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Barwon Health steps up to provide specialist dementia care
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.
Underwhelming new incentive unlikely to attract GPs to residential aged care
GPs have been left with an “underwhelming” incentive to visit aged care residents but the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is hopeful they will still take up the offer to support older Australians.
Shades of grey: VR training explores the layers of dementia behaviours
Dementia Australia’s latest training tool is D-Esc, a virtual reality program that throws you head first into some confronting scenarios. Here, no decision is black or white and there are layers to every choice.
Gov warns providers over COVID-19 vaccination rates
How high are the vaccination rates in your residential care homes? Chances are they’re not currently high enough to appease the Government.
Have the recent palliative care investments gone far enough for aged care?
With the 2024 Budget released just one week before National Palliative Care Week began, we’re taking time to reflect on the key policies and to see whether the Federal Government has truly thrown in its support.
VMCH looks abroad for holistic palliative care inspiration
Leaders at VMCH have been inspired by a recent international trip to Singapore where palliative and end-of-life care services include pet-assisted therapy, access to open bars, community outings and much more.
The march towards de-institutionalisation of residential aged care
Written by Dr Rodney Jilek, Managing Director, Community Home Australia for the Hello Leaders Summer-Autumn Edition. The landscape of residential aged care worldwide has undergone a significant transformation in recent decades. The move from traditional institutional care to deinstitutionalisation has garnered attention due to its implications for the well-being and quality of life of older […]
Modern technology offers a new solution to malnutrition
Tracking food consumption can be difficult to achieve when the right processes are not in place. Not paying attention to food wastage or not responding to changes in a resident’s health status can contribute to malnutrition.
How multidisciplinary care results in better quality of life
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.
Falls prevention is the knockout blow to concussion issues in aged care
Experts are raising awareness of concussion risks in older adults and how aged care staff can help prevent concussion.
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