A new training program will help equip aged care workers with skills to support culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) seniors. Settlement Services International (SSI) has launched a new online program that will train workers as a proven way to boost ...

Open letter to Tom Symondson, chief of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA). Come on, Tom, when will you call out the whole tasering affair for the ageism it is? Please don't tell us that more training, resources ...

A neurology professor has foreshadowed a rapid increase in dementia cases within the next five years and has advised aged care providers to speed up staff training and facility designs. Over 400,000 Australians are living with dementia, and the number ...

Victorian nurses will monitor babies for early signs of autism during routine health checks under a new training plan. Minister for Early Childhood Education Jenny Mikakos recently announced the $1.1 million package, which will further deliver specialist training to maternal ...

A holistic approach is best when it comes to managing the job performance of nurses, a researcher has argued. Charles Sturt University PhD candidate Joanna Carlisle explored factors that might influence a nurse’s job performance, such as work environment, attitude ...

Our nurses are passing on their knowledge to their East Timorese counterparts. By Aileen Macalintal A trip to East Timor made clinical educator Barry Flynn realise just how lucky we are. Flynn, who has worked with Aboriginal communities and refugee ...

Private providers and government must work together to keep costs down in this growing area of nursing. By Mary Casey There have been many changes in the care and nursing industry in the past 10 years, especially in the community ...

Australia's national skills regulator is casting a close eye over registered training organisations (RTOs) following the rise in concern over training provided for workers in the aged care sector. By AMIE LARTER A strategic review of vocational education and training ...

An ageing population means palliative care is no longer a specialised field – but training is lagging. By Amie Larter In 2011, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 14 per cent of the Australian population was aged 65 years ...