Clinical

Just days after the Government shared new documents to help providers talk to residents about COVID-19 vaccinations, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission put everyone on notice, revealing unannounced site visits will be conducted.

Regional health service provider Barwon Health has joined an exclusive list of Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) providers. We spoke to their Blakiston Lodge Facility Manager Roz Nolan to learn more about the program.

How high are the vaccination rates in your residential care homes? Chances are they’re not currently high enough to appease the Government.

Residential aged care providers can include a portion of Enrolled Nurse care minutes in their Registered Nurse target time from October 1 when both total and RN care minutes targets rise.

Health Generation is a contemporary consulting practice led by a team of aged care experts with their fingers on the pulse of all aged care challenges and innovations.

Bolton Clarke’s Tim Hicks told hello leaders the RN shortage is a structural issue impacting healthcare as a whole and requires an in-depth solution.

Join hello leaders and Dr Caroline Lee, Founder and CEO of Leecare Solutions, as we explore the value of using clinical systems as the medication management admin program and how they’re making life easier, safer, and even more enjoyable for aged care residents.

A healthy ageing approach can prevent and even reverse frailty, significantly compressing morbidity, helping to improve quality of life and reducing the need for sustained complex clinical care. 

The draft Aged Care Act runs the risk of misinterpreting the role of palliative care with Palliative Care Australia seeking further details to ensure older people can experience quality of life at all stages of their life.

Clinicians are being urged to consider the best approach to treating UTIs in residential aged care after researchers from UNSW Sydney discovered antibiotic resistance in treating UTIs is highest in residential care settings.