Education & Training

As the demand for palliative care is set to increase by 50% over the next 12 years, it’s never too early to start developing your team to meet palliative and end-of-life needs.

Hello Leaders is taking a look at professional development courses across a range of disciplines, highlighting what stands out, starting with dementia care. 

Psychotropic medications are commonly used in residential aged care to treat a variety of symptoms and conditions, but they can be relied on too much and have not always been used appropriately.

Communication is key in any workplace, but if you aren’t engaging your active listening skills then you likely aren’t growing your professional relationships in the workplace.

SPONSORED – The conversation around sexual assault against older people has become stronger under the #ReadyToListen campaign, and aged care advocacy group Aged & Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia) believes home care providers play a key part in protecting older clients from sexual abuse.

In a highly diverse sector like aged care, it is likely your facilities, services or organisations will come across older clients or aged care workers who have experienced traumatic events.

Despite the fact that it’s predicted around two-thirds of people living in aged care in Australia have dementia, and it was a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for aged care workers to have dementia training, aged care training currently does not involve a compulsory dementia education element.

The Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety stated “dementia care should be core business for aged care services, and particularly residential aged care services”.

Upskilling staff is becoming vital to running a successful business, especially in a sector that is struggling to retain and grow its workforce such as aged care.