uniting Eabrai in the ACT as part of Aged Care Employee Day. Thirty-five years ago, Greg's life was turned upside down when a traumatic brain and spinal ...
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Superannuation savings could be used to fund aged care
Australia's aged care funding crisis could force people to use their superannuation savings to pay for their care, a new blueprint from the sector’s peak advocacy group has cautioned. Released at the Aged and Community Care Providers Association’s (ACCPA) national summit last week, the new paper also ...
More »BlueCross chief’s “invaluable” sleepover at aged care facility
An aged care chief recounted her sleepover at a residence as an "invaluable experience". Ingrid Harvey, chief of BlueCross, stayed overnight at BlueCross Box Hill with ACCPA chief Tom Symondson. Ingrid said the idea of staying overnight was raised during ...
More »Where on earth are aged care CEOs taking us? – opinion
Businesses are shaped by the stories their CEOs tell. And aged care is no exception. We found aged care CEOs mostly talk about the tragedy of frailty, and their organisation’s heroicefforts to address this. But overlooked the deep meaning in ...
More »WA primary health care nurses found to be undervalued
Western Australia’s primary health care (PHC) nurses were found to be the most underutilised in Australia. The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) released a survey and found that more than a third of all PHC nurses working in ...
More »Aged care watchdog suffering from staff vacancy
An independent review found Australia’s aged care regulator to be suffering from staff vacancy – affecting its ability to keep up with its expanded role in the wake of the Royal Commission. David Tune, former secretary of the Department of ...
More »How two women are fighting for reform in the aged care sector
In 2019, Amina Schipp met Yvonne Buters through a private Facebook support group when Amina’s mother died due to a medication error. Two years later, the duo have been on a journey of a grassroots campaign called Aged Care Reform ...
More »Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease higher for transgender and non-binary people
New research revealed transgender and non-binary people were at a "significantly higher risk" of Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The study conducted by UNSW was pioneering as it was the first to investigate differences in dementia according to sex and ...
More »Chess and crosswords proven to slow down risk of dementia
Computers, crossword puzzles, and chess – these three "brain activities" have a shared factor in being much stronger in slowing dementia down. A Monash University study has found activities like crosswords, chess, using a computer, and keeping a journal may ...
More »‘Still no sign’: Aged care homes still waiting for COVID-19 reimbursement
Aged care homes are being pushed further into debt as they are left guessing when an estimated half a billion dollars of emergency Covid expenses will be reimbursed. Federal Government introduced Covid support grants to assist aged-care providers in controlling ...
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