At the recent ACN National Nursing Forum Georgina Willetts gave the key note speech on nursing’s past, present and future. Willetts joined the profession aged 17 because she “didn’t want to go to university,” and had no aspirations of leadership or pursuing a ...

Research by academics at Western Sydney University has found that nursing undergrads who work in aged care while completing their studies are learning valuable skills and enter the profession ahead of their graduate peers. The research surveyed new graduate nurses ...

A new mentoring program is aiming to improve the perception of working in the aged care industry, amid fears staff demand will outweigh supply. The pilot program involves one-on-one mentoring with an aged care nurse, beginning with tertiary students in ...

Wednesday 7th August 2019 is Aged Care Employee Day, celebrating the hundreds of thousands of people who work tirelessly in the aged care industry. It also serves as a timely and important reminder to make certain that we are supporting, ...

Things that make a good aged care home: a supportive manager, time with residents, laughter and fun, sufficient staff. That’s according to the people who know best, aged care staff. With Aged Care Employee Day on Wednesday 7 August, the ...

With almost 4,000 assaults reported in aged care facilities last year, managers must take practical steps to protect aged care employees from situations which may injure or harm them. Challenging behaviours in the workplace come in many forms, but generally ...

Person-centred care was at the heart of the recent Perth hearing of the royal commission. Derived from the ideas of Carl Rodgers and Thomas Kitwood, person-centred care can be defined as care which is unique to the patient – their preferences ...

An academic survey carried out by researchers from La Trobe University has found that most aged care staff don’t have the access or time to read research evidence that could improve the care they give to residents. Surveying Victorian residential ...