Education & Training

Australian healthcare and aged care providers are in line to benefit from a unique international partnership to create global opportunities for nursing and health sciences students.

Is there a learning culture problem in healthcare and aged care? That’s a key question to come out of this year’s National Dementia Conference as leaders look to enhance dementia knowledge in the sector.

A Host of new resources are available to aged care providers after the Department of Health and Aged Care published useful guides on free Government-funded training and support services.

Aged care and frontline healthcare workers are set to benefit from a modern training tool devised by Dementia Australia following the launch of D-Esc, a virtual reality training workshop.

Valuable, relevant and practical education and training can transform the care experience – both for people with dementia and for your team and organisation.

Experts are raising awareness of concussion risks in older adults and how aged care staff can help prevent concussion.

Diversity Council Australia (DCA) is offering organisations one last chance to join its RISE Project and become a trailblazer in workplace diversity and inclusion.

Of the more recent reforms that caught everyone’s attention in the sector has been the reduction of The Quality Standards from eight to seven, marking a pivotal shift towards a more focused and structured person-centred approach. This change not only highlights the evolving nature of aged care but also emphasises the urgent need for comprehensive education within the sector to ensure the successful implementation of these Standards.

A report released by The Australia Institute Centre for Future Work has outlined the benefits of mandating sector-wide aged care training requirements as part of a national care worker registration and accreditation scheme.

ACCPA has launched a new online advisory hub to support CHSP providers as they prepare for the transition to the Support at Home program.