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Mouth matters: Humility can help secure oral hygiene excellence for providers
Highly trained front-line staff may be best positioned to provide feedback for improvements to systemic oral care. In navigating routine high-quality oral health in care plans, humility to uncomfortable feedback is worthwhile for all providers.
From pills to pathways: The global dementia care shift
Global experts call for dementia care beyond medication, focusing on well-being, inclusion and leadership to transform aged care.
UNSW project puts people with dementia at the centre of aged care reform
When Theresa Flavin first stepped into advocacy for dementia and aged care, she noticed a pattern that was as troubling as it was familiar. “In research, older people and those with dementia were kept at arm’s length,” she recalls. “It felt like the system was built around us, not for us.” Diagnosed with younger onset […]
Aged care providers unite to lift data literacy in wound care
As another coronial report into a wound care fatality shows, data literacy in wound prevention and management remains a pressing need in aged care. To address this, eight providers have come together under a sector-wide innovation grant to develop and embed data capability among staff, using routinely collected data to strengthen pressure injury and wound […]
Hobart wound care fatality a reminder to aged care executives of need for robust and resilient systems of care
More than three years after an 87-year-old woman passed away, a coroner has ruled that both systemic and human error contributed to her death. A Tasmanian aged care home failed to adequately treat a pressure wound that had become infected. In February 2022, the woman died at Hobart’s Fairway Rise facility after her sacral wound […]
Aged care CEO pens a scathing open letter to ACQSC
Aged care CEO slams the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, calling out weak regulation, double standards, and risks to residents’ safety.
Even Superman couldn’t survive a pressure injury, why are we still letting this happen?
Pressure injuries affect more than 400,000 Australians each year, costing lives, dignity, and billions in care. Despite being largely preventable, outdated methods keep the problem alive. This article explores why prevention must replace reaction, and how smart technology like LenexaCARE® is helping providers achieve zero injuries.
Regular care plans review for showering could help providers support dignity – study finds close links between shame and self-harm
Regularly reviewing care plans for showering could help protect residents’ dignity and wellbeing, new research suggests. A study examining the link between shame and self-harm highlights the need for providers to give residents space to express privacy preferences, particularly during vulnerable moments like showering. The findings reinforce the importance of ongoing staff training, regular care plan reviews, and careful communication to reduce shame, support mental health, and strengthen dignity in care.
Good enough care: The morality of working with limited resources
“If you care about the residents you are looking after and are not able to deliver the care they need, that just sucks the soul out of you.” Grace Welch, co-chair of a family council in Ontario’s long-term care system, was not speaking in metaphor. She was describing a reality faced daily by aged care […]
What’s the true value of medication competency in aged care?
Is medication competency worth the pressure in aged care? As personal care workers take on the critical task of administering medications, many are questioning whether the small pay increase offsets the added stress, responsibility, and clinical risk.
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